republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2019a/hb-19-1001.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hospital Transparency Measures To Analyze Efficacy"
description: "Hospitals - healthcare affordability and sustainability enterprise board - annual hospital expenditure report - hospital report card and hospital charge report recommendations. The act requires the department of health care policy and financing (department), in consultation with the Colorado healthcare affordability and sustainability enterprise board, to develop and prepare an annual report detailing uncompensated hospital costs and the different categories of expenditures made by hospitals in the state (hospital expenditure report). In compiling the hospital expenditure report, the department shall use publicly available data sources whenever possible. Each hospital in the state is required to make available to the department certain information."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "HB 19-1001"
citation: "Colorado HB 19-1001 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Rankin", "Chris Kennedy", "Dominick Moreno"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 17
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-01-04T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-03-28T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ca55896-6435-4577-94fc-ab8ceacdda15"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb19-1001"
source_hash: "8a6b9469f7163e50ba80657c57b79627b3f21f0ff81e5a415d8ea0b84599f8d1"
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 19-1001 (2019A) — Hospital Transparency Measures To Analyze Efficacy

Hospitals - healthcare affordability and sustainability enterprise board - annual hospital expenditure report - hospital report card and hospital charge report recommendations. The act requires the department of health care policy and financing (department), in consultation with the Colorado healthcare affordability and sustainability enterprise board, to develop and prepare an annual report detailing uncompensated hospital costs and the different categories of expenditures made by hospitals in the state (hospital expenditure report). In compiling the hospital expenditure report, the department shall use publicly available data sources whenever possible. Each hospital in the state is required to make available to the department certain information.

## 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/2019a_hb1001_s_hhs_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (01/29/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1001_en2.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/19/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1001_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/04/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1001_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (01/17/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1001hi_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (03/08/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1001shhs_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (01/31/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1001_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (03/14/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1001_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (03/13/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1001_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (03/28/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_1001_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **34–1** (pass) · lower
- AMD — **22–42** (fail) · lower
- CONCUR — **43–21** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **39–22** (pass) · lower
- AMD — **23–41** (fail) · lower
- AMD — **23–41** (fail) · lower
- REPASS — **43–21** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bob Rankin — primary (person)
- Chris Kennedy — primary (person)
- Dominick Moreno — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-19T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2019-03-19T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2019-03-18T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2019-03-17T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2019-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2019-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-03-07T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-04T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2019-01-31T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-01-30T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-01-29T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2019-01-28T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-01-16T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Health & Insurance Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-01-04T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Insurance `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3ca55896-6435-4577-94fc-ab8ceacdda15`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).