---
type: "Bill"
title: "Children Complex Health Needs Waiver"
description: "The act merges 2 existing medicaid waiver programs for children into one children's home- and community-based services waiver program, known as the children with complex health needs waiver program. The act relocates provisions to the new program due to the repeal of the 2 existing waiver programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2025A"
identifier: "HB 25-1003"
citation: "Colorado HB 25-1003 (2025A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lisa Cutter", "Max Brooks", "Rebekah Stewart"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-08T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-31T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba6edf2a-91cd-480c-ba32-0f5c9b63dc24"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb25-1003"
source_hash: "3c32ae98b71716d561de3125a5948b28d4bb7399c5ff8bb49c06e79549c2ea97"
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 25-1003 (2025A) — Children Complex Health Needs Waiver

The act merges 2 existing medicaid waiver programs for children into one children's home- and community-based services waiver program, known as the children with complex health needs waiver program. The act relocates provisions to the new program due to the repeal of the 2 existing waiver programs.

## 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/2025a_hb1003_s_hhs_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (01/30/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1003_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/25/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1003_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/08/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1003_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (01/29/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1003_h_hhs_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (02/03/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1003_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (03/18/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1003_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (03/17/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1003_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (03/31/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_1003_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **64–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lisa Cutter — primary (person)
- Max Brooks — primary (person)
- Rebekah Stewart — primary (person)
- A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
- A. Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- B. Bradley — cosponsor (person)
- B. Marshall — cosponsor (person)
- B. Titone — cosponsor (person)
- C. Barron — cosponsor (person)
- C. Espenoza — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kolker — cosponsor (person)
- D. Michaelson Jenet — cosponsor (person)
- E. Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
- G. Rydin — cosponsor (person)
- I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
- J. Amabile — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
- J. Caldwell — cosponsor (person)
- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- J. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- J. Mabrey — cosponsor (person)
- J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- K. Mullica — cosponsor (person)
- K. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
- L. Feret — cosponsor (person)
- L. Frizell — cosponsor (person)
- L. Garcia Sander — cosponsor (person)
- L. Gilchrist — cosponsor (person)
- L. Suckla — cosponsor (person)
- M. Bradfield — cosponsor (person)
- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
- M. Froelich — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
- R. English — cosponsor (person)
- R. Gonzalez — cosponsor (person)
- S. Bird — cosponsor (person)
- S. Camacho — cosponsor (person)
- S. Lieder — cosponsor (person)
- Y. Zokaie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-31T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-25T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2025-03-24T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2025-03-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-17T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2025-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-06T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2025-02-03T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-01-31T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2025-01-30T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2025-01-28T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-08T07:00:00+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/ba6edf2a-91cd-480c-ba32-0f5c9b63dc24`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).