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CO House & Senate Bills-- 2020

Colorado General Assembly
2020 CO Bills Signed Into Law by Gov. Polis
​

​HOUSE BILLS​

HB20-1006
Early Childhood Mental Health Consultants

Concerning creation of a statewide program of early childhood mental health consultation.
LAST ACTION
: 06/16/2020 | House Committee on Appropriations Lay Over Unamended - Amendment(s) Failed
SPONSORS: Rep. J. McCluskie | Rep. E. Sirota | Sen. B. Pettersen | Sen. T. Story



HB20-1012
Child Welfare Program Children Developmental Disabilities

Concerning reforms to child welfare services programs for children with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
LAST ACTION: 
 06/16/2020 | House Committee on Appropriations Lay Over Unamended - Amendment(s) Failed
SPONSORS: Rep. M. Young | Rep. L. Landgraf | Sen. N. Todd | Sen. B. Gardner



HB20-1017
Substance Use Disorder Treatment In Criminal Justice System

Concerning treatment of individuals with substance use disorders who come into contact with the criminal justice system, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation.

LAST ACTION: 06/29/2020 | Sent to the Governor
SPONSORS: Rep. L. Herod | Rep. C. Kennedy | Sen. K. Donovan | Sen. K. Priola
HB20-1028
Need For Juvenile Behavioral Health Treatment


Concerning the need for services for juveniles with severe behavioral health conditions in the context of school safety, including residential treatment.
LAST ACTION: 01/24/2020 | House Committee on Public Health Care & Human Services Postpone Indefinitely
SPONSORS: Rep. S. Beckman | Rep. D. Michaelson Jenet | Sen. J. Gonzales
HB20-1035
Programs To Develop Housing Support Services


Concerning programs to build statewide capacity to access supportive housing services, and, in connection therewith, providing for programs focused on underserved communities with a preference for rural and frontier communities to serve people with behavioral, mental health, and substance use disorders who have contact with the justice system.
LAST ACTION: 
06/16/2020 | House Committee on Appropriations Lay Over Unamended - Amendment(s) Failed
SPONSORS: Rep. J. Singer | Sen. R. Fields
HB20-1058
Behavior Analysts In Public Schools


Concerning services performed by a board certified behavior analyst for students during school hours.

LAST ACTION:  05/27/2020 | Senate Committee on Education Postpone Indefinitely
SPONSORS: Rep. M. Froelich | Sen. J. Bridges
HB20-1065
Harm Reduction Substance Use Disorders


Concerning measures to reduce the harm caused by substance use disorders.
LAST ACTION:
 06/29/2020 | Sent to the Governor
SPONSORS: Rep. C. Kennedy | Rep. L. Herod | Sen. B. Pettersen | Sen. K. Priola
HB20-1079
Juveniles On Colorado Sex Offender Registry

Concerning the implementation of recommendations from the legislative oversight committee concerning the treatment of persons with mental health disorders in the criminal and juvenile justice systems regarding juveniles who have committed sex offenses.
LAST ACTION: 
06/16/2020 | House Committee on Appropriations Lay Over Unamended - Amendment(s) Failed
SPONSORS: Rep. A. Benavidez | Rep. J. Singer | Sen. R. Rodriguez
HB20-1085
Prevention Of Substance Use Disorders
​
Concerning the prevention of substance use disorders.
LAST ACTION:
 07/2/2020 | Governor Vetoed
SPONSORS: Rep. C. Kennedy | Rep. L. Herod | Sen. F. Winter | Sen. K. Priola
HB20-1086
Insurance Coverage Mental Health Wellness Exam


Concerning health insurance coverage for an annual mental health wellness examination performed by a qualified mental health care provider.

LAST ACTION:  06/10/2020 | Senate Committee on Appropriations Postpone Indefinitely
SPONSORS: Rep. D. Michaelson Jenet | Rep. C. Larson | Sen. R. Fields
HB20-1113
Mental Health Educational Resources


Concerning mental health educational resources, and, in connection therewith, creating a website with information and internet links to available behavioral health care services in each geographic region and encouraging health care professionals to take a course in mental health education to satisfy continuing competency requirements.
LAST ACTION: 
07/2/2020 | Sent to the Governor
SPONSORS: Rep. B. Titone | Rep. L. Landgraf
HB20-1120
Enforcement Of Sexual Exploitation Of A Child

Concerning enhancing the enforcement of crimes of sexual exploitation of a child.

LAST ACTION: 05/26/2020 | Senate Committee on Judiciary Postpone Indefinitely
SPONSORS: Rep. T. Carver | Rep. D. Roberts | Sen. B. Gardner | Sen. R. Fields
​HB20-1122
Homeless Youth Services Act And Grant Program


Concerning the "Colorado Homeless Youth Services Act".
LAST ACTION: 
06/16/2020 | House Committee on Appropriations Lay Over Unamended - Amendment(s) Failed
SPONSORS: Rep. E. Hooton | Rep. C. Larson | Sen. N. Todd | Sen. D. Hisey
HB20-1123
Grace Period Before Failure To Appear Warrant


Concerning a grace period before a court issues a failure to appear warrant.
LAST ACTION: 02/27/2020 | House Committee on Judiciary Postpone Indefinitely
SPONSORS: Rep. S. Lontine | Rep. M. Soper | Sen. P. Lee
HB20-1139
Peer Support Professionals Behavioral Health


Concerning supporting the peer support professional workforce.
LAST ACTION: 
 06/16/2020 | House Committee on Appropriations Lay Over Unamended - Amendment(s) Failed
SPONSORS: Rep. R. Pelton | Rep. Y. Caraveo
HB20-1233
Basic Life Functions In Public Spaces


Concerning constitutional protections for conducting basic life functions in public spaces.
LAST ACTION: 02/26/2020 | House Committee on Transportation & Local Government Postpone Indefinitely
SPONSORS: Rep. J. Melton | Rep. A. Benavidez
HB20-1270
One Parent Consent For Behavioral Health Services


Concerning the consent of one parent for a licensed professional person to treat a minor for a behavioral health disorder.

LAST ACTION: 05/28/2020 | Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 12/31/2020 - No Amendments
SPONSORS: Rep. D. Michaelson Jenet | Sen. R. Fields
HB20-1271
Repeal Red Flag And Amend 72-hour Hold


Concerning measures for persons who pose an extreme risk, and, in connection therewith, repealing the extreme risk protection order law, changing the standard for an involuntary seventy-two-hour mental health hold from imminent danger to extreme risk, and defining the term "extreme risk" as a credible and exigent threat of danger to self or others through actionable threats of violence or death as a result of a current mental health state.
LAST ACTION: 03/12/2020 | House Committee on Judiciary Postpone Indefinitely
SPONSORS: Rep. L. Saine | Sen. J. Cooke | Sen. J. Smallwood
HB20-1284
Secure Transportation Behavioral Health Crisis

​
Concerning secure transportation for an individual in behavioral health crisis.

LAST ACTION:  06/16/2020 | House Committee on Appropriations Lay Over Unamended - Amendment(s) Failed
SPONSORS: Rep. T. Kraft-Tharp | Rep. J. McCluskie | Sen. J. Bridges | Sen. J. Smallwood
HB20-1312
Behavioral Health Training Requirements Educator License


Concerning behavioral health training requirements for educator licensure.

LAST ACTION: 07/2/2020 | Sent to the Governor
SPONSORS: Rep. D. Michaelson Jenet | Rep. B. Titone | Sen. N. Todd | Sen. D. Hisey
HB20-1314
Behavioral Health Crisis Response Training


Concerning training providers across the state in cross-system behavioral health crisis response as it relates to persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

LAST ACTION: 06/16/2020 | House Committee on Appropriations Lay Over Unamended - Amendment(s) Failed
SPONSORS: Rep. M. Young | Rep. R. Pelton
HB20-1331
Transportation Services For Medicaid Waiver Recipients

​Concerning transportation services for persons who are enrolled in a medicaid waiver program.

LAST ACTION: 06/16/2020 | House Committee on Appropriations Lay Over Unamended - Amendment(s) Failed
SPONSORS: Rep. C. Larson | Rep. M. Duran
HB20-1332
Prohibit Housing Discrimination Source Of Income


​Concerning prohibitions on discrimination in housing based on source of income.
LAST ACTION: 
06/19/2020 | Signed by the President of the Senate
SPONSORS: Rep. L. Herod | Rep. D. Jackson | Sen. R. Fields
HB20-1335
Colorado Homeless Project Contribution Tax Credit


Concerning the creation of the Colorado homeless project contribution income tax credit.
LAST ACTION: 
05/27/2020 | House Committee on Transportation & Local Government Postpone Indefinitely
SPONSORS: Rep. J. Melton | Sen. F. Winter
HB20-1349
Colorado Affordable Health Care Option
​

Concerning the Colorado option plan to be implemented by executive agencies in order to create more affordable health benefit plans for health care consumers in this state.
LAST ACTION: 
06/16/2020 | House Committee on Appropriations Lay Over Unamended - Amendment(s) Failed
SPONSORS: Rep. D. Roberts | Rep. C. Kennedy | Sen. K. Donovan
HB20-1351
Local Government Authority Promote Affordable Housing Units


Concerning the ability of local governments to promote the development of new affordable housing units pursuant to their existing authority to regulate land use within their territorial boundaries.
LAST ACTION:  
05/27/2020 | House Committee on Transportation & Local Government Postpone Indefinitely
SPONSORS: Rep. S. Lontine | Rep. S. Gonzales-Gutierrez | Sen. J. Gonzales | Sen. R. Rodriguez
More House Bills to be added.

Senate Bills

SB20-001
Expand Behavioral Health Training For K-12 Educators


Concerning expanding behavioral health training for kindergarten through twelfth grade educators.

LAST ACTION: 05/28/2020 | Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 12/31/2020 - No Amendments
SPONSORS: Sen. R. Fields | Rep. E. Sirota | Rep. K. Van Winkle
SB20-018
Homeless Outreach Programs To Reduce Wildfire Risk


Concerning programs to reduce wildfire risk through outreach to people experiencing homelessness, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation.
LAST ACTION:
06/13/2020 | Senate Committee on Appropriations Postpone Indefinitely
SPONSORS: Sen. S. Fenberg | Sen. D. Coram | Rep. J. McCluskie | Rep. M. Snyder
SB20-060
Criminal Justice System Operational Processes Study

Concerning a study to examine operational processes within the criminal justice system.
LAST ACTION: 
06/10/2020 | Senate Committee on Appropriations Postpone Indefinitely
SPONSORS: Sen. J. Gonzales | Sen. R. Rodriguez | Rep. S. Gonzales-Gutierrez
SB20-076
Parole Eligibility For Youthful Offenders


Concerning parole eligibility for an offender who committed an offense between eighteen and twenty-five years of age.
LAST ACTION: 
06/10/2020 | Senate Committee on Appropriations Postpone Indefinitely
SPONSORS: Sen. P. Lee | Rep. S. Gonzales-Gutierrez
SB20-137
FERPA Waiver For Behavioral Health Services

Concerning a voluntary waiver of the federal "Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974" to allow school personnel to communicate with behavioral health care providers about a student's health records.
LAST ACTION
: 02/12/2020 | Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Postpone Indefinitely
SPONSORS: Sen. B. Gardner | Rep. B. Buentello
SB20-165
Honoring Carrie Ann Lucas


Concerning the "Carrie Ann Lucas Parental Rights for People with Disabilities Act".

LAST ACTION: 05/27/2020 | House Committee on Public Health Care & Human Services Postpone Indefinitely
SPONSORS: Sen. J. Danielson
SB20-169
Housing Mentors In Youthful Offender Facility


Concerning permitting youthful offenders to be housed in the same facility as inmates that mentor youthful offenders.

LAST ACTION: 05/26/2020 | House Committee on Judiciary Postpone Indefinitely
SPONSORS: Sen. J. Gonzales
SB20-171
Children's Habilitation Residential Program Rules


Concerning rules under the children's habilitation residential program.

LAST ACTION: 05/27/2020 | House Committee on Public Health Care & Human Services Postpone Indefinitely
SPONSORS: Sen. F. Winter | Sen. J. Smallwood | Rep. M. Soper | Rep. J. Buckner
SB20-173
Reimbursement Rates Alternative Care Facilities


Concerning enhanced reimbursement rates under the medical assistance program for alternative care facilities with higher staffing ratios.

LAST ACTION: 06/13/2020 | Senate Committee on Appropriations Postpone Indefinitely
SPONSORS: Sen. J. Sonnenberg | Rep. R. Pelton
SB20-180
Dyslexia Education In Criminal And Juvenile Justice System


Concerning services for persons with dyslexia in the criminal justice system.
LAST ACTION: 
05/26/2020 | Senate Committee on Judiciary Postpone Indefinitely
SPONSORS: Sen. F. Winter | Sen. J. Gonzales
SB20-182
Supporting Wandering Persons Recovery Programs


Concerning state assistance to programs that assist in attempting to locate wandering persons, and, in connection therewith, restructuring a grant program that assists local governments or their designees in locating persons with medical conditions, such as Alzheimer's disease, autism, Down syndrome, and other mental impairments, that cause wandering.

LAST ACTION: 06/10/2020 | Senate Committee on Appropriations Postpone Indefinitely
SPONSORS: Sen. J. Danielson
SB20-187
DYS Therapeutic Group Treatment Pilot Program

Concerning the therapeutic group treatment pilot program in the division of youth services.
LAST ACTION: 
05/26/2020 | Senate Committee on Judiciary Postpone Indefinitely
SPONSORS: Sen. P. Lee | Rep. S. Gonzales-Gutierrez
SB20-188
Plain Language In Hospital Bills

Concerning a requirement for the use of plain language in bills for medical services.
LAST ACTION: 
05/27/2020 | Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Postpone Indefinitely
SPONSORS: Sen. R. Fields
SB20-202
Foster Care Student Services Coordination

Concerning consistent procedures between schools and county departments of human services relating to students in out-of-home placement.
LAST ACTION: 
 05/27/2020 | Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Postpone Indefinitely​
SPONSORS: Sen. D. Moreno | Rep. D. Michaelson Jenet

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    • Innovation Index
    • For More: See the Main Orchid Index Page
  • US Federal
    • THE IMD RULE & ADMIN. ENFORCEMENT OF DISABILITY CIVIL RIGHTS LAWS
    • Medicaid & Supportive Housing & Housing-Related Services
    • CMS' FAILURE TO COVER HOUSING FOR LTC & THE IMD RULE: WHAT THEY HAVE IN COMMON IS DISCRIMINATION
    • National Take
  • Immunology & Mental Health
    • Alcoholism & the Immune System & Mental Health
    • Brain Injury, the Immune System & Mental Health
    • Celiac Disease & Sensitivities, the Immune System & Mental Illness
    • Mental Illness & The Immune System
    • Racial Discrimination & the Immune System & Mental Health
    • Trauma & the Immune System & Mental Health
    • ***Physical Health Issues, the Immune System & Mental Health Index
  • University of Chicago: Institute of Translational Medicine
  • Hot Topics
    • What We Want --- SAMHSA Grant Opportunities Due Jan. 22, 2019
    • Anti-Social Personality Disorder >
      • DECONSTRUCTING ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER AND PSYCHOPATHY: A GUIDELINES-BASED APPROACH TO PREJUDICIAL PSYCHIATRIC LABELS [Hofstra Law Review 2013]
      • Personality Disorders -- Unscientific & Vague -- Must Be Reformed
    • Executive Functioning & "Prison Brain" >
      • Job Accommodation Network on Executive Functioning Deficits
    • Medicaid & Medicare Network Adequacy >
      • OIG: STATE STANDARDS FOR ACCESS TO CARE IN MEDICAID MANAGED CARE (Sept. 2014)
      • OIG: ACCESS TO CARE: PROVIDER AVAILABILITY IN MEDICAID MANAGED CARE (Dec. 2014)
      • GAO 15-710: MEDICARE ADVANTAGE: Actions Needed to Enhance CMS Oversight of Provider Network Adequacy (Aug. 2015)
      • CMS: Promoting Access in Medicaid and CHIP Managed Care: A Toolkit for Ensuring Provider Network Adequacy and Service Availability (April 2017)
    • Medicaid Mental Health & Substance Use Disorder Parity >
      • CMS Parity Compliance Toolkit Applying Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Parity Requirements to Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Programs [Jan. 17, 2017]
      • Frequently Asked Questions: Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Parity Final Rule for Medicaid and CHIP [CMS October 11, 2017]
    • Olmstead Disability Rights >
      • Statement of the Department of Justice on Enforcement of the Integration Mandate of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act and Olmstead v. L.C. (2011)
      • Comprehensive Olmstead Planning
      • the Logical Long Term Consequences of our failure to provide Intensive Community MH Treatment
      • Olmstead Nation ---State Pages: How Far to Comply with Olmstead?
  • Take A Walk Around Orchid's Resource Block
  • Colorado Abuse & Neglect Scandals Involving People with Disabilities
  • Mental Health By The Numbers
  • New Science Is Amazing AND It Has HUGE Moral Implications for Our Society: NOW
  • Olmstead & Homelessness
  • Double V
  • " 'Defund the Police" Means 'Invest in the Resources Our Communities Need' " or Don't Cost Shift to the Police
  • VAGUE OLMSTEAD PLANS, EXPENSIVE LITIGATION
  • Updating & Reforming our Understanding & Treatment of "Anti-Social Personality Disorder" Blog
  • Reform of " Anti-Social Personality Disorder" in Criminal Justice
  • CO HB22-1278
  • New Understandings Matter
  • Mental Health, Ethics & Law
  • CO Olmstead Disability Homeless Law & Policy Project
  • Inflammation, the Immune System, Neuro-Developmental Disorders, Psychiatric Disorders, Substance Use Issues & Chronic Disease
  • Microglia and the Brain's Immune System
  • Substance Issues & the Immune System