During the 2024 general election, Colorado voters approved
Amendment 79, which:
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Repealed the state constitutional amendment prohibiting the use of public funds to pay for abortions; and
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Added a state constitutional amendment recognizing the right to an abortion and prohibiting Colorado state and local governments from denying, impeding, or discriminating against the exercise of that right, including prohibiting health insurance companies from excluding coverage for abortion.
The bill makes conforming changes to state law relating to
abortion care as a result of Amendment 79.
Current law requires the executive director of the department of
health care policy and financing to authorize medicaid reimbursement for family-planning-related services. The bill expands the definition of family-planning-related services to include abortion care. The bill requires the medical services board to include abortion care in the schedule of health-care services available for pregnant persons enrolled in the children's basic health plan.
