Recovery Audit Contractor Program [SB-314]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
Concerning changes to the recovery audit contractor program, and, in connection therewith, making and reducing an appropriation.
SB-314: Recovery Audit Contractor Program
Sponsored by: Sen. Paul Lundeen
Governor Signed on 06/03/2025
Medicaid Services Related to Federal Authorizations [SB-308]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
Concerning measures related to certain state medical assistance program federal authorizations, and, in connection therewith, funding services from savings realized from state medical assistance program federal authorizations and making and reducing appropriations.
SB-308: Medicaid Services Related to Federal Authorizations
Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas Exum
Governor Signed on 05/30/2025
Remove Authorization Requirement Adjust Chronic Prescription [SB-301]
[Healthcare ]
[Insurance ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Public Health ]
Concerning authorization for a health-care provider to adjust a chronic maintenance drug prescription without prior authorization from an insurance carrier.
Implementation of Colorado Natural Medicine Initiative [SB-297]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Environmental ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Concerning the implementation of Colorado's natural medicine initiative, and, in connection therewith, requiring the department of public health and environment to collect data and information related to the health effects and other impacts of the use of natural medicine and natural medicine products and making and reducing an appropriation.
SB-297: Implementation of Colorado Natural Medicine Initiative
Sponsored by: Rep. Cathy Kipp
Governor Signed on 06/03/2025
Behavioral Health Services for Medicaid Members [SB-294]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Mental Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
Concerning residential behavioral health services for medicaid members who are in the custody of a county department of human or social services.
SB-294: Behavioral Health Services for Medicaid Members
Sponsored by: Sen. Dafna Michaelson Jenet
Governor Signed on 05/31/2025
Transfer Proposition KK Money ARPA Cash Fund [SB-295]
[Finance ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Mental Health ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Health ]
Concerning transferring money received through the firearms and ammunition excise tax into the mental and behavioral health excise tax cash fund, and, in connection therewith, making and reducing an appropriation.
SB-295: Transfer Proposition KK Money ARPA Cash Fund
Sponsored by: Sen. Dafna Michaelson Jenet
Governor Signed on 05/31/2025
Stabilization Payments for Safety Net Providers [SB-290]
[Healthcare ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Poverty ]
Concerning the creation of the provider stabilization fund to make provider stabilization payments to eligible safety net providers that serve low-income, uninsured populations in the state, and, in connection therewith, maximizing federal funds to stabilize the health-care safety net and making an appropriation.
SB-290: Stabilization Payments for Safety Net Providers
Sponsored by: Sen. Dafna Michaelson Jenet
Governor Signed on 05/28/2025
Implement Recommendations Direct Care Worker Stabilization Board [HB-1328]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Human Services ]
Concerning the implementation of the recommendations made by the direct care workforce stabilization board, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation.
HB-1328: Implement Recommendations Direct Care Worker Stabilization Board
Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas Exum
Governor Signed on 05/28/2025
Correct Error in Self-Pay Estimate Statute [HB-1317]
[Healthcare ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Concerning the correction of a defect in law that incorrectly references the standard for provider self-pay estimates for health-care services.
HB-1317: Correct Error in Self-Pay Estimate Statute
Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas Exum
Governor Signed on 06/04/2025
Repeal Obsolete Family & Medical Leave Study [SB-271]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
Concerning the repeal of part 3 of article 13.3 of title 8, Colorado Revised Statutes, containing obsolete provisions relating to the study of a paid family and medical leave program.
SB-271: Repeal Obsolete Family & Medical Leave Study
Sponsored by: Sen. Janice Rich
Governor Signed on 06/03/2025
Reimbursement for Community Health Workers [SB-229]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Health ]
[Human Services ]
Concerning medicaid reimbursement for community health workers, and, in connection therewith, reducing an appropriation.
SB-229: Reimbursement for Community Health Workers
Sponsored by: Sen. Dafna Michaelson Jenet
Governor Signed on 05/20/2025
Repeal Behavioral Health Voucher Program [SB-237]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Agriculture ]
[Public Health ]
[Funding ]
Concerning repealing the behavioral health voucher program for rural and agricultural communities, and, in connection therewith, reducing an appropriation.
SB-237: Repeal Behavioral Health Voucher Program
Sponsored by: Rep. Jeff Bridges
House Committee Of The Whole Amendment - Change From Passed To Lost on 04/09/2025
Enterprise Nursing Facility Provider Fees [SB-270]
[Healthcare ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Funding ]
[Public Health ]
Concerning nursing facility fees collected by the Colorado healthcare affordability and sustainability enterprise, and, in connection therewith, authorizing the enterprise to provide additional services to nursing facilities in exchange for the fees collected and making and reducing appropriations.
SB-270: Enterprise Nursing Facility Provider Fees
Sponsored by: Sen. Dafna Michaelson Jenet
Governor Signed on 04/30/2025
Enterprise Disability Buy-in Premiums [SB-228]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Disabilities ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Human Services ]
Concerning the creation of a cash fund within the Colorado healthcare affordability and sustainability enterprise for premiums paid by individuals to buy in to the state medical assistance programs for low-income individuals with disabilities, and, in connection therewith, making and reducing appropriations.
SB-228: Enterprise Disability Buy-in Premiums
Sponsored by: Sen. Dafna Michaelson Jenet
Governor Signed on 05/30/2025
Extending Spinal & Related Medicine Program [SB-226]
[Healthcare ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Public Health ]
[Disabilities ]
Concerning an extension of the renamed complementary and integrative health program for a person with a primary condition resulting in a total inability for independent ambulation, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation.
SB-226: Extending Spinal & Related Medicine Program
Sponsored by: Sen. Marc Catlin
Governor Signed on 05/20/2025