HB 26-1019

HB 26-1019, also known as the Kidney Screening Mandatory Preventive Coverage bill, requires health insurance policies in Colorado to cover kidney function screening services without any out-of-pocket costs for the patient. This coverage will start for large employers' plans by January 1, 2027, and for individual and small group plans by January 1, 2028. The state's employees are excluded from this mandate, as are certain high-deductible health plans. Since the bill has been signed into law, it will now be implemented according to these timelines.

Official Summary

The act adds kidney function screening services as mandated preventive health-care services for which insurance policies or contracts in the state must provide total-cost coverage. Coverage for kidney function screening services will be implemented for all large employer health benefit policies or contracts issued or renewed in this state on or after January 1, 2027, and coverage will be implemented for all individual and small group health benefit plans issued or renewed in this state on or after January 1, 2028, as long as the state is not required to defray the cost of the coverage of the kidney function screening services.     The act permits the exclusion of the 'State Employees Group Benefits Act' from this mandate and exempts certain high deductible plans from having to provide total-cost coverage for such services.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

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