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Yes: 376 • No: 174
ColoradoHB25-13002025 Regular SessionHouse
Workers' Compensation Benefits Proof of Entitlement
Sponsored By: Cathy Kipp (Democratic), Jenny Willford (Democratic)
Signed by Governor
Health Care & Health Insurance
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Doctor choice protections for injured workers
Colorado residents with work injuries can choose a state-licensed, Level I or Level II accredited treating doctor. The doctor must be within 70 miles of home or work. The limit extends to 100 miles if three or fewer qualified doctors within 70 miles will provide treatment. Employers or insurers must give verified written notice of this right within 7 business days after receiving injury notice. Workers choose in writing on the director's form before maximum medical improvement. If workers do not choose within 7 business days after receiving that notice, the employer or insurer can choose. Workers retain the right to make a later choice before maximum medical improvement. For nonresidents, employers or insurers must choose as soon as possible, within 10 business days after injury notice. That doctor must be within 100 miles of home; workers can choose if the deadline is missed. Any capable doctor or facility can provide emergency care; the choice process applies afterward. Insurers must give written advice about choosing again if a doctor refuses care or discharges the worker for nonmedical reasons, further care is needed, and no other authorized doctor is willing. Workers' attorneys cannot refer clients to authorized doctors or practices in which they hold an ownership or other financial interest.
More doctor options for injured workers
Injured workers get one doctor change within 120 days after the first doctor designation, instead of 90 days after injury. Workers must give written notice on the director's form before maximum medical improvement. The replacement must be state-licensed and Level I or Level II accredited, and the transfer cannot threaten health or safety. The prior doctor sends relevant records and continues primary care until the first visit with the new doctor. Existing work restrictions stay in place until expressly changed. Workers can also request care from a personal doctor or chiropractor using the director's form. Employers or insurers must serve a written approval or denial on the required form within 20 days after the request's certificate-of-service date. Missing that deadline waives their objections; it does not automatically approve the request. Approved care is paid under the workers' compensation fee schedule.
Payment protections for injured workers' care
Employers and insurers must follow state treatment-review standards when responding to a treating doctor's request for approval. If they fail, the director can deem an authorized doctor's services approved, reasonable, and necessary, and require payment. Workers also get reasonable costs back when a hearing application concerns an unpaid, disputed medical benefit recommended by an authorized doctor. The court must award those costs if the benefit is admitted fewer than 20 days before the hearing. The same rule applies if the benefit is ordered after the hearing application is filed. Attorney fees are excluded.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
Cathy Kipp
Democratic • Senate
Jenny Willford
Democratic • House
Cosponsors
Andrew Boesenecker
Democratic • House
Bob Marshall
Democratic • House
Brianna Titone
Democratic • House
Jennifer Bacon
Democratic • House
Jamie Jackson
Democratic • House
Junie Joseph
Democratic • House
Javier Mabrey
Democratic • House
Kyle Brown
Democratic • House
Karen McCormick
Democratic • House
Lorena Garcia
Democratic • House
Meg Froelich
Democratic • House
Mandy Lindsay
Democratic • House
Manny Rutinel
Democratic • House
Regina English
Democratic • House
Sheila Lieder
Democratic • House
Steven Woodrow
Democratic • House
Yara Zokaie
Democratic • House
Sen. F. Winter
Affiliation unavailable
Iman Jodeh
Democratic • Senate
Janice Marchman
Democratic • Senate
Katie Wallace
Democratic • Senate
Lisa Cutter
Democratic • Senate
Mike Weissman
Democratic • Senate
Tony Exum
Democratic • Senate
Tom Sullivan
Democratic • Senate
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 5/7/2025
Senate amendments: Not cncr
Yes: 44 • No: 21
House vote • 5/7/2025
Senate amendments: Repass
Yes: 39 • No: 25
House vote • 5/7/2025
Senate amendments: Concur
Yes: 42 • No: 22
House vote • 5/7/2025
Conference committee report: Adopt
Yes: 43 • No: 22
Vote • 5/7/2025
Adopt conference committee report CLHB1300.001
Yes: 5 • No: 1
Senate vote • 5/7/2025
Conference committee report: Repass
Yes: 22 • No: 13
Senate vote • 5/7/2025
Conference committee report: Adopt ccr
Yes: 35 • No: 0
House vote • 5/7/2025
Conference committee report: Repass
Yes: 41 • No: 24
Senate vote • 4/30/2025
Third reading: Bill
Yes: 22 • No: 13
Senate vote • 4/29/2025
Committee of the whole: Adopt report
Yes: 33 • No: 0
Senate vote • 4/24/2025
Refer House Bill 25-1300, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole.
Yes: 4 • No: 3
House vote • 4/14/2025
Third reading: Bill
Yes: 38 • No: 25
House vote • 3/26/2025
Refer House Bill 25-1300, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole.
Yes: 8 • No: 5
Actions Timeline
Governor Signed
6/4/2025HouseSigned by the Speaker of the House
5/15/2025HouseSigned by the President of the Senate
5/15/2025SenateSent to the Governor
5/15/2025HouseHouse Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
5/7/2025HouseHouse Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Reconsider
5/7/2025HouseHouse Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Not Concur - Request Conference Committee
5/7/2025HouseFirst Conference Committee Result was to Adopt Rerevised w/ Amendments
5/7/2025HouseSenate Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
5/7/2025SenateHouse Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
5/7/2025HouseHouse Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
5/2/2025HouseSenate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
4/30/2025SenateSenate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
4/29/2025SenateSenate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole
4/24/2025SenateIntroduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology
4/21/2025SenateHouse Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
4/14/2025HouseHouse Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
4/6/2025HouseHouse Third Reading Laid Over to 04/06/2025 - No Amendments
4/4/2025HouseHouse Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
4/3/2025HouseHouse Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
4/1/2025HouseHouse Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
3/28/2025HouseHouse Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
3/26/2025HouseIntroduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor
3/12/2025House
Bill Text
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Final Act
House Business Affairs & Labor Preamend
Introduced
Reengrossed
Rerevised
Revised
Senate Business, Labor, & Technology Preamend
Signed Act