Statewide Health-Care Analysis Collaborative - Senate Bill 25-045 | Department of Health Care Policy and Financing

Senate Bill 25-045 (SB25-045) directs the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF), Connect for Health Colorado and the Colorado School of Public Health to partner to create a Statewide Health-Care Analysis Collaborative (the Collaborative) that could answer important questions about a universal health-care system in Colorado. To comply:

HCPF invited specific stakeholder representatives to join the Collaborative. Those individuals had to meet specific criteria as described in SB25-045.
The Colorado School of Public Health contracted with the Colorado Foundation for Universal Health Care to draft the model legislation for implementing a single-payer, nonprofit, publicly financed, and privately delivered universal healthcare payment system for Colorado. A copy of the model legislation can be found at the Colorado School of Public Health’s webpage.
Connect for Health must host two meetings for the Statewide Health-Care Analysis Collaborative to discuss the model legislation and advise the Colorado School of Public Health in completing the analysis of the model legislation.

In February 2026, Connect for Health Colorado announced the details of the first meeting, which is virtual and open to the public.

First Meeting Details

February 23, 2026, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., virtually via Zoom. To attend the meeting, register in advance or at the start of the meeting.

First Meeting Agenda

Facilitator: Travis Leiker, MPA - Colorado School of Public Health
10:00 a.m.: Welcome and Introductions (10 minutes)
10:15 a.m.: Summary of Senate Bill 25-045 (15 minutes)
10:30 a.m.: Research Team Introductions and Approach (45 minutes)
11:15 a.m.: Presentation on Draft Model Legislation (15 minutes)
11:45 a.m.: Next Steps and Adjournment (15 minutes)

Information about the second meeting will be posted here when it becomes available.

Questions:
For logistics questions, Contact Anneliese Steel, Senior External Affairs Manager, and Vidhya Tirumalaraju, Policy Analyst, Connect for Health Colorado

For draft legislation Questions, Contact Travis Leiker, Assistant Dean of External Relations and Strategic Initiatives, Colorado School of Public Health