HB16-1015 Summary

• Adds automatic repeal triggers to ten Colorado health insurance law provisions that were enacted in 2013 to align with the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), contingent on Congress repealing comparable federal requirements and the President signing the legislation.

• Applies to state requirements covering essential health benefits packages, dependent coverage for children under 26, guaranteed issuance and renewability, open and special enrollment periods, provider nondiscrimination, continuation coverage, fair marketing standards, benefit denial procedures, preexisting condition exclusions, and grace periods for premium payments.

• Requires the Commissioner of Insurance to notify the Revisor of Statutes in writing when federal law repeals comparable requirements, triggering automatic repeal of the corresponding state provisions.

• Amends contraception coverage requirements to specify that only contraception "that does not destroy an embryo" must be covered, effective only if federal law addressing similar requirements is repealed.

• Takes effect 90 days after final adjournment of the General Assembly (August 10, 2016), subject to a possible referendum petition requiring approval by Colorado voters in November 2016.