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Yes: 101 • No: 17
ColoradoSB25-2942025 Regular SessionSenateWALLET
Behavioral Health Services for Medicaid Members
Sponsored By: Barbara Kirkmeyer (Republican), Judy Amabile (Democratic), Rick Taggart (Republican), Shannon Bird
Signed by Governor
Health Care & Health Insurance
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.
Residential child Medicaid care stays outside managed care
The law keeps Colorado’s residential child health-care program services outside statewide Medicaid managed care. Counties can no longer include these services through a written agreement with the managed care entity and state department. This changes how services are managed; it does not itself end services or Medicaid eligibility.
Medicaid residential treatment moves into managed care
The law temporarily excludes certain residential treatment services from statewide Medicaid managed care for members in county human or social services custody. This covers qualified residential treatment programs and psychiatric residential treatment facilities; the exclusion ends July 1, 2026. Colorado’s Medicaid department must develop transition policies by December 1, 2025, and put them in place by July 1, 2026. It must work with the Department of Human Services, Behavioral Health Administration, and relevant stakeholders. Policies may address discharge planning, links between health and social services, treatment-use reviews, and plans for less intensive care. The transition-policy requirement ends July 1, 2027. These changes do not themselves end Medicaid coverage or treatment.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
Barbara Kirkmeyer
Republican • Senate
Judy Amabile
Democratic • Senate
Rick Taggart
Republican • House
Shannon Bird
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
Jennifer Bacon
Democratic • House
Kyle Brown
Democratic • House
Mandy Lindsay
Democratic • House
Regina English
Democratic • House
Ryan Gonzalez
Republican • House
Sheila Lieder
Democratic • House
Cathy Kipp
Democratic • Senate
Dafna Michaelson Jenet
Democratic • Senate
Iman Jodeh
Democratic • Senate
Katie Wallace
Democratic • Senate
Lisa Cutter
Democratic • Senate
Marc Catlin
Republican • Senate
Tony Exum
Democratic • Senate
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 4/30/2025
Third reading: Bill
Yes: 53 • No: 12
House vote • 4/29/2025
Refer Senate Bill 25-294 to the Committee of the Whole.
Yes: 8 • No: 3
Senate vote • 4/23/2025
Third reading: Bill
Yes: 33 • No: 2
Senate vote • 4/22/2025
Refer Senate Bill 25-294 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar.
Yes: 7 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Governor Signed
5/31/2025HouseSigned by the President of the Senate
5/12/2025SenateSent to the Governor
5/12/2025HouseSigned by the Speaker of the House
5/12/2025HouseHouse Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
4/30/2025HouseHouse Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
4/29/2025HouseHouse Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
4/29/2025HouseSenate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
4/23/2025SenateIntroduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations
4/23/2025HouseSenate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
4/22/2025SenateSenate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
4/22/2025SenateIntroduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations
4/15/2025Senate
Bill Text
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