---
type: "Bill"
title: "Repeal Behavioral Health Resources"
description: "Current law requires the general assembly to annually appropriate $50,000 to provide vouchers to individuals living in rural and frontier communities in need of behavioral health-care services. The bill repeals the requirement to appropriate money for that purpose. The act:Repeals the requirement that the BHA contract with an independent third party to provide services and supports to behavioral health providers seeking to become behavioral health safety net providers;Repeals the building substance use disorder treatment capacity in underserved communities grant program;Repeals the recovery support services grant program;Transfers the balance of the high-risk families cash fund (fund) to the general fund and repeals the fund on July 1, 2026; andReduces appropriations to the behavioral health administration for the affected programs and services.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2026A"
identifier: "HB 1378"
citation: "Colorado HB 1378 (2026A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Human Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Kirkmeyer", "E. Sirota", "J. Amabile", "J. Bridges", "K. Brown", "R. Taggart"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-04-02"
last_action: "2026-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cae552d7-4cea-4e56-8491-e4ba67b7751d"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1378"
source_hash: "4a98773a756287e0af690d80a822c601840ad6ab9a6a5b0bad9b0beec1d6de88"
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 1378 (2026A) — Repeal Behavioral Health Resources

Current law requires the general assembly to annually appropriate $50,000 to provide vouchers to individuals living in rural and frontier communities in need of behavioral health-care services. The bill repeals the requirement to appropriate money for that purpose. The act:Repeals the requirement that the BHA contract with an independent third party to provide services and supports to behavioral health providers seeking to become behavioral health safety net providers;Repeals the building substance use disorder treatment capacity in underserved communities grant program;Repeals the recovery support services grant program;Transfers the balance of the high-risk families cash fund (fund) to the general fund and repeals the fund on July 1, 2026; andReduces appropriations to the behavioral health administration for the affected programs and services.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114027/download)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114308/download)
3. **Final Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116732/download)
4. **Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114416/download)
5. **Rerevised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114783/download)
6. **Revised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114683/download)
7. **Signed Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116884/download)

## Votes

- Refer House Bill 26-1378, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Refer House Bill 26-1378 to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- L.004 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Kirkmeyer — primary (person)
- E. Sirota — primary (person)
- J. Amabile — primary (person)
- J. Bridges — primary (person)
- K. Brown — primary (person)
- R. Taggart — primary (person)
- R. Pelton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-05-29** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-28** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-05-28** Signed by the Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-04-16** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-15** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2026-04-15** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2026-04-14** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-13** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`
- **2026-04-11** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-10** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2026-04-09** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
- **2026-04-08** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2026-04-06** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-02** Introduced In House - 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/cae552d7-4cea-4e56-8491-e4ba67b7751d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).