republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2017a/sb-17-091.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allow Medicaid Home Health Services In Community"
description: "Under current law, for some clients, home health services under the medicaid program may only be provided in the client's residence. The bill removes the location restriction for home health services to comply with changes to federal medicaid rules that allow for services to be delivered in the community as well as the residence."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2017A"
identifier: "SB 17-091"
citation: "Colorado SB 17-091 (2017A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dominick Moreno", "Joann Ginal", "Larry Crowder"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 14
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-18T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-05T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb26f9ad-7af0-49ce-8d0d-70d7a285f2d0"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb17-091"
source_hash: "135809f46e39eb1b7046bdd8a96a03b3acc2f22a49d0ac2eb8e9aeaa828bda79"
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 SB 17-091 (2017A) — Allow Medicaid Home Health Services In Community

Under current law, for some clients, home health services under the medicaid program may only be provided in the client's residence. The bill removes the location restriction for home health services to comply with changes to federal medicaid rules that allow for services to be delivered in the community as well as the residence.

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017a/bills/cr/2017a_sb091_h_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/07/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_091_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/18/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_091_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/18/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_091_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/06/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_091sapp_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (04/10/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_091_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (05/01/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_091_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/28/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_091_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (06/05/2017)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2017A/bills/2017a_091_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- Refer Senate Bill 17-091, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed without objection. — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- Refer Senate Bill 17-091 to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed on a vote of 7-2, with two excused. — **7–2** (pass) · legislature
- Adopt amendment J.001 The motion passed without objection. — **0–0** (pass) · legislature
- Refer Senate Bill 17-091 to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 8-5. — **8–5** (pass) · legislature
- Refer Senate Bill 17-091 to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed on a vote of 5-0. — **5–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Dominick Moreno — primary (person)
- Joann Ginal — primary (person)
- Larry Crowder — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-05T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2017-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2017-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2017-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Health, Insurance, & Environment Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Health, Insurance, & Environment `introduction`
- **2017-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-07T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2017-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-01T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-18T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fb26f9ad-7af0-49ce-8d0d-70d7a285f2d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).