republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2020a/sb-20-007.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Treatment Opioid And Other Substance Use Disorders"
description: "The act requires insurance carriers to provide coverage for the treatment of substance use disorders in accordance with the American society of addiction medicine (ASAM) criteria for placement, medical necessity, and utilization management determinations in accordance with the most recent edition of the ASAM criteria. The act also authorizes the commissioner of insurance, in consultation with the department of human services (DHS) and the department of health care policy and financing, to identify by rule alternate nationally recognized substance-use-disorder-specific treatment criteria if the ASAM criteria are no longer available, relevant, or reflect best practices. These provisions apply to health benefits plans issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2022."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2020A"
identifier: "SB 20-007"
citation: "Colorado SB 20-007 (2020A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bri Buentello", "Brittany Pettersen", "Faith Winter", "James Wilson"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-01-08T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-07-13T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e35f47cf-7fa7-4166-8d3a-6061bf321dc5"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb20-007"
source_hash: "b59d43b78cac7cb8b08ed670e996169a8b67480da842da72706920d0fce9ad54"
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 20-007 (2020A) — Treatment Opioid And Other Substance Use Disorders

The act requires insurance carriers to provide coverage for the treatment of substance use disorders in accordance with the American society of addiction medicine (ASAM) criteria for placement, medical necessity, and utilization management determinations in accordance with the most recent edition of the ASAM criteria. The act also authorizes the commissioner of insurance, in consultation with the department of human services (DHS) and the department of health care policy and financing, to identify by rule alternate nationally recognized substance-use-disorder-specific treatment criteria if the ASAM criteria are no longer available, relevant, or reflect best practices. These provisions apply to health benefits plans issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2022.

## 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_sb007_h_app_003.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (06/05/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_007_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/29/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_007_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/08/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_007_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (01/31/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_007shhs_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (03/13/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_007shhsapp.pdf)
7. **PA3 (06/11/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_007hi_01.pdf)
8. **PA4 (06/11/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_007app.pdf)
9. **Reengrossed (06/06/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_007_ren.pdf)
10. **Rerevised (06/12/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_007_rer.pdf)
11. **Revised (06/11/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2020A/bills/2020a_007_rev.pdf)
12. **Signed Act (07/13/2020)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2020a_007_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- REPASS — **23–12** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **26–9** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **48–17** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **23–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bri Buentello — primary (person)
- Brittany Pettersen — primary (person)
- Faith Winter — primary (person)
- James Wilson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-07-13T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-29T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-29T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2020-06-24T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2020-06-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Pass
- **2020-06-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Reconsider
- **2020-06-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2020-06-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-06-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2020-06-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Health & Insurance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-08T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Insurance + Appropriations `introduction`
- **2020-06-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-06-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-2`
- **2020-06-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2020-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2020-05-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2020-05-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2020-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-30T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08T07:00:00+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/e35f47cf-7fa7-4166-8d3a-6061bf321dc5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).