republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2018a/hb-18-1357.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Behavioral Health Care Ombudsperson Parity Reports"
description: "Section 1 of the bill establishes an office of the ombudsman for behavioral health access to care as an independent office within the office of the executive director of the department of human services to assist Coloradans in accessing behavioral health care."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2018A"
identifier: "HB 18-1357"
citation: "Colorado HB 18-1357 (2018A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Angela Williams", "Bob Gardner", "Dafna Michaelson Jenet"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 15
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-04-04T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2018-05-24T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/78549711-21ec-4fb7-89e8-aabc3f3dab3e"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb18-1357"
source_hash: "b1301c07962b61a58a9bcc7d5f4af7a4c88a651035df4683e2a26daf73a859c3"
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 18-1357 (2018A) — Behavioral Health Care Ombudsperson Parity Reports

Section 1 of the bill establishes an office of the ombudsman for behavioral health access to care as an independent office within the office of the executive director of the department of human services to assist Coloradans in accessing behavioral health care.

## 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/2018a/bills/cr/2018a_hb1357_s_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/30/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1357_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/16/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1357_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/04/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1357_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (04/18/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1357phc_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/30/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1357app.pdf)
7. **PA3 (05/03/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1357ssta_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (05/01/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1357_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (05/04/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1357_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (05/03/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1357_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (05/24/2018)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2018A/bills/2018a_1357_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- CONCUR — **49–11** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **40–20** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **38–26** (pass) · lower
- PERM — **57–7** (pass) · lower
- AMEND — **34–0** (pass) · lower
- AMD — **60–4** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **27–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Angela Williams — primary (person)
- Bob Gardner — primary (person)
- Dafna Michaelson Jenet — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-24T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2018-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2018-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2018-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2018-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2018-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public Health Care & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Public Health Care & Human Services `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/78549711-21ec-4fb7-89e8-aabc3f3dab3e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).