republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2017a/hb-17-1011.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Statute Of Limitation Discipline Mental Health Professional"
description: "The bill requires that any complaint filed with the division of professions and occupations in the department of regulatory agencies against a mental health professional alleging a maintenance-of-records violation must be commenced within 7 years after the alleged act or failure to act giving rise to the complaint. Mental health professionals must give notice to former clients that a client's records may not be retained after the 7-year period. Complaints subject to the 7-year filing period must be resolved by the agency within 2 years after the date the complaint was filed."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2017A"
identifier: "HB 17-1011"
citation: "Colorado HB 17-1011 (2017A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jack Tate", "Jovan Melton"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-11T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-03-16T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05c8be42-55ed-45a4-b556-1e78e1128290"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb17-1011"
source_hash: "8ff0258cfce7cd44438cbeaa2e5c7f92fa6241f9bd6b5e4a5aeb270fd989dcc6"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
---

# Colorado HB 17-1011 (2017A) — Statute Of Limitation Discipline Mental Health Professional

The bill requires that any complaint filed with the division of professions and occupations in the department of regulatory agencies against a mental health professional alleging a maintenance-of-records violation must be commenced within 7 years after the alleged act or failure to act giving rise to the complaint. Mental health professionals must give notice to former clients that a client's records may not be retained after the 7-year period. Complaints subject to the 7-year filing period must be resolved by the agency within 2 years after the date the complaint was filed.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment L.001** (committee substitute) — [source](http://coga.prod.acquia-sites.com/sites/default/files/html-attachments/h_hie_2017a_20170126t133100z0__hearing_summary/170126%20AttachC.pdf)
2. **Amendment L.004** (committee substitute) — [source](http://coga.prod.acquia-sites.com/sites/default/files/html-attachments/s_hhs_2017a_20170223t133135z1__hearing_summary/170223%20AttachD.pdf)
3. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017a/bills/cr/2017A_HB1011_S_HHS_001.pdf)
4. **Engrossed (02/01/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1011_eng.pdf)
5. **Final Act (03/14/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1011_enr.pdf)
6. **Introduced (01/11/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1011_01.pdf)
7. **PA1 (01/27/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1011%20hie_01.pdf)
8. **PA2 (02/24/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1011shhs_01.pdf)
9. **Reengrossed (02/02/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1011_ren.pdf)
10. **Rerevised (03/02/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1011_rer.pdf)
11. **Revised (03/01/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1011_rev.pdf)
12. **Signed Act (03/16/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_1011_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- Refer House Bill 17-1011, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. The motion passed on a vote of 5-0. — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment C) to House Bill 17-1011. The motion passed without objection. — **0–0** (pass) · legislature
- Adopt amendment L.004 (Attachment D). The motion passed without objection. — **0–0** (pass) · legislature
- Refer House Bill 17-1011, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 11-0. — **11–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Jack Tate — primary (person)
- Jovan Melton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-03-10T07:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2017-03-06T07:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2017-03-02T07:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over to 03/06/2017
- **2017-03-02T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2017-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2017-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-02-03T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2017-02-02T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-01T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2017-01-31T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 02/01/2017 - No Amendments
- **2017-01-26T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Health, Insurance, & Environment Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-01-11T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Health, Insurance, & Environment `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/05c8be42-55ed-45a4-b556-1e78e1128290`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).