republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/sb-21-016.md

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Bill	Protecting Preventive Health Care Coverage	The act expands certain preventive health-care services to include counseling, prevention, and screening for a sexually transmitted infection (STI). The act adds contraception as a mandatory health benefit.Current law requires a health-care provider or facility to perform a diagnostic exam for an STI and subsequently treat the STI at the request of a minor patient. The act allows a health-care provider to administer, dispense, or prescribe preventive measures or medications where applicable. The consent of a parent is not a prerequisite for a minor to receive preventive care, but a health-care provider shall counsel the minor on the importance of bringing the minor's parent or legal guardian into the minor's confidence regarding the services.Current law requires the executive director of the department of health care policy and financing to authorize reimbursement for medical or diagnostic services provided by a certified family planning clinic. The act removes the requirement that services be provided by a certified family planning clinic and authorizes reimbursement for family planning services and family-planning-related services provided by any licensed health-care provider.The act appropriates $90,547 to the department of health care policy and financing and $13,353 and provides 0.2 FTE to the department of regulatory agencies for use by the division of insurance to implement the act.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2021A	SB 21-016	Colorado SB 21-016 (2021A)	bill		enacted	Brittany Pettersen Daneya Esgar Dominick Moreno Kyle Mullica	11	15	4	2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00	2021-07-06T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/b1ceefb8-be78-4aba-b551-b252cf8e6e0e	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-016	97390c1fc61fe9206a436f8c63d9ee762c04cb77de1916dd78d6dec09096c0b5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 21-016 (2021A) — Protecting Preventive Health Care Coverage

The act expands certain preventive health-care services to include counseling, prevention, and screening for a sexually transmitted infection (STI). The act adds contraception as a mandatory health benefit.Current law requires a health-care provider or facility to perform a diagnostic exam for an STI and subsequently treat the STI at the request of a minor patient. The act allows a health-care provider to administer, dispense, or prescribe preventive measures or medications where applicable. The consent of a parent is not a prerequisite for a minor to receive preventive care, but a health-care provider shall counsel the minor on the importance of bringing the minor's parent or legal guardian into the minor's confidence regarding the services.Current law requires the executive director of the department of health care policy and financing to authorize reimbursement for medical or diagnostic services provided by a certified family planning clinic. The act removes the requirement that services be provided by a certified family planning clinic and authorizes reimbursement for family planning services and family-planning-related services provided by any licensed health-care provider.The act appropriates $90,547 to the department of health care policy and financing and $13,353 and provides 0.2 FTE to the department of regulatory agencies for use by the division of insurance to implement the act.(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. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (05/04/2021) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (06/10/2021) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (02/16/2021) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (03/25/2021) (committee substitute) — source
6. PA2 (04/30/2021) (committee substitute) — source
7. PA3 (05/28/2021) (committee substitute) — source
8. Reengrossed (05/05/2021) (committee substitute) — source
9. Rerevised (06/03/2021) (committee substitute) — source
10. Revised (06/02/2021) (committee substitute) — source
11. Signed Act (07/06/2021) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 41–24 (pass) · lower
• CONCUR — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• BILL — 21–13 (pass) · upper
• REPASS — 21–13 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brittany Pettersen — primary (person)
• Daneya Esgar — primary (person)
• Dominick Moreno — primary (person)
• Kyle Mullica — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-07-06T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2021-06-10T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-06-10T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2021-06-10T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2021-06-03T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
• 2021-06-03T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2021-06-02T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
• 2021-06-01T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-05-26T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Health & Insurance Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-05-05T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Insurance introduction
• 2021-05-05T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2021-05-04T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor reading-2
• 2021-04-30T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-03-24T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b1ceefb8-be78-4aba-b551-b252cf8e6e0e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).