CO SB138

Requires the Commissioner of Insurance and Department of Health Care Policy and Financing to conduct performance audits of all health-care related rules by January 1, 2029, and every 5 years thereafter, assessing statutory compliance, economic impact, and cost-benefit analysis

Repeals requirements for health insurance carriers to comply with federal price transparency laws, provide real-time cost-sharing tools, and submit pharmacy benefit/drug cost reporting to the commissioner

Eliminates the mandate for licensed health-care providers (physicians, dentists, nurses, etc.) to complete up to 4 credit hours of opioid prescribing and substance use training per licensing cycle as a condition of license renewal

Changes health-care facility licensing from annual to every 2 years, and allows facilities to use third-party resources like credit bureaus or uniform questionnaires instead of a single uniform application when screening uninsured patients for financial assistance eligibility

Requires hospital transparency report content and format requirements to be established by rule at least 30 days before the hospital's fiscal year, and grants statewide hospital associations 15 days to review reports before issuance