republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2017a/hb-17-1143.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Audits of Medicaid Client Correspondence"
description: "Interim Study Committee on Communication Between the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF) and Medicaid Clients. The bill directs the office of the state auditor (OSA) to conduct or cause to be conducted an audit of client correspondence, including letters and notices, sent to clients or potential clients in medicaid programs. The audits will be conducted in 2020 and 2023 and thereafter at the discretion of the state auditor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2017A"
identifier: "HB 17-1143"
citation: "Colorado HB 17-1143 (2017A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Larry Crowder", "Lois Landgraf"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-01T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-03-20T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04910b04-c0b4-46d2-8de4-e802fd75a33b"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb17-1143"
source_hash: "7640372488dce58ae3d2dbc2bcca820e68176e56f63f2cd6bd14aabd2cbf6808"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
---

# Colorado HB 17-1143 (2017A) — Audits of Medicaid Client Correspondence

Interim Study Committee on Communication Between the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF) and Medicaid Clients. The bill directs the office of the state auditor (OSA) to conduct or cause to be conducted an audit of client correspondence, including letters and notices, sent to clients or potential clients in medicaid programs. The audits will be conducted in 2020 and 2023 and thereafter at the discretion of the state auditor.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment L.001** (committee substitute) — [source](http://coga.prod.acquia-sites.com/sites/default/files/html-attachments/h_phc_2017a_20170214t133346z1__hearing_summary/170214%20AttachB.pdf)
2. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017a/bills/cr/2017A_HB1143_S_HHS_001.pdf)
3. **Engrossed (02/17/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1143_eng.pdf)
4. **Final Act (03/14/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1143_enr.pdf)
5. **Introduced (02/01/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1143_01.pdf)
6. **PA1 (02/15/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1143phc_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (02/21/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1143_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (03/07/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1143_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (03/06/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1143_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (03/20/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1143_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment B). The motion passed without objection. — **0–0** (pass) · legislature
- Refer House Bill 17-1143 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 5-0. — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Refer House Bill 17-1143, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 13-0. — **13–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Larry Crowder — primary (person)
- Lois Landgraf — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-03-10T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2017-03-07T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-06T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2017-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2017-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-17T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2017-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public Health Care & Human Services Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-02-01T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Public Health Care & Human Services `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/04910b04-c0b4-46d2-8de4-e802fd75a33b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).