2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 10 - INSURANCE (§§ 10-1-101 — 10-23-110) › HEALTH CARE COVERAGE (§§ 10-16-101 — 10-16.5-101) › Article 16 - HEALTH-CARE COVERAGE (§§ 10-16-101 — 10-16-1506) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 10-16-101 — 10-16-169) › Section 10-16-133 - Health carrier information disclosure - website - insurance producer fees and disclosure requirements - legislative declaration - rules

(1)
The general assembly finds and determines that consumers deserve to know the quality and cost of their health-care insurance. Health-care insurance transparency provides consumers with the information necessary, and the incentive, to choose health plans based on cost and quality. The general assembly further finds that providing reliable cost and quality information about health-care insurance empowers consumer choice and that consumer choice creates incentives at all levels and motivates the entire system to provide better care and benefits for less money. Therefore it is the intent of the general assembly to make information regarding the costs of health-care insurance readily available to consumers through the division of insurance.
(2)
The commissioner shall implement and maintain a consumer guide on the division of insurance website that is easily accessible and available to consumers regarding each carrier authorized to do business in this state. The website shall:
(a)
Be derived from the information that each carrier is required to file with the division, except for records that are not open to public inspection pursuant to part 2 of article
72
of title
24
, C.R.S.;
(b)
Include such information as the commissioner determines, in his or her discretion and after soliciting input from interested parties, to be useful to consumers and purchasers of health-care insurance; except that records that are not open to public inspection pursuant to part 2 of article
72
of title
24
, C.R.S., shall not be included; and
(c)
Include a link to the division's complaint form for use by consumers to file a complaint against a carrier and a link to the division's complaint index so that consumers may access information regarding complaints against carriers.
(3)
The commissioner is authorized to include additional health plan and quality information on the website from state or nationally recognized organizations that measure performance of health benefit plans.
(4)
The commissioner shall consider alternative methods of making the consumer guide accessible to consumers who do not have internet access.
(5)
(a)
An insurance producer licensed pursuant to part 4 of article
2
of this title 10 who solicits or negotiates an application for health-care insurance on behalf of a carrier shall disclose to the person purchasing the plan that the insurance producer will receive a commission from the carrier. The insurance producer shall provide the consumer with the standard compensation schedule for the product being sold. Any change to the insurance producer's compensation from the initial disclosure to the time of purchase shall be disclosed by the insurance producer to the purchaser at or before the time of sale.
(b)
An insurance producer may charge a client a fee for advising the client on the selection of an individual health benefit plan only if the producer:
(I)
Will not receive a commission from the insurer offering the individual health benefit plan selected by the client; and
(II)
Provides a written disclosure to the client if the producer will charge a fee for the service.
(c)
The commissioner shall promulgate reasonable rules that are necessary or proper for implementing and administering this subsection (5). The rules shall include a prohibition on an insurance producer charging a fee to assist a client to enroll in medicaid, as defined in section
10-22-103 (8)
, or the children's basic health plan, as defined in section
25.5-8-103 (2)
.
(6)
(a)
A carrier offering individual health benefit plans or short-term limited duration health insurance policies shall disclose to the covered person the amount of compensation associated with plan selection and enrollment consistent with the federal "No Surprises Act", Pub.L. 116-260, as amended.
(b)
The commissioner shall promulgate rules to implement the carrier disclosure requirements under this subsection (6).
Amended by 2022 Ch. 446, § 7, eff. 8/10/2022.
Amended by 2018 Ch. 118, § 1, eff. 8/8/2018.
L. 2008: Entire section added, p. 2067, § 1, effective 1/1/2009. L. 2018: (5) amended, (SB 18-136), ch. 118, p. 817, § 1, effective August 8.
2022 Ch. 446, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).