republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/hb-21-1258.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Rapid Mental Health Response For Colorado Youth"
description: "The act establishes a temporary youth mental health services program (program) in the office of behavioral health within the department of human services (department) to facilitate access to mental health services, including substance use disorder services, for youth to respond to identified mental health needs, including those needs that may have resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic. The program reimburses providers for up to 3 mental health sessions with a youth and may provide additional reimbursement subject to available money.As soon as practicable, but no later than August 1, 2021, the department is required to enter into an agreement with a vendor to create, or use an existing, website or web-based application as a portal available to youth and providers to facilitate the program.The program is repealed, effective June 30, 2022.The act appropriates $9,000,000 to the department of human services from the general fund to implement the act.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "HB 21-1258"
citation: "Colorado HB 21-1258 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dafna Michaelson Jenet", "Janet Buckner", "Kevin Van Winkle", "Rob Woodward"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-04-06T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-18T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ecf9ead-eef1-4d1f-9017-d3be774c52ad"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1258"
source_hash: "1e67a4e4f75ab0ee62a2ea1947bcaa58973b9ae6abaae7177b80c8dade01e84a"
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 21-1258 (2021A) — Rapid Mental Health Response For Colorado Youth

The act establishes a temporary youth mental health services program (program) in the office of behavioral health within the department of human services (department) to facilitate access to mental health services, including substance use disorder services, for youth to respond to identified mental health needs, including those needs that may have resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic. The program reimburses providers for up to 3 mental health sessions with a youth and may provide additional reimbursement subject to available money.As soon as practicable, but no later than August 1, 2021, the department is required to enter into an agreement with a vendor to create, or use an existing, website or web-based application as a portal available to youth and providers to facilitate the program.The program is repealed, effective June 30, 2022.The act appropriates $9,000,000 to the department of human services from the general fund to implement the act.(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. **Amendment L.001** (committee substitute) — [source](http://coga.prod.acquia-sites.com/sites/default/files/html-attachments/9ae204e4252db42d872586bd00711f73__hearing_summary/21HousePublic0420AttachC.pdf)
2. **Amendment L.002** (committee substitute) — [source](http://coga.prod.acquia-sites.com/sites/default/files/html-attachments/9ae204e4252db42d872586bd00711f73__hearing_summary/21HousePublic0420AttachD.pdf)
3. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_hb1258_s_app_001.pdf)
4. **Engrossed (04/28/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1258_eng.pdf)
5. **Final Act (06/11/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1258_enr.pdf)
6. **Introduced (04/06/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1258_01.pdf)
7. **PA1 (04/21/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1258pbh_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (04/29/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1258_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (06/03/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1258_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (06/02/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1258_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (06/18/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1258_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- CONCUR — **64–1** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **48–15** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **56–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dafna Michaelson Jenet — primary (person)
- Janet Buckner — primary (person)
- Kevin Van Winkle — primary (person)
- Rob Woodward — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-18T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-11T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-11T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-06-11T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-06-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2021-06-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2021-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-06-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
- **2021-06-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2021-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2021-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06T06:00:00+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/5ecf9ead-eef1-4d1f-9017-d3be774c52ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).