SB 17-084

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Coverage For Drugs In A Health Coverage Plan

Plain-English Summary

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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.)

Details

Chamber: Senate
First action: 2017-02-09
Latest action: 2017-01-18
Last action desc.: Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services
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Votes

Adopt amendment L.005 (Attachment B). The motion passed without objection.

2017-02-09 · House · pass — Yes: 0 · No: 0 · Other: —

Reconsider the previous motion. The motion failed on a vote of 2-3.

2017-02-09 · House · fail — Yes: 2 · No: 3 · Other: —

Adopt amendment L.006 (Attachment C). The motion passed on a vote of 4-1.

2017-02-09 · House · pass — Yes: 4 · No: 1 · Other: —

Postpone Senate Bill 17-084 indefinitely using a reversal of the previous roll call. There was no objection to the use of the reverse roll call, therefore, the bill was postponed indefinitely.

2017-02-09 · House · pass — Yes: 3 · No: 2 · Other: —

Refer Senate Bill 17-084, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion failed on a vote of 2-3.

2017-02-09 · House · fail — Yes: 2 · No: 3 · Other: —