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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Out-of-network Provider Reimbursement Rate"
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description: "The act corrects the reimbursement rate specified in law that a health insurance carrier is required to reimburse an out-of-network health care provider who provides either emergency services to a covered person or covered nonemergency services to a covered person at an in-network facility so that the law accurately states the reimbursement rate as the greater of:"
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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: "SB 20-043"
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citation: "Colorado SB 20-043 (2020A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Donald Valdez", "Jack Tate"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 13
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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: "2020-03-11T06:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58ee9e6f-4d6c-4054-9111-d6b91ba4850e"
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source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb20-043"
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source_hash: "c321ba5ea79fbcb37deabc18b46ec08410c00a2ca0ceb33cf73ffe77fc8de8a9"
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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 SB 20-043 (2020A) — Out-of-network Provider Reimbursement Rate
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The act corrects the reimbursement rate specified in law that a health insurance carrier is required to reimburse an out-of-network health care provider who provides either emergency services to a covered person or covered nonemergency services to a covered person at an in-network facility so that the law accurately states the reimbursement rate as the greater of:
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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_sb043_h_hi_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_043_eng.pdf)
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3. **Final Act (03/04/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_043_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_043_01.pdf)
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5. **Reengrossed (02/04/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_043_ren.pdf)
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6. **Rerevised (02/27/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_043_rer.pdf)
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7. **Revised (02/21/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_043_rev.pdf)
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8. **Signed Act (03/11/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_043_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- BILL — **63–1** (pass) · lower
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- BILL — **30–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Donald Valdez — primary (person)
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- Jack Tate — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2020-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-03-04T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
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- **2020-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2020-02-27T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
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- **2020-02-24T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
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- **2020-02-21T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
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- **2020-02-18T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Health & Insurance Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-06T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Insurance `introduction`
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- **2020-02-04T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
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- **2020-02-03T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-29T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-08T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & 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/58ee9e6f-4d6c-4054-9111-d6b91ba4850e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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