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| Bill | Process for People with Behavioral Health Disorder | After an individual has been discharged from a facility where an individual was held for an emergency mental health hold, current law requires the facility to attempt to follow up with the individual at least 48 hours after discharge. The act extends the time to attempt to follow up with the individual to 72 hours following discharge, excluding weekends and holidays. The act restricts the behavioral health administration (BHA) from issuing or renewing a license for a behavioral health entity unless the BHA receives a certificate of compliance for the applicant's building or structure from the division of fire prevention and control. The act adds the following exceptions to this requirement:An applicant that provides only telehealth services is not required to receive a certificate of compliance; andAn applicant that provides only outpatient services may receive a certificate of compliance from the division of fire prevention and control based on inspections conducted by a fire department that employs a certified inspector rather than from the division of fire prevention and control.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) | us/states/co | Colorado General Assembly | 2026A | HB 1116 | Colorado HB 1116 (2026A) |
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Colorado HB 1116 (2026A) — Process for People with Behavioral Health Disorder
After an individual has been discharged from a facility where an individual was held for an emergency mental health hold, current law requires the facility to attempt to follow up with the individual at least 48 hours after discharge. The act extends the time to attempt to follow up with the individual to 72 hours following discharge, excluding weekends and holidays. The act restricts the behavioral health administration (BHA) from issuing or renewing a license for a behavioral health entity unless the BHA receives a certificate of compliance for the applicant's building or structure from the division of fire prevention and control. The act adds the following exceptions to this requirement:An applicant that provides only telehealth services is not required to receive a certificate of compliance; andAn applicant that provides only outpatient services may receive a certificate of compliance from the division of fire prevention and control based on inspections conducted by a fire department that employs a certified inspector rather than from the division of fire prevention and control.(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.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
- Final Act (committee substitute) — source
- Reengrossed (committee substitute) — source
- Rerevised (committee substitute) — source
- Revised (committee substitute) — source
- Signed Act (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Refer House Bill 26-1116 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. — pass (pass) · upper
- Adopt amendment L.004 (Attachment E). — pass (pass) · lower
- Refer House Bill 26-1116, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. — pass (pass) · lower
- BILL — pass (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- G. Rydin — primary (person)
- M. Ball — primary (person)
- R. Gonzalez — primary (person)
- A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
- B. Marshall — cosponsor (person)
- C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
- E. Sirota — cosponsor (person)
- I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- J. Joseph — cosponsor (person)
- J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- K. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- R. English — cosponsor (person)
- S. Lieder — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-06-04 Governor Signed
executive-signature - 2026-06-03 Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt - 2026-06-03 Signed by the President of the Senate
passage - 2026-06-03 Signed by the Speaker of the House
passage - 2026-04-14 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
passage, reading-3 - 2026-04-13 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments
reading-2 - 2026-04-09 Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
committee-passage - 2026-03-20 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services
introduction - 2026-03-16 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
passage, reading-3 - 2026-03-13 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- 2026-03-11 House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
committee-passage, referral-committee - 2026-02-04 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Human Services
introduction
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b341f1ca-1d59-43b4-944e-4c7b949279f4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).