republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/sb-21-022.md

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Bill	Notification Requirements For Health Care Policy And Financing Audit	The act requires that, prior to initiating a review or audit of a medicaid provider's records, the reviewer or auditor, or a qualified agent contracted with the department of health care policy and financing (state department) shall confirm the provider's contact information with the provider. After confirming the provider's contact information, the reviewer or auditor, or qualified agent, shall notify the provider of additional information concerning the review or audit.Current law requires the reviewer or auditor, prior to initiating the review or audit, to deliver to the provider not less than 10 business days prior to the commencement of the audit a written request describing in detail such records and offering the provider the option of providing either a reproduction of such records or inspection at the provider's site. The act requires the written request to be provided through both e-mail and certified mail.The act requires the state department to ensure providers understand the relationship between the state department and the qualified agent and how to contact the qualified agent prior to a qualified agent commencing any review or audit.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2021A	SB 21-022	Colorado SB 21-022 (2021A)	bill		enacted	Hugh McKean Jeff Bridges Jim Smallwood Marc Snyder	11	13	2	2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00	2021-05-21T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/2d82f83f-494e-4885-9c08-6df1fbe356b9	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-022	07a6c50742061c77f76515e320dbfe9dbc33e6b3494d326cf72536ad19073565	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 21-022 (2021A) — Notification Requirements For Health Care Policy And Financing Audit

The act requires that, prior to initiating a review or audit of a medicaid provider's records, the reviewer or auditor, or a qualified agent contracted with the department of health care policy and financing (state department) shall confirm the provider's contact information with the provider. After confirming the provider's contact information, the reviewer or auditor, or qualified agent, shall notify the provider of additional information concerning the review or audit.Current law requires the reviewer or auditor, prior to initiating the review or audit, to deliver to the provider not less than 10 business days prior to the commencement of the audit a written request describing in detail such records and offering the provider the option of providing either a reproduction of such records or inspection at the provider's site. The act requires the written request to be provided through both e-mail and certified mail.The act requires the state department to ensure providers understand the relationship between the state department and the qualified agent and how to contact the qualified agent prior to a qualified agent commencing any review or audit.(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. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (04/23/2021) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (05/13/2021) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (02/16/2021) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (02/18/2021) (committee substitute) — source
6. PA2 (02/25/2021) (committee substitute) — source
7. PA3 (04/23/2021) (committee substitute) — source
8. Reengrossed (04/26/2021) (committee substitute) — source
9. Rerevised (05/10/2021) (committee substitute) — source
10. Revised (05/07/2021) (committee substitute) — source
11. Signed Act (05/21/2021) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 54–9 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 34–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Hugh McKean — primary (person)
• Jeff Bridges — primary (person)
• Jim Smallwood — primary (person)
• Marc Snyder — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-05-21T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2021-05-13T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-05-13T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2021-05-13T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2021-05-10T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2021-05-07T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-2
• 2021-05-04T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-04-26T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services introduction
• 2021-04-26T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-23T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
• 2021-04-23T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2021-02-17T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2d82f83f-494e-4885-9c08-6df1fbe356b9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).