NOTE:  This bill has been prepared for the signature of the appropriate legislative
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or taken other action on it, please consult the legislative status sheet, the legislative
      history, or the Session Laws.
      
      
      SENATE BILL 10-183
      
      
      BY SENATOR(S) Morse and Tochtrop, Boyd, Penry, Steadman, Williams,
      Carroll M., Hudak, Sandoval, Whitehead;
      also REPRESENTATIVE(S) Gagliardi, Balmer, Kagan, Primavera,
      Riesberg, Gerou, Kefalas, Labuda, Massey, Todd.
      
      
      Concerning the continuation of a statutory prohibition on
           balance billing of certain charges for health care services.
       
      
      Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
      
           SECTION 1.  Repeal.  10-16-704 (3) (c), Colorado Revised
      Statutes, is repealed as follows:
      
           10-16-704.  Network adequacy - rules - legislative declaration. 
      (3) (c) (I)  This subsection (3) is repealed, effective July 1, 2010.  Prior to
      such repeal, the division shall conduct an evaluation to include, but not be
      limited to, the following:
      
           (A)  The effects of this subsection (3) on network adequacy;
      
           (B)  The frequency that nonparticipating providers submit more than
      network reimbursement rates for services rendered in an in-network facility
      compared to the carrier's book of business for that line of insurance;
      
           (C)  The amounts paid by carriers to nonparticipating providers; and
      
           (D)  The impact of this subsection (3) on consumers.
      
           (II)  The division shall complete the evaluation on or before January
      15, 2010, and shall report its findings to the senate health and human
      services committee and the house of representatives business affairs and
      labor committee, or any successor committees.  The legislative staff for
      such committees shall notify the committee chairs of the expectation of the
      evaluation and the repeal of this subsection (3) on or before July 1, 2009.
      
           SECTION 2.  Safety clause.  The general assembly hereby finds,
      determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate
      preservation of the public peace, health, and safety.
      
      
      
      
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      Brandon C. Shaffer                Terrance D. Carroll
      PRESIDENT OF                     SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
      THE SENATE                         OF REPRESENTATIVES
      
      
      
      
      
      
      ____________________________  ____________________________
      Karen Goldman                          Marilyn Eddins
      SECRETARY OF                 CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE
      THE SENATE                         OF REPRESENTATIVES
      
      
      
      
                  APPROVED________________________________________
      
      
      
      
      
                                    _________________________________________
                                    Bill Ritter, Jr.
                                    GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO