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Bill Number: SB26-178
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<li><strike>Authorize a 25-year loan from the unclaimed property trust fund (trust fund) to the cash fund;</strike></li><li><i>Direct the state treasurer to transfer $40 million from the marijuana tax cash fund to the cash fund by June 30, 2026;</i></li><li>Direct the <strike>health insurance affordability</strike> board, in recommending parameters for implementing subsidies for state-subsidized individual health coverage plans, to recommend coverage that prioritizes enrollment stability and customer predictability; when seeking input on its recommendations regarding plans, coverage, and the number of eligible slots, to enable feedback in at least English and Spanish and in other languages upon request; and to indicate how it incorporated such feedback into its final recommendations; <strike>and</strike></li><li>Direct the enterprise to conduct or contract a third party to conduct a study to evaluate the feasibility of restructuring the enterprise programs to increase health insurance affordability and maximize enrollment in health insurance plans <i>;</i></li><li><i>Require the enterprise to submit 3 written reports and make one in-person presentation to the joint budget committee each year regarding the status of the cash fund and, as part of its in-person presentation in January 2027, to provide an analysis of the effects of changing the statewide average premium reduction under the reinsurance program to 15% and of creating a tiered, income-based, structure for premium assistance for individuals who purchase insurance on the Colorado health benefit exchange (exchange); 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