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| Bill | Third-Party Network Agreements for Dental Services | The act imposes requirements regarding a contract or agreement between an insurance carrier (carrier) and a third party concerning access to dental care services, including:Prohibiting a carrier from entering into a third-party network lease agreement to provide access to dental care services or contractually agreed-upon discounts provided by a dental provider who is contracted as a participating provider (provider) with the carrier, unless the provider gives affirmative consent to allow the third party to access the provider's dental care services and contractually agreed-upon discounts;Prohibiting a carrier from canceling or entering into a contract with a provider on the grounds that the provider refuses to allow access by a third party to the dental care services and contractually agreed-upon discounts provided by the provider; andIf a provider allows a third party to access the provider's dental care services and contractually agreed-upon discounts through a contract between a carrier and a third party, requiring the carrier to comply with specified obligations. The act creates exemptions from the prohibitions on specified contract provisions in contracts between carriers and dental providers, including if:A provider network contract for dental services is provided to beneficiaries of programs for medical assistance sponsored by the state of Colorado; orAccess to a provider network contract is granted to a dental carrier or an entity operating in accordance with the same brand licensee program as the contracting entity, and a list of the carriers or entities with the same brand licensee program as the contracting entity is made available to a provider on the contracting entity's website.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) | us/states/co | Colorado General Assembly | 2026A | HB 1070 | Colorado HB 1070 (2026A) |
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Colorado HB 1070 (2026A) — Third-Party Network Agreements for Dental Services
The act imposes requirements regarding a contract or agreement between an insurance carrier (carrier) and a third party concerning access to dental care services, including:Prohibiting a carrier from entering into a third-party network lease agreement to provide access to dental care services or contractually agreed-upon discounts provided by a dental provider who is contracted as a participating provider (provider) with the carrier, unless the provider gives affirmative consent to allow the third party to access the provider's dental care services and contractually agreed-upon discounts;Prohibiting a carrier from canceling or entering into a contract with a provider on the grounds that the provider refuses to allow access by a third party to the dental care services and contractually agreed-upon discounts provided by the provider; andIf a provider allows a third party to access the provider's dental care services and contractually agreed-upon discounts through a contract between a carrier and a third party, requiring the carrier to comply with specified obligations. The act creates exemptions from the prohibitions on specified contract provisions in contracts between carriers and dental providers, including if:A provider network contract for dental services is provided to beneficiaries of programs for medical assistance sponsored by the state of Colorado; orAccess to a provider network contract is granted to a dental carrier or an entity operating in accordance with the same brand licensee program as the contracting entity, and a list of the carriers or entities with the same brand licensee program as the contracting entity is made available to a provider on the contracting entity's website.(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.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
- Final Act (committee substitute) — source
- Reengrossed (committee substitute) — source
- Rerevised (committee substitute) — source
- Revised (committee substitute) — source
- Signed Act (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- BILL — pass (pass) · lower
- Refer House Bill 26-1070 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. — pass (pass) · upper
- Refer House Bill 26-1070 to the Committee of the Whole. — pass (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- A. Hartsook — primary (person)
- I. Jodeh — primary (person)
- K. Brown — primary (person)
- L. Frizell — primary (person)
- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
- E. Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- J. Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
- L. Daugherty — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- M. Weissman — cosponsor (person)
- R. Gonzalez — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-04-13 Governor Signed
executive-signature - 2026-04-02 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2026-04-01 Signed by the President of the Senate
passage - 2026-04-01 Signed by the Speaker of the House
passage - 2026-03-25 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
passage, reading-3 - 2026-03-24 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments
reading-2 - 2026-03-19 Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
committee-passage - 2026-02-26 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services
introduction - 2026-02-23 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-20 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- 2026-02-19 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- 2026-02-17 House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
committee-passage, referral-committee - 2026-01-27 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Human Services
introduction
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cd4888fb-2ac6-46d5-8715-a85f5f6b0d40. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).