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ColoradoHB25-10172025 Regular SessionHouseWALLET

Community Integration Plan Individuals with Disabilities

Sponsored By: Chad Clifford (Democratic), Dafna Michaelson Jenet (Democratic), Judy Amabile (Democratic), Meg Froelich (Democratic)

Signed by Governor

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

4 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.

Stronger community service rights for disabled people

Colorado public entities must serve qualified people with disabilities in settings that best support interaction with people without disabilities. They must provide community services when their actions or inaction create a serious risk of institutional placement. Services must fit the person's needs, not be opposed, and be reasonably accommodated given available resources and others' needs. Examples include home health, personal care, case management, and rehabilitation. When cutting services, entities must assess institutional placement risks and plan to reduce any increased risk. They must also take all reasonable steps to avoid those risks when cutting budgets.

Limits on disability community service rights

Colorado public entities are exempt from integration requirements when compliance requires a fundamental change to their program. The review must consider available federal funding, costs across agencies and settings, transition costs, and effects on others' services. A special rule applies after a group bringing a lawsuit moves to integrated settings. The review cannot count costs of serving new people in segregated settings instead of closing or downsizing those settings.

State plan for disability community living

The Colorado Disability Opportunity Office must lead a statewide community integration plan by September 1, 2028. It must work with state health care, human services, and local affairs departments, other affected agencies, and stakeholders. The plan must assess current services and commit to expanding integrated opportunities, including for groups facing unnecessary segregation. It must identify funding sources and set measurable goals, reasonable timelines, and benchmarks. Updates are required every three years starting September 1, 2031, checking progress and explaining barriers and responses when benchmarks are missed.

State funding supports disability integration work

Colorado appropriated $658,410 from the disability support fund to the Department of Labor and Employment for fiscal year 2025-26. The money supports implementation and may fund the Colorado Disability Opportunity Office, with 1.8 additional full-time-equivalent staff positions assumed. The law broadens the fund's uses to cover direct and indirect costs across the state's disability opportunity law. Unspent, uncommitted money stays in the fund, and spending requires annual legislative approval. This funding supports state work, not direct household payments.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsors

  • Chad Clifford

    Democratic • House

  • Dafna Michaelson Jenet

    Democratic • Senate

  • Judy Amabile

    Democratic • Senate

  • Meg Froelich

    Democratic • House

Cosponsors

  • Andrew Boesenecker

    Democratic • House

  • Amy Paschal

    Democratic • House

  • Alex Valdez

    Democratic • House

  • Emily Sirota

    Democratic • House

  • Elizabeth Velasco

    Democratic • House

  • Gretchen Rydin

    Democratic • House

  • Jennifer Bacon

    Democratic • House

  • Jarvis Caldwell

    Republican • House

  • Jamie Jackson

    Democratic • House

  • Javier Mabrey

    Democratic • House

  • Julie McCluskie

    Democratic • House

  • Jenny Willford

    Democratic • House

  • Kyle Brown

    Democratic • House

  • Karen McCormick

    Democratic • House

  • Katie Stewart

    Democratic • House

  • Lisa Feret

    Democratic • House

  • Lorena Garcia

    Democratic • House

  • Lindsay Gilchrist

    Democratic • House

  • Lesley Smith

    Democratic • House

  • Monica Duran

    Democratic • House

  • Mandy Lindsay

    Democratic • House

  • Manny Rutinel

    Democratic • House

  • Naquetta Ricks

    Democratic • House

  • Rebecca Keltie

    Republican • House

  • Rebekah Stewart

    Democratic • House

  • Rep. S. Bird

    Affiliation unavailable

  • Sean Camacho

    Democratic • House

  • Steven Woodrow

    Democratic • House

  • Tisha Mauro

    Democratic • House

  • Tammy Story

    Democratic • House

  • Ty Winter

    Republican • House

  • Yara Zokaie

    Democratic • House

  • Cathy Kipp

    Democratic • Senate

  • Chris Kolker

    Democratic • Senate

  • Sen. F. Winter

    Affiliation unavailable

  • Iman Jodeh

    Democratic • Senate

  • Jessie Danielson

    Democratic • Senate

  • Julie Gonzales

    Democratic • Senate

  • Katie Wallace

    Democratic • Senate

  • Lisa Cutter

    Democratic • Senate

  • Lindsey Daugherty

    Democratic • Senate

  • Matt Ball

    Democratic • Senate

  • Marc Snyder

    Democratic • Senate

  • Mike Weissman

    Democratic • Senate

  • Robert Rodriguez

    Democratic • Senate

  • Tony Exum

    Democratic • Senate

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 256 • No: 10

House vote • 5/1/2025

Senate amendments: Concur

Yes: 62 • No: 1

House vote • 5/1/2025

Senate amendments: Repass

Yes: 63 • No: 0

Senate vote • 4/25/2025

Third reading: Bill

Yes: 32 • No: 3

Senate vote • 4/22/2025

Refer House Bill 25-1017 to the Committee of the Whole.

Yes: 7 • No: 0

Senate vote • 4/17/2025

Refer House Bill 25-1017 to the Committee on Appropriations.

Yes: 9 • No: 0

House vote • 4/16/2025

Third reading: Bill

Yes: 60 • No: 5

House vote • 4/11/2025

Refer House Bill 25-1017, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole.

Yes: 10 • No: 1

House vote • 2/18/2025

Refer House Bill 25-1017, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations.

Yes: 13 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Governor Signed

    5/22/2025House

  2. Signed by the Speaker of the House

    5/12/2025House

  3. Signed by the President of the Senate

    5/12/2025Senate

  4. Sent to the Governor

    5/12/2025House

  5. House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass

    5/1/2025House

  6. House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily

    4/28/2025House

  7. Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments

    4/25/2025Senate

  8. Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor

    4/24/2025Senate

  9. Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole

    4/22/2025Senate

  10. Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Appropriations

    4/17/2025Senate

  11. House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments

    4/16/2025House

  12. Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services

    4/16/2025Senate

  13. House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor

    4/15/2025House

  14. House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole

    4/11/2025House

  15. House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations

    2/18/2025House

  16. Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Human Services

    1/8/2025House

Bill Text

  • Engrossed

    PDF

  • Final Act

    PDF

  • House Appropriations Preamend

    PDF

  • House Health & Human Services Preamend

    PDF

  • Introduced

    PDF

  • Reengrossed

    PDF

  • Rerevised

    PDF

  • Revised

    PDF

  • Signed Act

    PDF

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