Title |
Health Benefits For Colorado Children And Pregnant Persons |
Status |
Governor Signed (06/07/2022) |
Bill Subjects |
- Health Care & Health Insurance
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House Sponsors |
J. McCluskie (D) S. Gonzales-Gutierrez (D) |
Senate Sponsors |
R. Fields (D) D. Moreno (D) |
House Committee |
Public and Behavioral Health & Human Services |
Senate Committee |
Health and Human Services |
Date Introduced |
03/09/2022 |
Summary |
The bill makes the following changes to health insurance coverage for low-income pregnant people and children in low-income families: • Provides full health insurance coverage for Colorado pregnant people who would be eligible for medicaid and the children's basic health plan (CHIP) if not for their
immigration status and continues that coverage for 12 months postpartum at the CHIP federal matching rate; • Provides comprehensive health insurance coverage to all Colorado children who would be eligible for medicaid and CHIP if not for their immigration status; • Requires the state department of health care policy and financing to create an outreach and enrollment strategy for enrolling eligible groups into new coverage options; • Makes comprehensive lactation supports and supplies, including breast pumps, a covered benefit for perinatal people on medicaid and CHIP; • Draws down federal funds to improve perinatal and postpartum support and requires that priorities for the funds be determined through a stakeholder process; • Permanently authorizes an existing survey of birthing parents, run by the state department of public health and environment and increases the ability of the survey to collect and report on the experiences of birthing people of color in Colorado; • Creates a special enrollment period for health insurance coverage due to pregnancy so that an eligible person can sign up for insurance as soon as the person becomes pregnant; and • Improves the quality of health insurance coverage available through the health insurance affordability enterprise.
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Committee Reports with Amendments |
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Full Text
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Full Text of Bill (pdf) (most recent) |
Fiscal Notes |
Fiscal Notes (04/29/2022) (most recent)
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Additional Bill Documents |
Bill Documents Including:
- Past bill versions
- Past fiscal notes
- Committee activity and documents
- Bill History
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Lobbyists |
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