republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2019a/hb-19-1237.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Licensing Behavioral Health Entities"
description: "Behavioral health entities - single license - advisory committee timelines - appropriation. Currently, certain entities that provide behavioral health services must hold various licenses issued by the department of public health and environment (CDPHE) or the department of human services (DHS). The act combines the various licenses into a single license as a behavioral health entity (BHE) and authorizes the state board of health to promulgate rules for the new license."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "HB 19-1237"
citation: "Colorado HB 19-1237 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joann Ginal", "Lisa Cutter", "Perry Will", "Rob Woodward"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-03-12T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-06-03T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64522ee0-03a3-4383-a52b-ccc2db47b288"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb19-1237"
source_hash: "8360ecf79a813dbfb37d28e77d40ebabb92a45124138eb629f571095434fbe97"
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 19-1237 (2019A) — Licensing Behavioral Health Entities

Behavioral health entities - single license - advisory committee timelines - appropriation. Currently, certain entities that provide behavioral health services must hold various licenses issued by the department of public health and environment (CDPHE) or the department of human services (DHS). The act combines the various licenses into a single license as a behavioral health entity (BHE) and authorizes the state board of health to promulgate rules for the new license.

## 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/2019a_hb1237_s_app_004.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/18/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1237_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/15/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1237_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/12/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1237_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/29/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1237phc_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/18/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1237app.pdf)
7. **PA3 (04/27/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1237sapp_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (04/19/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1237_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (04/30/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1237_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (04/27/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_1237_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (06/03/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_1237_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **48–16** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · lower
- END DEBATE — **21–14** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **50–13** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **51–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Joann Ginal — primary (person)
- Lisa Cutter — primary (person)
- Perry Will — primary (person)
- Rob Woodward — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2019-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-14T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2019-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2019-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2019-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Finance `introduction`
- **2019-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2019-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public Health Care & Human Services Refer Amended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12T06:00:00+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/64522ee0-03a3-4383-a52b-ccc2db47b288`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).