---
type: "Bill"
title: "Correct Error in Self-Pay Estimate Statute"
description: "Existing law permits an individual to request a self-pay estimate of the total cost of an anticipated health-care service (self-pay estimate) from the designated billing or patient services personnel representing the health-care provider or health-care facility providing the service. Unless the patient suffers a medical emergency or other unforeseen circumstance that affects the services provided, statute states that the final cost of the health-care service must be no more than 15% higher than the self-pay estimate or $400, whichever is less. The act corrects the mistake in the statutory language by clarifying that the $400 qualifier relates to the permissible dollar amount above the cost estimated in the self-pay estimate rather than the qualifier itself reflecting the maximum allowable cost of the health-care service, regardless of the service provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2025A"
identifier: "HB 25-1317"
citation: "Colorado HB 25-1317 (2025A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brandi Bradley", "Michael Carter", "Tony Exum"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-04-01T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-06-04T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48943c31-2553-417f-92bc-0eb42fa0c5cd"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb25-1317"
source_hash: "77e941a0838efba37d7919907c232c31721afa97e6055360596f8345ba2e3221"
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 25-1317 (2025A) — Correct Error in Self-Pay Estimate Statute

Existing law permits an individual to request a self-pay estimate of the total cost of an anticipated health-care service (self-pay estimate) from the designated billing or patient services personnel representing the health-care provider or health-care facility providing the service. Unless the patient suffers a medical emergency or other unforeseen circumstance that affects the services provided, statute states that the final cost of the health-care service must be no more than 15% higher than the self-pay estimate or $400, whichever is less. The act corrects the mistake in the statutory language by clarifying that the $400 qualifier relates to the permissible dollar amount above the cost estimated in the self-pay estimate rather than the qualifier itself reflecting the maximum allowable cost of the health-care service, regardless of the service provided.

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_hb1317_s_sa_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/25/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1317_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/14/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1317_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/01/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1317_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (04/28/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1317_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (05/02/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1317_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (05/01/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1317_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (06/04/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_1317_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **64–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brandi Bradley — primary (person)
- Michael Carter — primary (person)
- Tony Exum — primary (person)
- I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bridges — cosponsor (person)
- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- K. Mullica — cosponsor (person)
- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
- R. English — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-04T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-14T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-14T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2025-05-14T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2025-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2025-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2025-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2025-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2025-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 04/21/2025 - No Amendments
- **2025-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2025-04-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - 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/48943c31-2553-417f-92bc-0eb42fa0c5cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).