--HB 10-1008, Concerning a Prohibition Against Consideration of Gender in Setting Rates for Individual Health Insurance Policies: The bill prohibits insurance carriers from using gender as a basis for varying premium rates for individual health insurance policies and would declare premium rates based on gender to be unfairly discriminatory.

---HB 10-1252, Concerning Health Care Service for Breast Cancer Screening: The bill requires that breast cancer screening with mammography be individualized for each patient and that if a health care provider deems a mammography to be medically appropriate, it would be a covered benefit.


--SB 10-058, Concerning Eligibility for the Nursing Teacher Loan Forgiveness Pilot Program: The bill changes eligibility requirements for the program, including reducing the required employment in teaching from full time to half time and allowing a teaching position to begin within two years after the completion of the nursing teacher's advanced degree.

---HB 10-1138, Concerning the Program to Repay Educational Loans of Health Care Professionals: Provides incentives for health care professionals to practice in rural and underserved communities, and will improve existing public and private loan repayment programs.

"For three years we have enacted common sense, responsible Colorado reforms to provide affordable, accessible and reliable health care," The Governor stated in a press release. "This legislative session, our focus will continue to be on delivering a better value for each health care dollar spent in Colorado. The bills we are announcing today will make our current health care system more cost-effective and efficient. They will improve public and private insurance and better protect women's health."

Adapted in part from a press release by Governor Ritter.

Read more about the legislation:
Link: http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite?c=Page&childpagename=GovRitter%2FGOVRLayout&cid=1251570956196&pagename=GOVRWrapper

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