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Colorado Display of Healthcare Service Prices Requirement Initiative (2018)
| Colorado Display of Healthcare Service 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 Healthcare Service Prices Requirement Initiative (#123, #146) was not on the ballot in Colorado as an initiated state statute on November 6, 2018.
This initiative would have required all healthcare providers that receive and treat patients to provide an easily accessible list of prices for each healthcare service offered. The price list would have had to be provided in printed form and electronically. Multiple versions of the initiative were filed.[1]
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot titles for the different versions of the initiative are below:[1]
| Initiative 121 ballot title | |||||
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Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning the disclosure of health care pricing information, and, in connection therewith, requiring health care providers to publish fee schedules detailing the price charged for health care services, billing policies, and a list of health care professionals providing services; prohibiting noncomplying health care providers from billing for services; requiring health insurers to publicly disclose coverage and payment information for each health coverage plan and information regarding incentives received by the insurer; requiring pharmacies to publish retail drug prices; authorizing penalties for violations; and prohibiting any contract between a health insurance plan and a health care provider from restricting publication of the required health care price information? | |||||
| Initiative 122 ballot title | |||||
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Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning the disclosure of health care provider pricing information, and, in connection therewith, requiring health care providers to publish fee schedules detailing the price charged for health care services, billing policies, and a list of health care professionals providing services; prohibiting noncomplying health care providers from billing for services; requiring health care providers to inform patients about the acceptance of and coverage of health care services under the patient’s insurance; and prohibiting any contract between a health insurance plan and a health care provider from restricting publication of the required health care price information? | |||||
| Initiative 123 ballot title | |||||
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Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning the disclosure of health care pricing information, and, in connection therewith, requiring health care providers to publish fee schedules detailing the price charged for health care services, billing policies, and a list of health care professionals providing services; prohibiting noncomplying health care providers from billing for services; requiring health insurers to publicly disclose coverage and payment information for each health coverage plan and information regarding incentives received by the insurer; requiring pharmacies to publish retail drug prices; authorizing penalties for violations; and prohibiting any contract between a health insurance plan and a health care provider from restricting publication of the required health care price information? | |||||
| Initiative 146 ballot title | |||||
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Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning the disclosure of health care pricing information, and, in connection therewith, requiring health care providers, as broadly defined by the measure, to publish fee schedules detailing the price charged for health care services, billing policies, and a list of health care professionals providing services; prohibiting noncomplying health care providers from billing for services; requiring health insurers to publicly disclose coverage and payment information, including prescription drug prices, for each health coverage plan and information regarding incentives received by the insurer; requiring pharmacies to publish retail drug prices; authorizing penalties for violations; and prohibiting any contract between a health insurance plan and a health care provider from restricting publication of the required health care price information? | |||||
Full text
- The full text of Initiative #121 is available here.
- The full text of Initiative #122 is available here.
- The full text of Initiative #123 is available here.
- The full text of Initiative #146 is available here.
Campaign finance
| Total campaign contributions: | |
| Support: | $0.00 |
| Opposition: | $0.00 |
There were no ballot measure committees registered in support of the measure. One committee, Citizens for Responsible Healthcare Policy, registered to oppose initiative #146. The committee had not reported any contributions or expenditures.[2]
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 versions #121-123 of this initiative on January 26, 2018.[1]
- Version #118 was withdrawn.[1]
- Ballot titles were set by the title setting board for versions #121-123 of this initiative on February 7, 2018.[1]
- David Silverstein and Andrew Graham submitted version #146 on February 23, 2018.[1]
- A ballot title was set for version #146 on March 7, 2018.[1]
- On March 22, 2018, the petition format for version #123 was approved. Since less than six months remained to the general deadline of August 6, 2018, no initiative-specific deadline was applicable.[1]
- On March 28, 2018, the petition format for version #146 was approved. Since less than six months remained to the general deadline of August 6, 2018, no initiative-specific deadline was applicable.[1]
- The measure did not submit signatures to the secretary of state's office by the August 6, 2018, deadline and therefore did not qualify for the ballot.
Related measures
- Colorado Display of Drug Prices Requirement Initiative (2018)
- Colorado Display of Health Insurance Prices Requirement Initiative (2018)
See also
External links
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