---
type: "Bill"
title: "Substance Use Disorder Payment And Coverage"
description: "Opioid and Other Substance Use Disorders Interim Study Committee. The bill requires all individual and group health benefit plans to provide coverage without prior authorization for a five-day supply of at least one of the federal food and drug administration-approved drugs for the treatment of opioid dependence for a first request within a 12-month period."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "HB 18-1007"
citation: "Colorado HB 18-1007 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cheri Jahn", "Chris Kennedy", "Jonathan Singer", "Kent Lambert"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-10T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-05-21T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/438861ad-1310-40a9-9b9b-993c65c5fb6d"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb18-1007"
source_hash: "5f9a67199882d795e75eab2cc2f86c6b6983712d1ee10ccde917400f9ddcd312"
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 18-1007 (2018A) — Substance Use Disorder Payment And Coverage

Opioid and Other Substance Use Disorders Interim Study Committee. The bill requires all individual and group health benefit plans to provide coverage without prior authorization for a five-day supply of at least one of the federal food and drug administration-approved drugs for the treatment of opioid dependence for a first request within a 12-month period.

## 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/documents/2018a/bills/cr/2018a_hb1007_s_sa_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/19/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1007_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/14/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1007_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/10/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1007_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/15/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1007pubhe_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (04/20/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1007_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (05/03/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1007_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (05/02/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1007_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (05/21/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1007_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **28–5** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **42–19** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cheri Jahn — primary (person)
- Chris Kennedy — primary (person)
- Jonathan Singer — primary (person)
- Kent Lambert — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-21T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-14T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-05-14T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2018-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2018-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2018-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2018-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 04/19/2018 - No Amendments
- **2018-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 04/17/2018 - No Amendments
- **2018-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2018-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 04/13/2018 - No Amendments
- **2018-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 04/10/2018 - No Amendments
- **2018-04-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 04/09/2018 - No Amendments
- **2018-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 04/02/2018 - No Amendments
- **2018-03-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 03/29/2018 - No Amendments
- **2018-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 03/28/2018 - No Amendments
- **2018-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 03/27/2018 - No Amendments
- **2018-03-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 03/26/2018 - No Amendments
- **2018-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over to 03/19/2018 - No Amendments
- **2018-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public Health Care & Human Services Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-01-10T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Public Health Care & Human Services `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/438861ad-1310-40a9-9b9b-993c65c5fb6d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).