Colorado Display of Health Insurance Prices Requirement Initiative (2018)
| Colorado Display of Health Insurance Prices Requirement | |
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| Election date November 6, 2018 | |
| Topic Healthcare | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type State statute | Origin Citizens |
The Colorado Display of Health Insurance Prices Requirement Initiative (#119; #121-123) was not on the ballot in Colorado as an initiated state statute on November 6, 2018.
This initiative would have required all health insurance providers to publish health insurance plan information. The required information would have included (1) the basis on which payment amounts were determined, (2) items listed as charges that are not paid by the insurance provider, (3) coverage and payment details according to plan type and provider, and (4) prescription drug prices, and (5) all rebates and incentives received by the insurance provider.[1]
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot titles for the different versions of the initiative are below:[1]
| Initiative 119 ballot title | |||||
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Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning a requirement that health care insurers publish health insurance plan information, and, in connection therewith, requiring health insurers to publicly disclose: 1) the basis for determining payment or reimbursement amounts to health care providers, 2) the items that appear as charges on an explanation of benefits that the insurer does not pay, 3) detailed coverage and negotiated payment information by plan type and provider, 4) prescription drug prices negotiated with providers, pharmacies, distributors, and manufacturers, and 5) all rebates or other incentives; authorizing penalties for violations; and prohibiting any contract between a health insurance plan and a health care provider from restricting the publication of the required health insurance plan information? | |||||
| Initiative 147 ballot title | |||||
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Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning a requirement that health care insurers publish health insurance plan information, and, in connection therewith, requiring health insurers to publicly disclose: 1) the basis for determining payment or reimbursement amounts to a broad range of health care providers, 2) the items that appear as charges on an explanation of benefits that the insurer does not pay, 3) detailed coverage and negotiated payment information by plan type and provider, 4) prescription drug prices negotiated with providers, pharmacies, distributors, and manufacturers, and 5) all health care related rebates or other incentives received; authorizing penalties for violations; and prohibiting any contract between a health insurance plan and a health care provider from restricting the publication of the required health insurance plan information? | |||||
Full text
- The full text of Initiative #119 is available here.
- The full text of Initiative #147 is available here.
Path to the ballot
The state process
In Colorado, the number of signatures required to qualify an initiated state statute for the ballot is equal to 5 percent of the total number of votes cast for the office of Colorado secretary of state in the preceding general election. State law provides that petitioners have six months to collect signatures after the ballot language and title are finalized. State statutes require a completed signature petition to be filed three months and three weeks before the election at which the measure would appear on the ballot. The Constitution, however, states that the petition must be filed three months before the election at which the measure would appear. The secretary of state generally lists a date that is three months before the election as the filing deadline.
The requirements to get an initiated state statute certified for the 2018 ballot:
- Signatures: 98,492 valid signatures were required.
- Deadline: The deadline to submit signatures was August 6, 2018.
The secretary of state is responsible for signature verification. Verification is conducted through a review of petitions regarding correct form and then a 5 percent random sampling verification. If the sampling projects between 90 percent and 110 percent of required valid signatures, a full check of all signatures is required. If the sampling projects more than 110 percent of the required signatures, the initiative is certified. If less than 90 percent, the initiative fails.
Details about this initiative
- David Silverstein and Andrew Graham submitted version #119 of this initiative on January 26, 2018.[1]
- A ballot title was set by the title setting board for version #119 of this initiative on February 7, 2018.[1]
- David Silverstein and Andrew Graham submitted version #147 of this initiative on February 23, 2018.[1]
- A ballot title was set by the title setting board for version #147 of this initiative on March 7, 2018.[1]
- The measure did not qualify for the November 2018 ballot because it had either (a) never been cleared for signature gathering, (b) was abandoned by sponsors, or (c) otherwise reached a certain stage in the initiative process, but did not make the ballot.
Related measures
- Colorado Display of Drug Prices Requirement Initiative (2018)
- Colorado Display of Healthcare Service Prices Requirement Initiative (2018)
See also
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Footnotes
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