# Colorado SB25-294: Behavioral Health Services for Medicaid Members Colorado SB25-294, Behavioral Health Services for Medicaid Members, is a 2025 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Barbara Kirkmeyer (Republican), Judy Amabile (Democratic), Rick Taggart (Republican) and 1 others; status signed, last action 2025-05-31 (Governor Signed); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-16). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CO-SB25-294-2025A - As of: 2026-10-16 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Colorado SB25-294 - State: Colorado - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: Behavioral Health Services for Medicaid Members - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-04-15 - Last action: 2025-05-31, Governor Signed - Sponsors: Barbara Kirkmeyer (Republican), Judy Amabile (Democratic), Rick Taggart (Republican), Shannon Bird - Cosponsors: 13 - Subjects: Health Care & Health Insurance - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 4 (101 yes, 17 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 2 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Residential child Medicaid care stays outside managed care: cost, low. 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… - Medicaid residential treatment moves into managed care: mixed, low. 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. Co… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Barbara Kirkmeyer (Republican), Senate - Sponsor: Judy Amabile (Democratic), Senate - Sponsor: Rick Taggart (Republican), House - Sponsor: Shannon Bird - Cosponsor: Jennifer Bacon (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Kyle Brown (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Mandy Lindsay (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Regina English (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Ryan Gonzalez (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Sheila Lieder (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Cathy Kipp (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Dafna Michaelson Jenet (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Iman Jodeh (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Katie Wallace (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Lisa Cutter (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Marc Catlin (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Tony Exum (Democratic), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-30 | House | Third reading: Bill | pass | 53 | 12 | | | 2025-04-29 | House | Refer Senate Bill 25-294 to the Committee of the Whole. | pass | 8 | 3 | | | 2025-04-23 | Senate | Third reading: Bill | pass | 33 | 2 | | | 2025-04-22 | Senate | Refer Senate Bill 25-294 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. | pass | 7 | 0 | | ## Actions (12) - 2025-05-31: Governor Signed (House) - 2025-05-12: Signed by the President of the Senate (Senate) - 2025-05-12: Sent to the Governor (House) - 2025-05-12: Signed by the Speaker of the House (House) - 2025-04-30: House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments (House) - 2025-04-29: House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole (House) - 2025-04-29: House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments (House) - 2025-04-23: Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments (Senate) - 2025-04-23: Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations (House) - 2025-04-22: Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole (Senate) - 2025-04-22: Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments (Senate) - 2025-04-15: Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations (Senate) ## Bill text - Engrossed: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/81851/download) - Final Act: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/81847/download) - Introduced: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/81852/download) - Reengrossed: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/81850/download) - Rerevised: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/81848/download) - Revised: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/81849/download) - Signed Act: [PDF](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/40527/download) ## Related bills - SB25-279: Colorado Code of Military Justice Updates (signed) - HB25-1307: Updating Technical References in Education Law (signed) - HB25-1234: Utility Consumer Protection (signed) - SB25-167: Invest State Funds to Benefit Communities (signed) - SB25-163: Battery Stewardship Programs (signed) - SB25-261: Property Tax Deferral Program Administration (signed) ## Sources - [Engrossed (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/81851/download) - [Final Act (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/81847/download) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/81852/download) - [Reengrossed (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/81850/download) - [Rerevised (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/81848/download) - [Revised (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/81849/download) - [Signed Act (PDF)](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/40527/download) ## Related - [SB25-279: Colorado Code of Military Justice Updates](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CO-SB25-279-2025A) - [HB25-1307: Updating Technical References in Education Law](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CO-HB25-1307-2025A) - [HB25-1234: Utility Consumer Protection](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CO-HB25-1234-2025A) - [SB25-167: Invest State Funds to Benefit Communities](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CO-SB25-167-2025A) - [SB25-163: Battery Stewardship Programs](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CO-SB25-163-2025A) - [SB25-261: Property Tax Deferral Program Administration](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CO-SB25-261-2025A) - [Colorado bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/colorado/bills) - [Colorado state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/colorado) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CO-SB25-294-2025A (as of 2026-10-16).