SB 17-084

Senate Bill 17-084, which has been signed into law, ensures that health insurance companies in Colorado cannot stop covering or increase the cost of a drug for someone if that drug was covered when they first joined their plan. This means that once a drug is included in your health coverage, it stays covered without additional costs to you throughout your plan year. The bill protects patients from unexpected changes in their medication coverage and expenses.

Official Summary

The bill prohibits a health insurance carrier from excluding or limiting a drug for an enrollee in a health coverage plan if the drug was covered at the time the enrollee enrolled in the plan. A carrier may not raise the costs to the enrollee for the drug during the enrollee's plan year. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)

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