republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2020a/hb-20-1237.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medicaid Managed Care Assignment For Child Welfare"
description: "For a child or youth who obtains services under the state's medicaid program through the initiation of a dependency and neglect action or juvenile delinquency action resulting in out-of-home placement, the act requires the department of health care policy and financing (department) to assign the child or youth to the managed care entity (MCE) in the county in which the action was initiated. The department shall only change the MCE designation if requested by the county with jurisdiction over the action or the child's or youth's legal guardian."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2020A"
identifier: "HB 20-1237"
citation: "Colorado HB 20-1237 (2020A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dominick Moreno", "Jerry Sonnenberg", "Lori Saine", "Mary Young"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-31T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-07-11T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dfe5a981-8c5f-4970-8813-da2364661ec0"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb20-1237"
source_hash: "8e6ee691d598567a3e0cf41e4cb79cf4ab6bd1a822c60728a0d370efdb363bb6"
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 20-1237 (2020A) — Medicaid Managed Care Assignment For Child Welfare

For a child or youth who obtains services under the state's medicaid program through the initiation of a dependency and neglect action or juvenile delinquency action resulting in out-of-home placement, the act requires the department of health care policy and financing (department) to assign the child or youth to the managed care entity (MCE) in the county in which the action was initiated. The department shall only change the MCE designation if requested by the county with jurisdiction over the action or the child's or youth's legal guardian.

## 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/2020a_hb1237_s_sa_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (05/26/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1237_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/19/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1237_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/31/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1237_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/12/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1237phc_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (05/27/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1237_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (06/03/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1237_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (06/02/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_1237_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (07/11/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_1237_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion not given. — **61–0** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dominick Moreno — primary (person)
- Jerry Sonnenberg — primary (person)
- Lori Saine — primary (person)
- Mary Young — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-07-11T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-22T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-19T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2020-06-19T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2020-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-06-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2020-05-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2020-05-27T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2020-05-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-05-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2020-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public Health Care & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-31T07:00:00+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/dfe5a981-8c5f-4970-8813-da2364661ec0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).