---
type: "Bill"
title: "Out-of-network Provider Reimbursement Rate"
description: "The act corrects the reimbursement rate specified in law that a health insurance carrier is required to reimburse an out-of-network health care provider who provides either emergency services to a covered person or covered nonemergency services to a covered person at an in-network facility so that the law accurately states the reimbursement rate as the greater of:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2020A"
identifier: "SB 20-043"
citation: "Colorado SB 20-043 (2020A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Donald Valdez", "Jack Tate"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-08T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-03-11T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58ee9e6f-4d6c-4054-9111-d6b91ba4850e"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb20-043"
source_hash: "c321ba5ea79fbcb37deabc18b46ec08410c00a2ca0ceb33cf73ffe77fc8de8a9"
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 SB 20-043 (2020A) — Out-of-network Provider Reimbursement Rate

The act corrects the reimbursement rate specified in law that a health insurance carrier is required to reimburse an out-of-network health care provider who provides either emergency services to a covered person or covered nonemergency services to a covered person at an in-network facility so that the law accurately states the reimbursement rate as the greater of:

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_sb043_h_hi_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/03/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_043_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/04/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_043_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/08/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_043_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (02/04/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_043_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (02/27/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_043_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (02/21/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_043_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (03/11/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_043_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **63–1** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **30–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Donald Valdez — primary (person)
- Jack Tate — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2020-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2020-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-24T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2020-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2020-02-18T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Health & Insurance Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-06T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Insurance `introduction`
- **2020-02-04T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-03T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2020-01-29T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-08T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/58ee9e6f-4d6c-4054-9111-d6b91ba4850e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).