---
type: "Bill"
title: "PACE Program Funding Methodology"
description: "Medicaid - PACE program funding - interim review of funding methodology - appropriation. The act directs the department of health care policy and financing (department) to negotiate the monthly contracted rate for PACE program services for the 2019-20 fiscal year, and each fiscal year thereafter, using an actuarially sound upper payment limit methodology that complies with federal law regarding PACE organizations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "SB 19-209"
citation: "Colorado SB 19-209 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Hansen", "Rachel Zenzinger"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-25T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-04-17T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc36c95e-7a41-4092-8b2c-617936f43b0b"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb19-209"
source_hash: "555abd73438796ee6e82334d684008ad03dd7e0161b7bf28b172a97e441177ed"
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 SB 19-209 (2019A) — PACE Program Funding Methodology

Medicaid - PACE program funding - interim review of funding methodology - appropriation. The act directs the department of health care policy and financing (department) to negotiate the monthly contracted rate for PACE program services for the 2019-20 fiscal year, and each fiscal year thereafter, using an actuarially sound upper payment limit methodology that complies with federal law regarding PACE organizations.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_sb209_h_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/27/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_209_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/12/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_209_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/25/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_209_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (03/28/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_209_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (04/05/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_209_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (04/04/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_209_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (04/17/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_209_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **64–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chris Hansen — primary (person)
- Rachel Zenzinger — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2019-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2019-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2019-04-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`
- **2019-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2019-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-25T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cc36c95e-7a41-4092-8b2c-617936f43b0b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).