Colorado legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Colorado SB162: Sensitive Test Results in Health Care
Status: Failed, May 8, 2026
Concerning releasing health-care test results to patients.
What the bill says
A bill FOR AN ACT CONCERNING RELEASING HEALTH-CARE TEST RESULTS TO PATIENTS. Bill Summary (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at http://leg.colorado.gov.) Beginning July 1, 2027, the bill prohibits the immediate release of a patient's sensitive test results to the patient's electronic health record or through a patient portal…
From the engrossed text, April 29, 2026:
A BILL FOR AN ACT CONCERNING RELEASING HEALTH-CARE TEST RESULTS TO PATIENTS. Bill Summary (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at http://leg.colorado.gov.) Beginning July 1, 2027, the bill prohibits the immediate release of a patient's sensitive test results to the patient's electronic health record or through a patient portal. Instead, the bill requires that sensitive test results, once they are finalized, not be released as part of the patient's electronic health record or through a patient portal for 3 business days. The bill establishes 2 exceptions to this requirement: Sensitive test results may be immediately released as part of the patient's electronic health record or through a patient portal if the patient's health-care ETANES ETANES dednemanU gnidaeR dr3 gnidaeR dn2 dednemA ,92 lirpA ,82 lirpA SENATE SPONSORSHIP Frizell and Mullica, Amabile, Benavidez, Bright, Coleman, Exum, Kirkmeyer, Pelton B., Rich, Roberts, Simpson, Snyder HOUSE SPONSORSHIP Hartsook and Hamrick, Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment. Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law. Dashes through the words or numbers indicate deletions …