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Bill	2-1-1 Statewide Human Services Referral System	The act expands the necessary referral services authorized by the Colorado 2-1-1 collaborative (collaborative) to include necessary referrals for behavioral health services and other social service resources in the state for Coloradans, particularly for individuals who are unemployed, regardless of whether they receive benefits.The act requires the department of human services' office of behavioral health to contract with the collaborative to hire and train specialized personnel. The act also requires the office of behavioral health to collaborate with the collaborative to engage in targeted marketing and outreach, and to ensure the marketing and outreach are targeted to traditionally underserved communities, such as immigrant, low-income, and communities of color.The act also requires the collaborative to coordinate with the department of labor and employment (department) to target, conduct outreach, and market to individuals who are unemployed, regardless of whether they receive benefits, and may need referrals for behavioral health services and other social service resources. The department is required to update its unemployment application web page and specified websites to include contact information for the collaborative.For the 2020-21 state fiscal year, $1,000,000 is appropriated to the department of human services (state department) from the general fund to implement the act. Any money that is not spent before July 1, 2021 is further appropriated to the state department for the 2021-22 state fiscal year for the same purpose.For the 2021-22 state fiscal year, $5,741 is appropriated from the general fund to the department for use by the division of unemployment insurance to implement the act.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2021A	SB 21-239	Colorado SB 21-239 (2021A)	bill		enacted	Chris Kolker Judy Amabile Mary Young Rachel Zenzinger	10	14	2	2021-04-12T06:00:00+00:00	2021-06-18T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/3156a112-37f9-439a-ba51-69b668d28056	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-239	8715b8c91e7ef68e90e09e4fadddc8a374bfbc68229feecac62ddd94cc8f7ca6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 21-239 (2021A) — 2-1-1 Statewide Human Services Referral System

The act expands the necessary referral services authorized by the Colorado 2-1-1 collaborative (collaborative) to include necessary referrals for behavioral health services and other social service resources in the state for Coloradans, particularly for individuals who are unemployed, regardless of whether they receive benefits.The act requires the department of human services' office of behavioral health to contract with the collaborative to hire and train specialized personnel. The act also requires the office of behavioral health to collaborate with the collaborative to engage in targeted marketing and outreach, and to ensure the marketing and outreach are targeted to traditionally underserved communities, such as immigrant, low-income, and communities of color.The act also requires the collaborative to coordinate with the department of labor and employment (department) to target, conduct outreach, and market to individuals who are unemployed, regardless of whether they receive benefits, and may need referrals for behavioral health services and other social service resources. The department is required to update its unemployment application web page and specified websites to include contact information for the collaborative.For the 2020-21 state fiscal year, $1,000,000 is appropriated to the department of human services (state department) from the general fund to implement the act. Any money that is not spent before July 1, 2021 is further appropriated to the state department for the 2021-22 state fiscal year for the same purpose.For the 2021-22 state fiscal year, $5,741 is appropriated from the general fund to the department for use by the division of unemployment 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 (05/07/2021) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (06/10/2021) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (04/12/2021) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (04/27/2021) (committee substitute) — source
6. PA2 (05/07/2021) (committee substitute) — source
7. Reengrossed (05/10/2021) (committee substitute) — source
8. Rerevised (06/01/2021) (committee substitute) — source
9. Revised (05/28/2021) (committee substitute) — source
10. Signed Act (06/18/2021) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 48–15 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 35–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Chris Kolker — primary (person)
• Judy Amabile — primary (person)
• Mary Young — primary (person)
• Rachel Zenzinger — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-06-18T06:00:00+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
• 2021-06-01T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2021-05-28T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2021-05-28T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-05-25T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-05-11T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services introduction
• 2021-05-10T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2021-05-07T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
• 2021-05-07T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2021-04-26T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-04-12T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3156a112-37f9-439a-ba51-69b668d28056. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).