republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/sb-21-063.md

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Bill	Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements Offer Insurance	Current law allows an existing association consisting of multiple employers, referred to as a "multiple employer welfare arrangement" (MEWA), to offer health-care benefits to the association's members only if, among other requirements, the MEWA has been in existence continuously since at least January 1, 1983, and is engaged in substantial activities for its employer members other than the sponsorship of an employee welfare benefit plan.The act allows a MEWA that does not meet these requirements to file an application for a waiver with the commissioner of insurance that, if granted, would enable the MEWA to offer health-care benefits to its members' employees. The act specifies the application requirements, substantive requirements that a MEWA must comply with to qualify for a waiver, and factors that the commissioner will consider in determining whether to grant a waiver. If a waiver is granted, the MEWA is subject to the division of insurance's full enforcement authority, and the MEWA may operate for 2 years. To operate past the 2 years, a MEWA must reapply for a waiver, but if the commissioner grants 5 consecutive waivers, a MEWA may continue to operate without again applying for a waiver.The act also appropriates $13,352 from the division of insurance cash fund to the department of regulatory agencies for use by the division of insurance to implement the act.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2021A	SB 21-063	Colorado SB 21-063 (2021A)	bill		enacted	Edie Hooton Jerry Sonnenberg Rhonda Fields Rod Pelton	11	15	4	2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00	2021-07-07T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/a8f201a7-d7bc-44af-97fe-28c132069737	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-063	979173aa4ef2614818b5ae5bb57a008f6f1b902835fb55264ebf625433160132	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 21-063 (2021A) — Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements Offer Insurance

Current law allows an existing association consisting of multiple employers, referred to as a "multiple employer welfare arrangement" (MEWA), to offer health-care benefits to the association's members only if, among other requirements, the MEWA has been in existence continuously since at least January 1, 1983, and is engaged in substantial activities for its employer members other than the sponsorship of an employee welfare benefit plan.The act allows a MEWA that does not meet these requirements to file an application for a waiver with the commissioner of insurance that, if granted, would enable the MEWA to offer health-care benefits to its members' employees. The act specifies the application requirements, substantive requirements that a MEWA must comply with to qualify for a waiver, and factors that the commissioner will consider in determining whether to grant a waiver. If a waiver is granted, the MEWA is subject to the division of insurance's full enforcement authority, and the MEWA may operate for 2 years. To operate past the 2 years, a MEWA must reapply for a waiver, but if the commissioner grants 5 consecutive waivers, a MEWA may continue to operate without again applying for a waiver.The act also appropriates $13,352 from the division of insurance cash fund to the department of regulatory agencies for use by the division of insurance to implement the act.(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 (04/30/2021) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (06/11/2021) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (02/16/2021) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (04/08/2021) (committee substitute) — source
6. PA2 (04/30/2021) (committee substitute) — source
7. PA3 (05/27/2021) (committee substitute) — source
8. Reengrossed (05/03/2021) (committee substitute) — source
9. Rerevised (05/28/2021) (committee substitute) — source
10. Revised (05/27/2021) (committee substitute) — source
11. Signed Act (07/07/2021) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• REPASS — 35–0 (pass) · upper
• CONCUR — 35–0 (pass) · upper
• BILL — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• BILL — 62–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Edie Hooton — primary (person)
• Jerry Sonnenberg — primary (person)
• Rhonda Fields — primary (person)
• Rod Pelton — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-07-07T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2021-06-11T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-06-11T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2021-06-10T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2021-06-01T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
• 2021-05-28T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2021-05-27T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
• 2021-05-26T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Health & Insurance Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-05-05T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Insurance introduction
• 2021-05-03T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-30T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
• 2021-04-30T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2021-04-07T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-03-24T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only
• 2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a8f201a7-d7bc-44af-97fe-28c132069737. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).