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Bill Distribution Federal Funds Home- and Community-based Services The act directs the department of health care policy and financing (department) to develop a spending plan (spending plan) for using enhanced, one-time federal matching money received pursuant to the "American Rescue Plan Act of 2021" (federal act) to enhance, expand, and strengthen medicaid-eligible home- and community-based services for older adults and people with disabilities.The department shall develop a proposed spending plan considering feedback from providers, medical assistance recipients, and advocates consistent with federal guidance on allowable uses of the federal act funding. Money from the federal act may be used for home- and community-based services, as defined in the federal act, including home health-care services, personal care services, PACE services, waiver services, case management services, and rehabilitative services. The act specifies possible components of the spending plan. The department shall submit the proposed spending plan to the joint budget committee of the general assembly for approval. The joint budget committee may reject or approve the spending plan and may make recommendations for modifications to the spending plan. If the spending plan is rejected, the department shall submit a new spending plan as soon as possible. The department shall not implement the spending plan unless the spending plan is approved by the joint budget committee.The act authorizes the department to make expenditures identified in the spending plan approved by the joint budget committee; except that the spending authority expires if a supplemental appropriation bill is enacted. During the next legislative session, the joint budget committee shall introduce a supplemental appropriation bill for the amount of the expenditures authorized. For fiscal years commencing on and after July 1, 2021, the general assembly may also appropriate money for purposes authorized under the federal act. The act repeals the statutory provisions effective July 1, 2025. Commencing November 1, 2021, and quarterly thereafter, the act requires the department to submit expenditure reports with additional information specified in the act concerning the use of the money received pursuant to the federal act.The act transfers $260,730,099 from the general fund to the home- and community-based services improvement fund, created in the act, and $19,830,918 from the ARPA home- and community-based services account, created in the act, in the healthcare affordability and sustainability fee cash fund to implement the spending plan.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) us/states/co Colorado General Assembly 2021A SB 21-286 Colorado SB 21-286 (2021A)
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Colorado SB 21-286 (2021A) — Distribution Federal Funds Home- and Community-based Services

The act directs the department of health care policy and financing (department) to develop a spending plan (spending plan) for using enhanced, one-time federal matching money received pursuant to the "American Rescue Plan Act of 2021" (federal act) to enhance, expand, and strengthen medicaid-eligible home- and community-based services for older adults and people with disabilities.The department shall develop a proposed spending plan considering feedback from providers, medical assistance recipients, and advocates consistent with federal guidance on allowable uses of the federal act funding. Money from the federal act may be used for home- and community-based services, as defined in the federal act, including home health-care services, personal care services, PACE services, waiver services, case management services, and rehabilitative services. The act specifies possible components of the spending plan. The department shall submit the proposed spending plan to the joint budget committee of the general assembly for approval. The joint budget committee may reject or approve the spending plan and may make recommendations for modifications to the spending plan. If the spending plan is rejected, the department shall submit a new spending plan as soon as possible. The department shall not implement the spending plan unless the spending plan is approved by the joint budget committee.The act authorizes the department to make expenditures identified in the spending plan approved by the joint budget committee; except that the spending authority expires if a supplemental appropriation bill is enacted. During the next legislative session, the joint budget committee shall introduce a supplemental appropriation bill for the amount of the expenditures authorized. For fiscal years commencing on and after July 1, 2021, the general assembly may also appropriate money for purposes authorized under the federal act. The act repeals the statutory provisions effective July 1, 2025. Commencing November 1, 2021, and quarterly thereafter, the act requires the department to submit expenditure reports with additional information specified in the act concerning the use of the money received pursuant to the federal act.The act transfers $260,730,099 from the general fund to the home- and community-based services improvement fund, created in the act, and $19,830,918 from the ARPA home- and community-based services account, created in the act, in the healthcare affordability and sustainability fee cash fund to implement the spending plan.(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 (05/26/2021) (committee substitute) — source
  3. Final Act (06/23/2021) (committee substitute) — source
  4. Introduced (05/24/2021) (committee substitute) — source
  5. PA1 (05/26/2021) (committee substitute) — source
  6. PA2 (06/01/2021) (committee substitute) — source
  7. Reengrossed (05/27/2021) (committee substitute) — source
  8. Rerevised (06/03/2021) (committee substitute) — source
  9. Revised (06/01/2021) (committee substitute) — source
  10. Signed Act (06/30/2021) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • BILL — 350 (pass) · upper
  • BILL — 558 (pass) · lower
  • BILL — 350 (pass) · upper
  • CONCUR — 340 (pass) · upper
  • REPASS — 340 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Bob Rankin — primary (person)
  • Dominick Moreno — primary (person)
  • Julie McCluskie — primary (person)
  • Leslie Herod — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-06-30T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
  • 2021-06-23T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
  • 2021-06-23T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
  • 2021-06-23T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
  • 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 Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
  • 2021-06-01T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
  • 2021-06-01T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
  • 2021-05-28T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations introduction
  • 2021-05-27T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
  • 2021-05-26T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
  • 2021-05-26T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
  • 2021-05-24T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/22d9ce31-2fa6-4dfd-b5d7-6b533e9b3d9f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).