SB 25-045

Senate Bill 25-045 in Colorado requires the state's School of Public Health and the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing to analyze a proposal for a single-payer health care system if they receive enough funding. This analysis will look at how such a system could work in Colorado, where all residents would have access to healthcare paid for by the government but provided by private doctors and hospitals. The bill also sets up an advisory group to help with this analysis, which must be completed and reported back to lawmakers by the end of 2026. Since the bill has been signed into law, it is now in effect and the required work will proceed if funding is secured.

Official Summary

Dependent upon sufficient gifts, grants, and donations received by the Colorado school of public health (school) and the department of health care policy and financing, the act requires the school to: Analyze draft model legislation for implementing a single-payer, nonprofit, publicly financed, and privately delivered universal health-care payment system for Colorado that directly compensates providers (analysis);and Submit a report detailing its findings to the health and human services committees of the house of representatives and the senate by December 31, 2026. The act also creates the statewide health-care analysis collaborative (collaborative) for the purpose of advising the school during the analysis. The collaborative is repealed, effective December 1, 2027. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

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