---
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).