---
type: "Bill"
title: "Telehealth Coverage Under Health Benefit Plans"
description: "Under current law, health benefit plans are required to cover health care services delivered to a covered person by a provider via telehealth in the same manner that the plan covers health care services delivered by a provider in person. The bill clarifies that:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2017A"
identifier: "HB 17-1094"
citation: "Colorado HB 17-1094 (2017A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Donald Valdez", "Kerry Donovan", "Larry Crowder", "Perry Buck"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 13
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-19T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-03-16T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd22fe72-72ee-4fde-b392-8b2742cc3598"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb17-1094"
source_hash: "965364da929f23fec50b990b59014f0948f70355c0f307b47c7726b8b9a9c7ed"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
---

# Colorado HB 17-1094 (2017A) — Telehealth Coverage Under Health Benefit Plans

Under current law, health benefit plans are required to cover health care services delivered to a covered person by a provider via telehealth in the same manner that the plan covers health care services delivered by a provider in person. The bill clarifies that:

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment L.003** (committee substitute) — [source](http://coga.prod.acquia-sites.com/sites/default/files/html-attachments/h_hie_2017a_20170207t094130z0__hearing_summary/170207%20AttachA.pdf)
2. **Amendment L.004** (committee substitute) — [source](http://coga.prod.acquia-sites.com/sites/default/files/html-attachments/h_hie_2017a_20170207t094130z0__hearing_summary/170207%20AttachB.pdf)
3. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017a/bills/cr/2017A_HB1094_S_HHS_001.pdf)
4. **Engrossed (02/10/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1094_eng.pdf)
5. **Final Act (03/07/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1094_enr.pdf)
6. **Introduced (01/19/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1094_01.pdf)
7. **PA1 (02/08/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1094hie_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (02/13/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1094_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (03/02/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1094_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (03/01/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1094_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (03/16/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1094_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- Refer House Bill 17-1094 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 5-0. — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Refer House Bill 17-1094, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 9-0. — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Adopt amendment L.003 (Attachment A) to House Bill 17-1094. The motion passed without objection. — **0–0** (pass) · legislature
- Adopt amendment L.004 (Attachment B) to House Bill 17-1094. The motion passed without objection. — **11–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Donald Valdez — primary (person)
- Kerry Donovan — primary (person)
- Larry Crowder — primary (person)
- Perry Buck — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-07T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-03-06T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2017-03-02T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2017-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2017-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-02-15T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2017-02-13T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-10T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2017-02-07T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Health, Insurance, & Environment Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-01-19T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Health, Insurance, & Environment `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bd22fe72-72ee-4fde-b392-8b2742cc3598`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).