republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2023a/hb-23-1201.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Prescription Drug Benefits Contract Term Requirements	For a contract between a pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) or a health insurance carrier (carrier) and a certificate holder or policyholder, the act requires that the amount charged by the PBM or carrier to the certificate holder or policyholder for a prescription drug be equal to or less than the amount paid by the PBM or carrier to the contracted pharmacy for the drug.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2023A	HB 23-1201	Colorado HB 23-1201 (2023A)	bill		enacted	Jim Smallwood Kyle Mullica Lindsey Daugherty Matt Soper	10	14	2	2023-02-14T07:00:00+00:00	2023-05-10T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/66a89245-14d2-471c-8df8-5eb569754132	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1201	f124daa4570af6d212ca6c405bb8aad8713e729fd0b757819e66c780e77cab70	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 23-1201 (2023A) — Prescription Drug Benefits Contract Term Requirements

For a contract between a pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) or a health insurance carrier (carrier) and a certificate holder or policyholder, the act requires that the amount charged by the PBM or carrier to the certificate holder or policyholder for a prescription drug be equal to or less than the amount paid by the PBM or carrier to the contracted pharmacy for the drug.

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (04/14/2023) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (05/05/2023) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (02/14/2023) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (03/21/2023) (committee substitute) — source
6. PA2 (04/14/2023) (committee substitute) — source
7. Reengrossed (04/15/2023) (committee substitute) — source
8. Rerevised (05/02/2023) (committee substitute) — source
9. Revised (05/01/2023) (committee substitute) — source
10. Signed Act (05/10/2023) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 55–8 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 32–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jim Smallwood — primary (person)
• Kyle Mullica — primary (person)
• Lindsey Daugherty — primary (person)
• Matt Soper — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-05-10T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2023-05-05T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-05-05T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2023-05-04T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2023-05-02T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2023-05-01T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2023-05-01T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-04-27T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2023-04-17T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services introduction
• 2023-04-15T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2023-04-14T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
• 2023-04-14T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-03-17T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Health & Insurance Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2023-02-14T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Insurance introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/66a89245-14d2-471c-8df8-5eb569754132. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).