---
type: "Bill"
title: "Out-of-Network Health Insurance Dispute Resolution"
description: "The act makes changes to the dispute resolution process between health insurance carriers (carriers) and out-of-network health-care providers (providers) by requiring a carrier to provide, with each payment made to a provider, a remittance advice that: Identifies when the associated health benefit plan is regulated by the state and when the payment is made pursuant to services received from an out-of-network provider or at an out-of-network facility; andProvides the carrier's median in-network reimbursement rate for out-of-network claims.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2026A"
identifier: "SB 17"
citation: "Colorado SB 17 (2026A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["L. Daugherty", "R. Gonzalez", "R. Stewart", "S. Bright"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 14
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2026-01-14"
last_action: "2026-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d60c1c25-a325-4bcc-aaea-7da8df8bfb6f"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-017"
source_hash: "2b00733fc33aae337f3a2c5bb20d1258ffc7e8c947344115a6200f6a5de4c1bc"
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 17 (2026A) — Out-of-Network Health Insurance Dispute Resolution

The act makes changes to the dispute resolution process between health insurance carriers (carriers) and out-of-network health-care providers (providers) by requiring a carrier to provide, with each payment made to a provider, a remittance advice that: Identifies when the associated health benefit plan is regulated by the state and when the payment is made pursuant to services received from an out-of-network provider or at an out-of-network facility; andProvides the carrier's median in-network reimbursement rate for out-of-network claims.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/110806/download)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115343/download)
3. **Final Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116610/download)
4. **Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115502/download)
5. **Rerevised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116068/download)
6. **Revised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115977/download)
7. **Signed Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116813/download)

## Votes

- Adopt amendment L.005 (Attachment E). — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Adopt amendment L.004 (Attachment D). — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Adopt amendment L.002 (Attachment B). — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Adopt amendment L.003 (Attachment C). — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Adopt amendment L.006 (Attachment F). — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Adopt amendment L.007 (Attachment G). — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Refer Senate Bill 26-017, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Refer Senate Bill 26-017, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Adopt amendment L.010 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Adopt amendment L.009 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Refer Senate Bill 26-017 to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- L. Daugherty — primary (person)
- R. Gonzalez — primary (person)
- R. Stewart — primary (person)
- S. Bright — primary (person)
- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
- D. Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- J. Marchman — cosponsor (person)
- K. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
- K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
- M. Snyder — cosponsor (person)
- N. Hinrichsen — cosponsor (person)
- S. Lieder — cosponsor (person)
- T. Exum — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-05-28** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-22** Signed by the Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-05-22** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-05-07** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-05-06** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2026-05-05** House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-30** Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2026-04-30** Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-29** Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2026-04-28** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2026-04-28** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-29** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-14** 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/d60c1c25-a325-4bcc-aaea-7da8df8bfb6f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).