republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2020a/sb-20-007.md

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Bill	Treatment Opioid And Other Substance Use Disorders	The act requires insurance carriers to provide coverage for the treatment of substance use disorders in accordance with the American society of addiction medicine (ASAM) criteria for placement, medical necessity, and utilization management determinations in accordance with the most recent edition of the ASAM criteria. The act also authorizes the commissioner of insurance, in consultation with the department of human services (DHS) and the department of health care policy and financing, to identify by rule alternate nationally recognized substance-use-disorder-specific treatment criteria if the ASAM criteria are no longer available, relevant, or reflect best practices. These provisions apply to health benefits plans issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2022.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2020A	SB 20-007	Colorado SB 20-007 (2020A)	bill		enacted	Bri Buentello Brittany Pettersen Faith Winter James Wilson	12	21	5	2020-01-08T07:00:00+00:00	2020-07-13T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/e35f47cf-7fa7-4166-8d3a-6061bf321dc5	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb20-007	b59d43b78cac7cb8b08ed670e996169a8b67480da842da72706920d0fce9ad54	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 20-007 (2020A) — Treatment Opioid And Other Substance Use Disorders

The act requires insurance carriers to provide coverage for the treatment of substance use disorders in accordance with the American society of addiction medicine (ASAM) criteria for placement, medical necessity, and utilization management determinations in accordance with the most recent edition of the ASAM criteria. The act also authorizes the commissioner of insurance, in consultation with the department of human services (DHS) and the department of health care policy and financing, to identify by rule alternate nationally recognized substance-use-disorder-specific treatment criteria if the ASAM criteria are no longer available, relevant, or reflect best practices. These provisions apply to health benefits plans issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2022.

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (06/05/2020) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (06/29/2020) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (01/08/2020) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (01/31/2020) (committee substitute) — source
6. PA2 (03/13/2020) (committee substitute) — source
7. PA3 (06/11/2020) (committee substitute) — source
8. PA4 (06/11/2020) (committee substitute) — source
9. Reengrossed (06/06/2020) (committee substitute) — source
10. Rerevised (06/12/2020) (committee substitute) — source
11. Revised (06/11/2020) (committee substitute) — source
12. Signed Act (07/13/2020) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• REPASS — 23–12 (pass) · upper
• CONCUR — 35–0 (pass) · upper
• REPASS — 26–9 (pass) · upper
• BILL — 48–17 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 23–10 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bri Buentello — primary (person)
• Brittany Pettersen — primary (person)
• Faith Winter — primary (person)
• James Wilson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-07-13T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2020-06-29T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2020-06-29T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2020-06-24T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2020-06-13T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Pass
• 2020-06-13T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Reconsider
• 2020-06-13T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
• 2020-06-12T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2020-06-11T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
• 2020-06-11T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2020-06-10T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Health & Insurance Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2020-06-08T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Insurance + Appropriations introduction
• 2020-06-06T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2020-06-05T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor reading-2
• 2020-06-04T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2020-06-03T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2020-05-28T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2020-05-26T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2020-03-13T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2020-01-30T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2020-01-08T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e35f47cf-7fa7-4166-8d3a-6061bf321dc5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).