Senate Bill 25B-002

BY SENATOR(S) Bridges and Daugherty, Amabile, Ball, Cutter, Danielson, Gonzales J., Hinrichsen, Jodeh, Kipp, Kolker, Marchman, Michaelson Jenet, Mullica, Roberts, Rodriguez, Snyder, Sullivan, Wallace, Weissman, Winter F., Coleman;

also REPRESENTATIVE(S) Bacon and Willford, Bird, Boesenecker, Brown, Camacho, Carter, Clifford, Duran, English, Espenoza, Froelich, Garcia, Gilchrist, Hamrick, Jackson, Joseph, Lieder, Lindsay, Lindstedt, Lukens, Mabrey, Mauro, McCormick, Paschal, Phillips, Rutinel, Rydin, Sirota, Smith, Stewart K., Stewart R., Story, Titone, Valdez, Velasco, Woodrow, Zokaie, McCluskie.

Concerning state-only funding for entities that are prohibited from receiving reimbursement from the federal centers for medicare and medicaid services due to the entity providing certain reproductive health-care services.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:

SECTION 1.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, add 25.5-2-107 as follows:

25.5-2-107.  State-only funding for certain entities - application - rules. (1)  The state department shall reimburse a prohibited entity, as defined in Pub.L. 119-21 sec. 71113, using only state funds for services covered under Title XIX of the federal "Social Security Act" and provided on or after July 1, 2025, except those services covered pursuant to section 25.5-2-106.

(2)  This section does not apply if a prohibited entity is eligible for reimbursement from the federal centers for medicare and medicaid services at the time the services are provided.

(3)  The state board may adopt rules as necessary to implement this section.

SECTION 2.  Safety clause. The general assembly finds, determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety or for appropriations for the support and maintenance of the departments of the state and state institutions.