republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/hb-21-1085.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Secure Transportation Behavioral Health Crisis"
description: "The act creates a regulatory and service system to provide secure transportation services, with different requirements from traditional ambulance services, for individuals experiencing a behavioral health crisis. The department of human services shall allow for the development of secure transportation alternatives.The board of county commissioners of the county in which the secure transportation service is based (commissioners) shall issue a license to an entity (licensee), valid for 3 years, that provides secure transportation services if the minimum requirements set by rule by the state board of health are met or exceeded. The commissioners shall also issue operating permits, valid for 12 months following issuance, to each vehicle operated by the licensee. A fee may be charged for each license to reflect the direct and indirect costs to the applicable county in implementing secure transportation services licensure. The state board of health is given authority to promulgate rules concerning secure transportation licensure.The department of health care policy and financing (department) is directed to create and implement a secure transportation benefit on or before January 1, 2023. The department is required to include information on secure transportation services and benefits in its annual \"State Measurement for Accountable, Responsive, and Transparent (SMART) Government Act\" report.The act exempts secure transportation services from regulation under the public utilities commission.For the 2021-22 state fiscal year, the act appropriates $46,800 to the department of health care policy and financing for use by the executive director's office, of which $39,993 is from the general fund and is $6,807 from the healthcare affordability and sustainability fee cash fund and provides 0.9 FTE.For the 2021-22 state fiscal year, the act appropriates $46,490 from the general fund to the department of public health and environment for use by the health facilities and emergency medical services division and provides 0.6 FTE.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "HB 21-1085"
citation: "Colorado HB 21-1085 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Colin Larson", "Jeff Bridges", "Jim Smallwood", "Julie McCluskie"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-27T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ea82a99-db14-405f-9d4f-721f116d4850"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1085"
source_hash: "87fbbd8016367456a93ecd909de7e1900c9ac125a09f9f561ae6cd2c87d29c63"
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 21-1085 (2021A) — Secure Transportation Behavioral Health Crisis

The act creates a regulatory and service system to provide secure transportation services, with different requirements from traditional ambulance services, for individuals experiencing a behavioral health crisis. The department of human services shall allow for the development of secure transportation alternatives.The board of county commissioners of the county in which the secure transportation service is based (commissioners) shall issue a license to an entity (licensee), valid for 3 years, that provides secure transportation services if the minimum requirements set by rule by the state board of health are met or exceeded. The commissioners shall also issue operating permits, valid for 12 months following issuance, to each vehicle operated by the licensee. A fee may be charged for each license to reflect the direct and indirect costs to the applicable county in implementing secure transportation services licensure. The state board of health is given authority to promulgate rules concerning secure transportation licensure.The department of health care policy and financing (department) is directed to create and implement a secure transportation benefit on or before January 1, 2023. The department is required to include information on secure transportation services and benefits in its annual "State Measurement for Accountable, Responsive, and Transparent (SMART) Government Act" report.The act exempts secure transportation services from regulation under the public utilities commission.For the 2021-22 state fiscal year, the act appropriates $46,800 to the department of health care policy and financing for use by the executive director's office, of which $39,993 is from the general fund and is $6,807 from the healthcare affordability and sustainability fee cash fund and provides 0.9 FTE.For the 2021-22 state fiscal year, the act appropriates $46,490 from the general fund to the department of public health and environment for use by the health facilities and emergency medical services division and provides 0.6 FTE.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

## 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/2021a_hb1085_s_app_003.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (05/07/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1085_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/14/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1085_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/16/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1085_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/24/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1085pbh_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (05/07/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1085app.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (05/10/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1085_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/27/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1085_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (05/26/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1085_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (06/27/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1085_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **61–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Colin Larson — primary (person)
- Jeff Bridges — primary (person)
- Jim Smallwood — primary (person)
- Julie McCluskie — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-27T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-14T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-14T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-06-14T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-05-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2021-05-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Local Government Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government `introduction`
- **2021-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2021-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-16T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Public & Behavioral 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/5ea82a99-db14-405f-9d4f-721f116d4850`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).