republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2018a/hb-18-1196.md

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Bill	Applications For Aid To The Needy Disabled Program	Under current law, in order to receive assistance under the aid to the needy disabled program, an applicant must be examined by a physician, physician assistant, advanced practice nurse, or registered nurse. The bill adds to the list of persons authorized to perform an examination a licensed psychologist, or any other licensed or certified health care personnel the department of human services deems appropriate. Any person who performs an examination is required to certify the diagnosis, prognosis, and other relevant medical or mental factors relating to the applicant's disability.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2018A	HB 18-1196	Colorado HB 18-1196 (2018A)	bill		enacted	Beth Martinez Humenik Nancy Todd Tony Exum	10	14	4	2018-02-05T07:00:00+00:00	2018-03-29T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/c65706d5-b0f4-4c7b-b277-ab5ef488f4e7	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb18-1196	087c0624c5d8904f4c23893e396bc02704504a79702c7a6c2e96e65c3f9cf8bd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 18-1196 (2018A) — Applications For Aid To The Needy Disabled Program

Under current law, in order to receive assistance under the aid to the needy disabled program, an applicant must be examined by a physician, physician assistant, advanced practice nurse, or registered nurse. The bill adds to the list of persons authorized to perform an examination a licensed psychologist, or any other licensed or certified health care personnel the department of human services deems appropriate. Any person who performs an examination is required to certify the diagnosis, prognosis, and other relevant medical or mental factors relating to the applicant's disability.

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (02/23/2018) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (03/21/2018) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (02/05/2018) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (02/21/2018) (committee substitute) — source
6. PA2 (03/09/2018) (committee substitute) — source
7. Reengrossed (02/27/2018) (committee substitute) — source
8. Rerevised (03/14/2018) (committee substitute) — source
9. Revised (03/13/2018) (committee substitute) — source
10. Signed Act (03/29/2018) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• REPASS — 36–28 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 36–28 (pass) · lower
• CONCUR — 43–21 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 25–9 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Beth Martinez Humenik — primary (person)
• Nancy Todd — primary (person)
• Tony Exum — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-03-29T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2018-03-21T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-03-21T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2018-03-21T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2018-03-15T06:00:00+00:00 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
• 2018-03-14T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2018-03-13T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee reading-2
• 2018-03-08T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2018-03-05T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services introduction
• 2018-02-27T07:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2018-02-26T07:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Laid Over to 02/27/2018 - No Amendments
• 2018-02-23T07:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee reading-2
• 2018-02-20T07:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Public Health Care & Human Services Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2018-02-05T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Public Health Care & Human Services introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c65706d5-b0f4-4c7b-b277-ab5ef488f4e7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).