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HB 1096STATE · ColoradoIntroduced

Colorado Medicaid Access to Primary Care Services

The bill prohibits the department of health care policy and financing (department) from denying a medicaid member (member) the ability to purchase primary care services or enter into a direct primary care agreement. A member who purchases direct primary care services from a direct primary health-care provider or enters into a direct primary care agreement must sign a document acknowledging that the direct primary health-care provider is enrolled in the Colorado medical assistance program only as an ordering, prescribing, and referring provider; that the direct primary health-care provider does not accept medicaid payments for the services rendered; that the member cannot submit a claim for medicaid reimbursement for the services rendered by the direct primary health-care provider; and that the member retains the right to receive primary care services from a primary care provider who is enrolled in the Colorado medical assistance program.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)

Voted: 4/2/2026Source

How representatives voted

45 yea·24 nay·2 other

Action history

  • 4/2/2026Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Postpone Indefinitely
  • 2/25/2026Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services
  • 2/23/2026House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
  • 2/20/2026House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
  • 2/17/2026House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
  • 2/3/2026Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Human Services