---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health Care Providers And Carriers Contracts"
description: "The bill requires a contract between a health insurance carrier (carrier) and a health provider (provider) to include a provision that prohibits a carrier from taking an adverse action against the provider due to a provider's disagreement with a carrier's decision on the provision of health care services. Current law requires the contract to state that the carrier cannot terminate the contract for these same reasons."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2017A"
identifier: "HB 17-1173"
citation: "Colorado HB 17-1173 (2017A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Hansen", "Tim Neville"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-06T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-04-06T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd8e601f-34f7-4971-aa9e-7f5fca6d6463"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb17-1173"
source_hash: "fc2263c636cb1f572d021d078396a19ab49f9002603e636a5da212a60e72d451"
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 17-1173 (2017A) — Health Care Providers And Carriers Contracts

The bill requires a contract between a health insurance carrier (carrier) and a health provider (provider) to include a provision that prohibits a carrier from taking an adverse action against the provider due to a provider's disagreement with a carrier's decision on the provision of health care services. Current law requires the contract to state that the carrier cannot terminate the contract for these same reasons.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment L.001** (committee substitute) — [source](http://coga.prod.acquia-sites.com/sites/default/files/html-attachments/h_hie_2017a_20170221t104014z0__hearing_summary/170221%20AttachA.pdf)
2. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017a/bills/cr/2017A_HB1173_S_BLT_001.pdf)
3. **Engrossed (02/27/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1173_eng.pdf)
4. **Final Act (04/04/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1173_enr.pdf)
5. **Introduced (02/06/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1173_01.pdf)
6. **PA1 (02/22/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1173hie_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (02/28/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1173_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (03/29/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1173_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (03/28/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1173_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (04/06/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1173_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- Refer House Bill 17-1173 to the Committee of the Whole with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. The motion passed on a vote of 7-0. — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- Refer House Bill 17-1173, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 8-3. — **8–3** (pass) · legislature
- Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment A) to House Bill 17-1173. The motion passed without objection. — **0–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Chris Hansen — primary (person)
- Tim Neville — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2017-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2017-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 03/27/2017 - No Amendments
- **2017-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2017-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2017-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2017-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology `introduction`
- **2017-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2017-02-24T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 02/27/2017 - No Amendments
- **2017-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Health, Insurance, & Environment Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-02-06T07:00:00+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/cd8e601f-34f7-4971-aa9e-7f5fca6d6463`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).