---
type: "Bill"
title: "High-Acuity Crisis for Children & Youth"
description: "The act requires the department of health care policy and financing (HCPF), in collaboration with the behavioral health administration (BHA) and the department of human services (CDHS), to develop a system of care (system of care) for children and youth who are less than 21 years of age and who have complex behavioral health needs. At a minimum, the system of care must include:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2024A"
identifier: "HB 24-1038"
citation: "Colorado HB 24-1038 (2024A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara Kirkmeyer", "Brandi Bradley", "Mary Young", "Rhonda Fields"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-10T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-06-06T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9db44e07-cbe3-48d0-ab65-9a7b93340f7a"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb24-1038"
source_hash: "7e2919ff83178d5fb372f077a78268414092d2650b451a2e67a06448262da954"
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 24-1038 (2024A) — High-Acuity Crisis for Children & Youth

The act requires the department of health care policy and financing (HCPF), in collaboration with the behavioral health administration (BHA) and the department of human services (CDHS), to develop a system of care (system of care) for children and youth who are less than 21 years of age and who have complex behavioral health needs. At a minimum, the system of care must include:

## 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/2024a_hb1038_s_app_004.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/26/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1038_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/15/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1038_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/10/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1038_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/12/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1038_h_app_02.pdf)
6. **PA2 (05/04/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1038_s_app_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (04/29/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1038_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/06/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1038_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (05/04/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_1038_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (06/06/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_1038_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- CONCUR — **62–2** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **57–6** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **31–2** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **59–5** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **57–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barbara Kirkmeyer — primary (person)
- Brandi Bradley — primary (person)
- Mary Young — primary (person)
- Rhonda Fields — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-06T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2024-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2024-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2024-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Laid Over to 05/06/2024 - No Amendments
- **2024-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2024-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2024-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2024-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2024-04-15T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2024-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-31T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-10T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to 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/9db44e07-cbe3-48d0-ab65-9a7b93340f7a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).