republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2019a/hb-19-1211.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prior Authorization Requirements Health Care Service"
description: "Health care coverage - prior authorization for health care services - publication of requirements and restrictions - deadline for making determination - required criteria - exceptions for compliant providers - duration of prior authorization - rules. With regard to the prior authorization process used by carriers or private utilization review organizations (organizations) acting on behalf of carriers to review and determine whether a particular health care service prescribed by a health care provider is approved as a covered benefit under the patient's health benefit plan, the act requires carriers and organizations to:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "HB 19-1211"
citation: "Colorado HB 19-1211 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Angela Williams", "Dafna Michaelson Jenet", "Yadira Caraveo"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-25T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-13T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3dd24f2-47d3-491d-9d53-73517037340a"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb19-1211"
source_hash: "725185216825038989104784c436315f6875371d0393dfc512c88be8119df6ae"
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 19-1211 (2019A) — Prior Authorization Requirements Health Care Service

Health care coverage - prior authorization for health care services - publication of requirements and restrictions - deadline for making determination - required criteria - exceptions for compliant providers - duration of prior authorization - rules. With regard to the prior authorization process used by carriers or private utilization review organizations (organizations) acting on behalf of carriers to review and determine whether a particular health care service prescribed by a health care provider is approved as a covered benefit under the patient's health benefit plan, the act requires carriers and organizations to:

## 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_hb1211_s_hhs_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/29/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1211_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/09/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1211_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/25/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1211_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/29/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1211hi_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (04/01/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1211_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (04/17/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1211_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/16/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1211_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (05/13/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_1211_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- CONCUR — **57–7** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **49–14** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **29–5** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **50–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Angela Williams — primary (person)
- Dafna Michaelson Jenet — primary (person)
- Yadira Caraveo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-13T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2019-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2019-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2019-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2019-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2019-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2019-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-2`
- **2019-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-02T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2019-04-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2019-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Health & Insurance Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-02-25T07:00:00+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/e3dd24f2-47d3-491d-9d53-73517037340a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).