Overview
STATE BUDGET
The state operates on an annual budget cycle, with agencies submitting their budget requests to the Governor in July. The Governor submits a proposed budget to the state legislature in November, and the legislature typically adopts a budget in April for the new fiscal year beginning July 1. The Governor is required to submit a balanced budget, and the legislature is required to pass a balanced budget.
STATE LEGISLATURE
The House of Representatives has 65 members and the Senate 35. Members of the House are elected to two-year terms, and members of the Senate are elected to four-year terms. Regular sessions are held annually and begin no later than the second Wednesday in January. Regular sessions last no more than 120 calendar days. Bills do not carry over from year to year.
KEY RESOURCES
- Colorado General Assembly
- Office of the Attorney General
- Colorado Governor
- Colorado All-Payer Health Claims Database
- Information on Healthcare Policy in Colorado
Colorado Laws
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 10-1-102. Definitions: Insurance – General Provisions – Colorado
Introduced: Status: Enacted
Definition section for Insurance title.
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 10-1-108. Duties of commissioner–reports–publications– fees– disposition of funds– adoption of rules–examinations and investigations: Insurance – General Provisions – Colorado
Introduced: Status: Enacted
Requires hospitals and other providers as well as health maintenance organizations to report information about payments, fees, etc. made during the year to the insurance commissioner.
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 10-1-109. Rules of commissioner: Insurance – General Provisions – Colorado
Introduced: Status: Enacted
The commisioner shall make and promolgate the rules necessary to regulate insurance.
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 10-1-111. Invoking aid of courts: Insurance – General Provisions – Colorado
Introduced: Status: Enacted
The commissioner, through the attorney general, may invoke the aid of the courts through injunction or other proper process, mandatory or otherwise, to enforce any proper order made by the commissioner or taken by the […]
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 10-1-112. Policy conditions required by other states: Insurance – General Provisions – Colorado
Introduced: Status: Enacted
Any domestic insurance company, that does business in another state, may institute provisions to comply with the laws of the other state’s in which it does business.
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