republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2017a/hb-17-1139.md

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Bill	Medicaid Provider Compliance Billing Safety Rules	The bill subjects a provider of medicaid services to a civil monetary penalty if the provider improperly bills or seeks collection from a medicaid recipient or the estate of a medicaid recipient. The provider is also liable for a refund to the recipient of any amount unlawfully received from the recipient, including statutory interest, and for all amounts submitted to a collection agency in the name of the recipient. If, within 30 days, a provider voids the bill, returns any amounts unlawfully received, and makes every effort to resolve the collection action for the recipient, the provider is not subject to the penalties outlined in the bill. A provider is not subject to the penalties outlined in the bill if a person knowingly misrepresents his or her medicaid coverage status to the provider and the provider submits documentation relating to the misrepresentation. A provider may appeal the imposition of a civil monetary penalty.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2017A	HB 17-1139	Colorado HB 17-1139 (2017A)	bill		enacted	Beth Martinez Humenik Dafna Michaelson Jenet John Kefalas Lois Landgraf	11	13	4	2017-02-01T07:00:00+00:00	2017-06-06T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/a77cb717-6d56-4404-9bfd-32531bade13f	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb17-1139	f93275ef83087f2fd3da031124746af69a8a96543b5dcc7d71dd45cc04bf1a8f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 17-1139 (2017A) — Medicaid Provider Compliance Billing Safety Rules

The bill subjects a provider of medicaid services to a civil monetary penalty if the provider improperly bills or seeks collection from a medicaid recipient or the estate of a medicaid recipient. The provider is also liable for a refund to the recipient of any amount unlawfully received from the recipient, including statutory interest, and for all amounts submitted to a collection agency in the name of the recipient. If, within 30 days, a provider voids the bill, returns any amounts unlawfully received, and makes every effort to resolve the collection action for the recipient, the provider is not subject to the penalties outlined in the bill. A provider is not subject to the penalties outlined in the bill if a person knowingly misrepresents his or her medicaid coverage status to the provider and the provider submits documentation relating to the misrepresentation. A provider may appeal the imposition of a civil monetary penalty.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment L.003 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment L.006 (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
4. Engrossed (04/26/2017) (committee substitute) — source
5. Final Act (05/18/2017) (committee substitute) — source
6. Introduced (02/01/2017) (committee substitute) — source
7. PA1 (04/25/2017) (committee substitute) — source
8. Reengrossed (04/27/2017) (committee substitute) — source
9. Rerevised (05/04/2017) (committee substitute) — source
10. Revised (05/03/2017) (committee substitute) — source
11. Signed Act (06/06/2017) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Refer House Bill 17-1139, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 12-0, with one excused. — 12–0 (pass) · legislature
• Adopt amendment L.006 (Attachment B) to amend strike below amendment L.003 (Attachment A). The motion passed without objection. — 0–0 (pass) · legislature
• Refer House Bill 17-1139 to the Committee of the Whole with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. The motion passed on a vote of 5-0. — 5–0 (pass) · legislature
• Adopt amendment L.003 (Attachment A), as amended. The motion passed without objection. — 0–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Beth Martinez Humenik — primary (person)
• Dafna Michaelson Jenet — primary (person)
• John Kefalas — primary (person)
• Lois Landgraf — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-06-06T06:00:00+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 President of the Senate
• 2017-05-17T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2017-05-04T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2017-05-03T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-2
• 2017-05-01T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2017-04-27T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs introduction
• 2017-04-27T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2017-04-26T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor reading-2
• 2017-04-21T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Public Health Care & Human Services Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2017-04-18T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Public Health Care & Human Services Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only
• 2017-02-01T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Public Health Care & Human Services introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a77cb717-6d56-4404-9bfd-32531bade13f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).