HB 23-1303

House Bill 23-1303, which has been signed into law in Colorado, aims to protect insurance companies from becoming financially unstable by adjusting how claims are paid when an insurer goes bankrupt. It also includes health maintenance organizations (HMOs) under the Life and Health Insurance Protection Association, making them subject to certain assessments. Additionally, it clarifies that people who buy or sell structured settlement payments won't be covered by this protection association. The law took effect on May 15, 2023, meaning these changes are now in place and affect insurance companies, HMOs, and individuals involved with structured settlements in Colorado.

Official Summary

The act amends the priority of distribution of insurance claims paid from an insurer's estate in the event of the insurer's liquidation to include in the class 1 distribution priority payments that an impaired or insolvent insurer owes to the risk adjustment program that are necessary to prevent another insurer from becoming impaired or insolvent. This prioritization adjustment repeals on July 1, 2026. The act also amends the "Life and Health Insurance Protection Association Act" as follows: Adds health maintenance organizations (HMOs) as members of the association and subjects HMOs to assessments from the association; Allocates responsibility for long-term care insurance assessments between health insurance and life insurance association members; and Specifies that the "Life and Health Insurance Protection Association Act" does not provide coverage to a person that acquires rights to receive, or to a payee or beneficiary that transfers its rights in, a structured settlement factoring transaction, as defined in federal law, regardless of when the transaction occurred. APPROVED by Governor May 15, 2023 EFFECTIVE May 15, 2023 (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

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