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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Medicaid Reimbursement For Therapy Using Equines"
+description: "Subject to federal authorization and federal financial participation, on or after July 1, 2024, medicaid reimbursement is available for therapy using equine movement when provided by a physical therapist, an occupational therapist, or a speech-language pathologist."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
+legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
+session: "2022A"
+identifier: "HB 22-1068"
+citation: "Colorado HB 22-1068 (2022A)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Karen McCormick", "Mike Lynch", "Sonya Jaquez Lewis"]
+version_count: 9
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2022-01-18T07:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2022-06-02T06:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57e87499-1f65-43b8-baca-afafafb8e60b"
+source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb22-1068"
+source_hash: "34fd1f5cb7c625e04426aec20b47c1c941ada5a3cac09d5fe13a5bc76d406ba2"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
+---
+
+# Colorado HB 22-1068 (2022A) — Medicaid Reimbursement For Therapy Using Equines
+
+Subject to federal authorization and federal financial participation, on or after July 1, 2024, medicaid reimbursement is available for therapy using equine movement when provided by a physical therapist, an occupational therapist, or a speech-language pathologist.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_hb1068_s_app_001.pdf)
+2. **Engrossed (03/16/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1068_eng.pdf)
+3. **Final Act (05/31/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1068_enr.pdf)
+4. **Introduced (01/18/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1068_01.pdf)
+5. **PA1 (02/03/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1068hpbh_01.pdf)
+6. **Reengrossed (03/17/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1068_ren.pdf)
+7. **Rerevised (04/20/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1068_rer.pdf)
+8. **Revised (04/19/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1068_rev.pdf)
+9. **Signed Act (06/02/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_1068_signed.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- BILL — **32–2** (pass) · upper
+- BILL — **58–5** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Karen McCormick — primary (person)
+- Mike Lynch — primary (person)
+- Sonya Jaquez Lewis — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-06-02T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
+- **2022-05-31T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-05-31T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
+- **2022-05-26T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
+- **2022-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2022-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
+- **2022-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
+- **2022-03-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
+- **2022-03-17T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
+- **2022-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
+- **2022-03-15T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-01T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2022-01-18T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/57e87499-1f65-43b8-baca-afafafb8e60b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
+