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Bill Number: HB26-1412
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Archived At: 2026-04-09 17:23:09 MDT
Created At: 2026-04-09 17:23:09 MDT

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  "origin": "House",
  "lls_num": "26-0978",
  "session": "2026A",
  "subject": [
    "Health Care & Health Insurance"
  ],
  "bill_num": "HB26-1412",
  "sponsors": [
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      "title": "Representative",
      "s_type": "Prime Sponsor",
      "chamber": "House",
      "full_name": "Emily Sirota",
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    },
    {
      "id": "RT001",
      "title": "Representative",
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      "full_name": "Rick Taggart",
      "last_name": "Taggart",
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    },
    {
      "id": "KB002",
      "title": "Representative",
      "s_type": "Additional Sponsor",
      "chamber": "House",
      "full_name": "Kyle Brown",
      "last_name": "Brown",
      "first_name": "Kyle"
    },
    {
      "id": "JB004",
      "title": "Senator",
      "s_type": "Prime Sponsor",
      "chamber": "Senate",
      "full_name": "Jeff Bridges",
      "last_name": "Bridges",
      "first_name": "Jeff",
      "sponsor_order": "3"
    },
    {
      "id": "BK001",
      "title": "Senator",
      "s_type": "Prime Sponsor",
      "chamber": "Senate",
      "full_name": "Barbara Kirkmeyer",
      "last_name": "Kirkmeyer",
      "first_name": "Barbara",
      "sponsor_order": "4"
    },
    {
      "id": "JA002",
      "title": "Senator",
      "s_type": "Additional Sponsor",
      "chamber": "Senate",
      "full_name": "Judy Amabile",
      "last_name": "Amabile",
      "first_name": "Judy"
    }
  ],
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  "long_title": "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.",
  "bill_status": "House Second Reading",
  "short_title": "HCPF Statistical Sampling & Extrapolation",
  "bill_summary": "<html><body><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Joint Budget Committee.</b> If an audit of a medicaid provider who provides nonemergency medical transportation services or pediatric behavioral therapy is initiated after July 1, 2026, for services provided from January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2023, the department of health care policy and financing (state department) is authorized to determine and recover overpayments to a provider using statistical sampling and extrapolation. If an audit identifies a statistically significant pattern of alleged overpayments to a provider, the auditor is authorized to use the same statistical sampling and extrapolation methods to audit services provided by the provider from January 1, 2024, through December 31, 2025.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If the audit identifies an alleged overpayment, the state department is required to issue a notice of the alleged overpayment within 60 days after the alleged overpayment is identified. The notice of alleged overpayment must include the basis of the alleged overpayment, the rationale for the alleged overpayment, the methodology used to calculate the alleged overpayment, and information on how the state department identified the alleged overpayment.<br/></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If the state department enters into a contract for the purpose of conducting an audit, the contract must not be a contingency-based contract based on a percentage of the amount of recovery collected from the provider.<br/></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;After the state department completes an audit of a provider, the state auditor's office is required to conduct an examination to determine that proper statistical sampling and extrapolation methods were used by the state department when determining whether overpayments were made to a provider. The state auditor shall annually present a report of the findings to the legislative audit committee and the joint budget committee.<br/></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The bill reduces a general fund appropriation and increases a cash fund appropriation to the state department.<br/><br/><br/><i>(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)</i></p></body></html>",
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  "special_type": "",
  "bill_category": "Health Care Policy and Financing",
  "allow_testimony": "F",
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      "date": "04/09/2026 04:34:25 PM",
      "vote": "Passed**",
      "chamber": "House",
      "hearing": "Second Reading",
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  "full_bill_topic": "Department of Health Care Policy & Financing Statistical Sampling & Extrapolation",
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  "GHG_report_files": [],
  "preamended_files": [],
  "bill_sub_category": "Department",
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      "url": "https://www.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2026A/csl.nsf/0/D40C428253D39BC987258DC600502190/$File/HB1412_00.pdf",
      "date": "04/06/2026",
      "label": "FN1",
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      "lastModified": "04/06/2026 05:00:37 PM",
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  "is_budget_package": "Yes",
  "session_laws_files": "",
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  "first_chamber_third_reading_date": "",
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