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type: "Bill"
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title: "Physician Assistants Financial Responsibility Requirements"
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description: "The act specifies that a physician assistant who has been practicing for at least 3 years must comply with the same financial responsibility requirements to which physicians are subject, namely to maintain professional liability coverage of at least $1 million per incident and $3 million aggregate per year. Additionally, the act authorizes the Colorado medical board to exempt physician assistants from the financial responsibility requirements, or lessen the requirements, to the same extent permitted for physicians."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
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legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
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session: "2020A"
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identifier: "HB 20-1041"
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citation: "Colorado HB 20-1041 (2020A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Hugh McKean", "Lisa Cutter", "Rhonda Fields"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2020-01-08T07:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2020-03-20T06:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39737ecd-129a-42c4-82b5-1b076e575206"
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source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb20-1041"
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source_hash: "63a98ae414683daa8530bde07c4930935b2a92d6f9c735026ff76cb45373e099"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
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---
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# Colorado HB 20-1041 (2020A) — Physician Assistants Financial Responsibility Requirements
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The act specifies that a physician assistant who has been practicing for at least 3 years must comply with the same financial responsibility requirements to which physicians are subject, namely to maintain professional liability coverage of at least $1 million per incident and $3 million aggregate per year. Additionally, the act authorizes the Colorado medical board to exempt physician assistants from the financial responsibility requirements, or lessen the requirements, to the same extent permitted for physicians.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_hb1041_s_hhs_001.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed (02/03/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1041_eng.pdf)
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3. **Final Act (03/14/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1041_enr.pdf)
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4. **Introduced (01/08/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1041_01.pdf)
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5. **Reengrossed (02/06/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1041_ren.pdf)
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6. **Rerevised (03/04/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1041_rer.pdf)
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7. **Revised (03/03/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1041_rev.pdf)
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8. **Signed Act (03/20/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_1041_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- BILL — **61–0** (pass) · lower
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- BILL — **29–3** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Hugh McKean — primary (person)
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- Lisa Cutter — primary (person)
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- Rhonda Fields — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2020-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
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- **2020-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2020-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
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- **2020-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-10T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
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- **2020-02-06T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
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- **2020-02-03T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-29T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public Health Care & Human Services Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-08T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Public Health Care & Human Services `introduction`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/39737ecd-129a-42c4-82b5-1b076e575206`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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