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Senate committee advances Paxton bill to limit preauthorization for many common services
Summary
The Senate Committee on Health & Human Services heard testimony and adopted a committee substitute for SB 1380, a measure by Sen. Paige Paxton to exempt many commonly used services from insurance preauthorization. Supporters said the bill would reduce treatment delays; insurers warned of cost and fraud risks.
Sen. Paige Paxton, author of Senate Bill 13-80, told the Senate Committee on Health & Human Services that SB 13-80 would remove preauthorization requirements for a list of commonly used services to reduce delays in care and administrative burdens on physicians and patients.
"The denials and delays associated with unnecessary delays in preauthorization pose significant risk to patients' health, safety, and well-being," Paxton said as she laid out the committee substitute. The substitute, she said, corrects a minor drafting error.
The bill’s exemptions cover a broad set of services Paxton read into the record including emergency care, certain urgent and primary care services, outpatient mental-health and substance-use disorder treatment…
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