republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2017a/sb-17-121.md

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Bill	Improve Medicaid Client Correspondence	Interim Study Committee on Communication Between the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF) and Medicaid Clients. The bill requires the department of health care policy and financing (department) to engage in an ongoing process to improve medicaid client communications, including client letters and notices, that concern eligibility for or the denial, reduction, suspension, or termination of a benefit. Among other requirements included in the bill, the department shall ensure that client communications are accurate, readable, and understandable, clearly conveying the purpose of the letter or notice and the specific action or actions that the client must take in response to the letter or notice.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2017A	SB 17-121	Colorado SB 17-121 (2017A)	bill		enacted	Jessie Danielson Kevin Lundberg Larry Crowder Lois Landgraf	12	14	8	2017-01-27T07:00:00+00:00	2017-06-02T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/0c82ed2d-462e-4f94-a42f-26d6da882321	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb17-121	b6d4b9a7383ecc7583b63c6322b5f22e20bbff0604f01f6540e646e0b56ae4d5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 17-121 (2017A) — Improve Medicaid Client Correspondence

Interim Study Committee on Communication Between the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF) and Medicaid Clients. The bill requires the department of health care policy and financing (department) to engage in an ongoing process to improve medicaid client communications, including client letters and notices, that concern eligibility for or the denial, reduction, suspension, or termination of a benefit. Among other requirements included in the bill, the department shall ensure that client communications are accurate, readable, and understandable, clearly conveying the purpose of the letter or notice and the specific action or actions that the client must take in response to the letter or notice.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment L.001 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment L.003 (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
4. Engrossed (04/11/2017) (committee substitute) — source
5. Final Act (05/18/2017) (committee substitute) — source
6. Introduced (01/27/2017) (committee substitute) — source
7. PA1 (02/17/2017) (committee substitute) — source
8. PA2 (04/07/2017) (committee substitute) — source
9. Reengrossed (04/12/2017) (committee substitute) — source
10. Rerevised (05/01/2017) (committee substitute) — source
11. Revised (04/28/2017) (committee substitute) — source
12. Signed Act (06/02/2017) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Adopt amendment L.004 The motion passed without objection. — 0–0 (pass) · legislature
• Adopt amendment L.003 (Attachment B). The motion passed without objection. — 0–0 (pass) · legislature
• Refer Senate Bill 17-121 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 12-1. — 12–1 (pass) · legislature
• Refer Senate Bill 17-121, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed on a vote of 5-0. — 5–0 (pass) · legislature
• Refer Senate Bill 17-121, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 7-0. The motion passed on a vote of 7-0. — 7–0 (pass) · legislature
• Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment A). The motion passed without objection. — 0–0 (pass) · legislature
• Refer Senate Bill 17-121 to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed on a vote of 10-0, with one excused. — 10–0 (pass) · legislature
• Adopt amendment J.002 The motion passed without objection. — 0–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Jessie Danielson — primary (person)
• Kevin Lundberg — primary (person)
• Larry Crowder — primary (person)
• Lois Landgraf — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-06-02T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2017-05-18T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-05-18T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2017-05-18T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2017-05-01T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2017-04-28T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2017-04-28T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2017-04-20T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Health, Insurance, & Environment Refer Unamended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2017-04-12T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health, Insurance, & Environment introduction
• 2017-04-12T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2017-04-11T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee reading-2
• 2017-04-06T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2017-02-16T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2017-01-27T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0c82ed2d-462e-4f94-a42f-26d6da882321. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).