republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/sb-21-214.md

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Bill	State Payment Hospice Providers Residential Care	The act authorizes a state payment to qualified hospice providers, as defined in the act, that provide hospice services in a licensed hospice facility to persons enrolled in the medical assistance program who are eligible for care in a nursing facility but who are unable to secure a bed in a nursing facility due to the presence of COVID-19 in the state or for other reasons described in the act. The eligible patient, as defined in the act, must have a hospice diagnosis.To receive a payment, the qualified hospice provider must provide residential services to an eligible patient during the fourth quarter of the 2020-21 fiscal year or during the 2021-22 fiscal year. The state payment to a qualified hospice provider is limited to not more than 28 days for each eligible patient. The state payment is an amount equal to one-half of the statewide average per diem rate for nursing facilities.The department of health care policy and financing shall administer the state payment and shall seek input from qualified hospice providers concerning the administration of the payment and the allocation of available appropriations.For the 2020-21state fiscal year, the act appropriates $684,000 of general fund to the department of health care policy and financing to implement the act. Unexpended money is further appropriated for the 2021-22 state fiscal year for the same purpose.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2021A	SB 21-214	Colorado SB 21-214 (2021A)	bill		enacted	Chris Hansen Julie McCluskie	8	14	2	2021-04-05T06:00:00+00:00	2021-05-04T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/588a948f-d645-4124-87f7-d5fae39061bc	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-214	c2b46dc19fcbf3dac1bd1681562aeb3174fb55e4a6a93ddc76543add72c7a29d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 21-214 (2021A) — State Payment Hospice Providers Residential Care

The act authorizes a state payment to qualified hospice providers, as defined in the act, that provide hospice services in a licensed hospice facility to persons enrolled in the medical assistance program who are eligible for care in a nursing facility but who are unable to secure a bed in a nursing facility due to the presence of COVID-19 in the state or for other reasons described in the act. The eligible patient, as defined in the act, must have a hospice diagnosis.To receive a payment, the qualified hospice provider must provide residential services to an eligible patient during the fourth quarter of the 2020-21 fiscal year or during the 2021-22 fiscal year. The state payment to a qualified hospice provider is limited to not more than 28 days for each eligible patient. The state payment is an amount equal to one-half of the statewide average per diem rate for nursing facilities.The department of health care policy and financing shall administer the state payment and shall seek input from qualified hospice providers concerning the administration of the payment and the allocation of available appropriations.For the 2020-21state fiscal year, the act appropriates $684,000 of general fund to the department of health care policy and financing to implement the act. Unexpended money is further appropriated for the 2021-22 state fiscal year for the same purpose.(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 (04/08/2021) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (04/26/2021) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (04/05/2021) (committee substitute) — source
5. Reengrossed (04/09/2021) (committee substitute) — source
6. Rerevised (04/19/2021) (committee substitute) — source
7. Revised (04/15/2021) (committee substitute) — source
8. Signed Act (05/04/2021) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• BILL — 63–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Chris Hansen — primary (person)
• Julie McCluskie — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-05-04T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2021-04-26T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-04-26T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2021-04-26T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2021-04-19T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-16T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2021-04-15T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2021-04-14T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2021-04-13T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-04-09T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations introduction
• 2021-04-09T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-08T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-2
• 2021-04-06T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2021-04-05T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/588a948f-d645-4124-87f7-d5fae39061bc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).