republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2017a/sb-17-065.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transparency In Direct Pay Health Care Prices"
description: "The bill creates the 'Transparency in Health Care Prices Act', which requires health care professionals and health care facilities to make available to the public the health care prices they assess directly for common health care services they provide. Health care professionals and facilities are not required to submit their health care prices to any government agency for review or approval. Additionally, the act prohibits health insurers, government agencies, or other persons or entities from penalizing a health care recipient, provider, facility, employer, or other person or entity who pays directly for health care services or otherwise exercises rights under or complies with the act. The bill takes effect January 1, 2018."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2017A"
identifier: "SB 17-065"
citation: "Colorado SB 17-065 (2017A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kevin Lundberg", "Susan Lontine"]
version_count: 15
action_count: 20
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-13T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-04-06T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c65b0a3-aad7-4990-9335-ca5141cffd36"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb17-065"
source_hash: "a1a6ad1de4641a7b27b0a9af796fc57ca1ffdc8abcccc8acecec961f81e4ca7d"
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 SB 17-065 (2017A) — Transparency In Direct Pay Health Care Prices

The bill creates the 'Transparency in Health Care Prices Act', which requires health care professionals and health care facilities to make available to the public the health care prices they assess directly for common health care services they provide. Health care professionals and facilities are not required to submit their health care prices to any government agency for review or approval. Additionally, the act prohibits health insurers, government agencies, or other persons or entities from penalizing a health care recipient, provider, facility, employer, or other person or entity who pays directly for health care services or otherwise exercises rights under or complies with the act. The bill takes effect January 1, 2018.

## 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/s_hhs_2017a_20170126t133109z2__hearing_summary/170126%20AttachF.pdf)
2. **Amendment L.002** (committee substitute) — [source](http://coga.prod.acquia-sites.com/sites/default/files/html-attachments/s_hhs_2017a_20170126t133109z2__hearing_summary/170126%20AttachG.pdf)
3. **Amendment L.007** (committee substitute) — [source](http://coga.prod.acquia-sites.com/sites/default/files/html-attachments/h_hie_2017a_20170316t133316z2__hearing_summary/170316%20AttachJ.pdf)
4. **Amendment L.009** (committee substitute) — [source](http://coga.prod.acquia-sites.com/sites/default/files/html-attachments/h_hie_2017a_20170316t133316z2__hearing_summary/170316%20AttachK.pdf)
5. **Amendment L.010** (committee substitute) — [source](http://coga.prod.acquia-sites.com/sites/default/files/html-attachments/h_hie_2017a_20170316t133316z2__hearing_summary/170316%20AttachI.pdf)
6. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017a/bills/cr/2017A_SB065_H_HIE_001.pdf)
7. **Engrossed (02/03/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_065_eng.pdf)
8. **Final Act (04/04/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_065_enr.pdf)
9. **Introduced (01/13/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_065_01.pdf)
10. **PA1 (01/27/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_065shhs_01.pdf)
11. **PA2 (03/20/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_065hie_01.pdf)
12. **Reengrossed (02/10/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_065_ren.pdf)
13. **Rerevised (03/24/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_065_rer.pdf)
14. **Revised (03/22/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_065_rev.pdf)
15. **Signed Act (04/06/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_065_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- Refer Senate Bill 17-065, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 9-2. — **9–2** (pass) · legislature
- Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment F). The motion passed without objection. — **0–0** (pass) · legislature
- Adopt amendment L.009 (Attachment K) to Senate Bill 17-065. The motion failed on a 5-5 vote, . — **5–5** (fail) · legislature
- Adopt amendment L.007 (Attachment J) to Senate Bill 17-065. The motion passed without objection. — **0–0** (pass) · legislature
- Refer Senate Bill 17-065, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 5-0. — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Adopt amendment L.010 (Attachment I) to Senate Bill 17-065. The motion passed without objection. — **0–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Kevin Lundberg — primary (person)
- Susan Lontine — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2017-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2017-03-24T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2017-03-22T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2017-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2017-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Health, Insurance, & Environment Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-02-15T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Health, Insurance, & Environment `introduction`
- **2017-02-10T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-09T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2017-02-08T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2017-02-07T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2017-02-06T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2017-02-03T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2017-01-31T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 02/03/2017 - No Amendments
- **2017-01-26T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-01-13T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c65b0a3-aad7-4990-9335-ca5141cffd36`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).