republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2018a/hb-18-1282.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health Care Provider Unique Identification Per Site Or Service"
description: "Section 2 of the bill requires an off-campus location of a hospital to apply for, obtain, and use on claims for reimbursement for health care services provided at the off-campus location a unique national provider identifier, commonly referred to as 'NPI'. The off-campus location's NPI must be used on all claims related to health care services provided at that location, regardless of whether the claim is filed through the hospital's central billing or claims department or through a health care clearinghouse."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "HB 18-1282"
citation: "Colorado HB 18-1282 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jim Smallwood", "John Kefalas", "Lang Sias", "Susan Lontine"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-03-07T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-04-25T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3af0bc8-d41f-42ad-ab88-b31a0ce14be1"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb18-1282"
source_hash: "1b15a26b4b21066b92cdfe37d4877e02e4a67a5d12bb482d7a8a84cc4afc9467"
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 18-1282 (2018A) — Health Care Provider Unique Identification Per Site Or Service

Section 2 of the bill requires an off-campus location of a hospital to apply for, obtain, and use on claims for reimbursement for health care services provided at the off-campus location a unique national provider identifier, commonly referred to as 'NPI'. The off-campus location's NPI must be used on all claims related to health care services provided at that location, regardless of whether the claim is filed through the hospital's central billing or claims department or through a health care clearinghouse.

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018a/bills/cr/2018a_hb1282_s_hhs_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/23/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1282_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/19/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1282_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/07/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1282_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/02/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1282shhs_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (03/26/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1282_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (04/05/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1282_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/04/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1282_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (04/25/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1282_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **58–3** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **63–0** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **59–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jim Smallwood — primary (person)
- John Kefalas — primary (person)
- Lang Sias — primary (person)
- Susan Lontine — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2018-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2018-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over to 04/09/2018
- **2018-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2018-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2018-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2018-03-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 03/23/2018 - No Amendments
- **2018-03-15T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Health, Insurance, & Environment Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-03-07T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Health, Insurance, & Environment `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b3af0bc8-d41f-42ad-ab88-b31a0ce14be1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).