SB21-194 Summary

• Health insurance carriers must reimburse labor and delivery providers using high-quality, cost-effective, evidence-based care models that prevent risk in subsequent pregnancies.

• Healthcare facilities providing labor and delivery services must coordinate transfers with home and birthing centers while maintaining patient care continuity and enabling provider billing.

• Extends Medicaid coverage for eligible pregnant individuals from 60 days to 12 months postpartum, subject to federal authorization and implementation by July 1, 2022.

• Requires the Colorado Maternal Mortality Review Committee to incorporate input from pregnant and postpartum persons (especially from marginalized groups), collect demographic health data including race and ethnicity, and study evidence-based policies in perinatal care by September 1, 2023.

• Appropriates $77,993 in general funds and anticipates $481,379 in federal funds for the 2021-22 fiscal year to implement maternal health improvements and expand postpartum coverage.