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| Bill | Health-care Provider Liens For Injured Persons | The act establishes requirements for the creation and assignment of a health-care provider lien for a person injured in an accident. A health-care provider lien is a lien related to charges for health care provided to a person injured by the negligence or wrongful act of another person, which is asserted against money the injured person may receive from a personal injury claim or uninsured motorist claim.A health-care provider or the health-care provider's assignee creating a lien must advise the injured person of their options for payment, including the use of benefits from an insurance plan. In addition, the provider or assignee must provide additional disclosures about the lien, including how the health-care provider's assignee is compensated and of any common ownership interests among the lien holder and the injured person's health-care providers or legal counsel. The injured person must also be advised that, except in the case of fraud or misrepresentation:If the injured person does not receive a judgment, settlement, or payment on the injured person's claim, the injured person is not liable for any amount of the lien; | us/states/co | Colorado General Assembly | 2021A | HB 21-1300 | Colorado HB 21-1300 (2021A) |
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Colorado HB 21-1300 (2021A) — Health-care Provider Liens For Injured Persons
The act establishes requirements for the creation and assignment of a health-care provider lien for a person injured in an accident. A health-care provider lien is a lien related to charges for health care provided to a person injured by the negligence or wrongful act of another person, which is asserted against money the injured person may receive from a personal injury claim or uninsured motorist claim.A health-care provider or the health-care provider's assignee creating a lien must advise the injured person of their options for payment, including the use of benefits from an insurance plan. In addition, the provider or assignee must provide additional disclosures about the lien, including how the health-care provider's assignee is compensated and of any common ownership interests among the lien holder and the injured person's health-care providers or legal counsel. The injured person must also be advised that, except in the case of fraud or misrepresentation:If the injured person does not receive a judgment, settlement, or payment on the injured person's claim, the injured person is not liable for any amount of the lien;
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed (05/18/2021) (committee substitute) — source
- Final Act (06/21/2021) (committee substitute) — source
- Introduced (04/30/2021) (committee substitute) — source
- PA1 (05/13/2021) (committee substitute) — source
- Reengrossed (05/19/2021) (committee substitute) — source
- Rerevised (05/27/2021) (committee substitute) — source
- Revised (05/26/2021) (committee substitute) — source
- Signed Act (07/07/2021) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- BILL — 55–7 (pass) · lower
- COW * — 6–29 (fail) · upper
- BILL — 30–5 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Jim Smallwood — primary (person)
- Mike Weissman — primary (person)
- Patrick Neville — primary (person)
- Rachel Zenzinger — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-07-07T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed
executive-signature - 2021-06-21T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2021-06-21T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
- 2021-06-21T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
- 2021-05-27T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
passage, reading-3 - 2021-05-26T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments
reading-2 - 2021-05-24T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
committee-passage - 2021-05-19T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs
introduction - 2021-05-19T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
passage, reading-3 - 2021-05-18T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
reading-2 - 2021-05-14T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- 2021-05-11T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
committee-passage, referral-committee - 2021-04-30T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary
introduction
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5d271844-3b00-4f59-842b-7aae39dc757b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).