Second Regular Session
              Sixty-fourth General Assembly
                    STATE OF COLORADO
                                                INTRODUCED 
                                                           
  
 LLS NO. 04-0439.01 Julie Hoerner        HOUSE BILL 04-1026
                    HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
 Carroll,
 
                   SENATE SPONSORSHIP
 (None),
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 House Committees
 Senate Committees
 
 
 Business Affairs & Labor
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                         A BILL FOR AN ACT
       Concerning the minimum amount of medical payments
            coverage that may be offered by an auto insurer.
       
       
                           Bill Summary
       
            (Note:  This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
       not necessarily reflect any amendments that may be subsequently
       adopted.)
       
            Requires an insurer offering medical payments coverage for the
       purposes of motor vehicle insurance to offer coverage amounts of
       $10,000 and $25,000, as well as any other amount deemed appropriate by
       the insurer.
       
       
       
       Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
            SECTION 1.  Part 6 of article 4 of title 10, Colorado Revised
       Statutes, is amended BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION to
       read:
            10-4-634.  Medical payments coverage.  If an insurer offers
       medical payments coverage in conjunction with the coverage
       required pursuant to section 10-4-620, such medical payments
       coverage shall provide for benefits of ten thousand dollars and
       twenty-five thousand dollars.  Nothing in this section shall be
       construed to limit any other coverage amounts being offered by
       an insurer.
            SECTION 2.  Effective date - applicability.  This act shall take
       effect July 1, 2004, and shall apply to medical payments coverage
       policies issued or renewed on or after said date.
            SECTION 3.  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.