Colorado legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Colorado HB1412: HCPF Statistical Sampling & Extrapolation
Status: Chaptered, June 4, 2026
Concerning authorizing the department of health care policy and financing to use statistical sampling and extrapolation to recover overpayments to providers for certain medicaid services, and, in connection therewith, making and reducing an appropriation.
What the bill says
From the chaptered text, June 4, 2026:
HOUSE BILL 26-1412 BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) Sirota and Taggart, Brown, Woodrow, Bradley, Keltie; also SENATOR(S) Bridges and Kirkrneyer, Amabile, Hinrichsen. CONCERNINGAUTHORIZINGTHEDEPARTMENTOFHEALTHCAREPOLICY AND FINANCING TO USE ST AT ISTICAL SAMPLING AND EXTRAPOLATION TO RECOVER OVERPAYMENTS TO PROVIDERS FOR CERTAIN MEDICAID SERVICES, AND, IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, MAKING AND REDUCING AN APPROPRIATION. SECTION 1. Legislative declaration. ( 1) The general assembly finds and declares that: (a) The federal centers for medicare and medicaid services, the office of inspector general in the federal department of health and human services, and other federal agencies regularly employ statistical sampling and extrapolation methodologies to identify and recover improper payments from the Colorado medicaid program administered by the department of health care policy and financing, or HCPF; Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material added to existing law; dashes through words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law and such material is not part of the act. (b) Certain medicaid service areas, including nonemergency medical transportation and pediatric behavioral therapy, such as applied behavior analysis services, have been identified as having elevated rates of insufficient documentation, improper billing, or fraud, waste, and abuse, characterized by rapid outsized spending growth not explained or supported by a corresponding increase in the number of individuals served; ( c) Requiring HCPF to individually audit each claim submitted for payment by …
Sponsors
- Sirota, Emily (D, 9) · primary sponsor
- Taggart, Rick (R, 55) · primary sponsor
- Brown, Kyle (D, 12)
- Woodrow, Steven (D, 2)
- Bradley, Brandi (R, 39)
- Keltie, Rebecca (R, 16)
- Bridges, Jeff (D, 26) · primary sponsor
- Kirkmeyer, Barbara (R, 23) · primary sponsor
- Amabile, Judy (D, 18)
- Hinrichsen, Nick (D, 3)
Latest actions
- : Governor Signed
- : Sent to the Governor
- : Signed by the President of the Senate
- : Signed by the Speaker of the House
- : House Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
- : Senate Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
- : House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Not Concur - Request Conference Committee
- : Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
- : Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- : Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole
Votes
- Conference Committee Report: REPASS (April 28, 2026): 63 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Conference Committee Report: ADOPT (April 28, 2026): 63 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Conference Committee Report: REPASS (April 24, 2026): 33 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Conference Committee Report: ADOPT CCR (April 24, 2026): 33 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Adopt the first draft conference committee report of the first conference committee on H.B. 26-1412. (April 23, 2026): 6 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate Amendments: NOT CNCR (April 17, 2026): 62 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Department, Health Care Policy and Financing
Common questions
- What is HB1412?
- HB1412 is a bill in the Colorado Legislature (2026 Regular Session): HCPF Statistical Sampling & Extrapolation.
- What does HB1412 do?
- Concerning authorizing the department of health care policy and financing to use statistical sampling and extrapolation to recover overpayments to providers for certain medicaid services, and, in connection therewith, making and reducing an appropriation.
- What is the status of HB1412?
- Chaptered as of June 4, 2026. Latest action: Governor Signed (June 4, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB1412?
- Sirota, Emily (D, 9), with 9 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB1412?
- On the Colorado Legislature website: https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb26-1412
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