republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/hb-21-1275.md

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Bill	Medicaid Reimbursement For Services By Pharmacists	Under the act, a pharmacist is eligible for reimbursement under the medical assistance program for certain medically necessary pharmacist services, as described in the act, that are not duplicative of other pharmacist services or programs reimbursed under the medical assistance program. The department of health care policy and financing shall include services reimbursed pursuant to the act in the review of provider rates for the medical assistance program.Further, the act allows a pharmacist or pharmacy that dispenses or administers extended-release injectable medications for the treatment of mental health or substance use disorders to seek reimbursement for those medications under the medical assistance program as either a pharmacy benefit or as a medical benefit.The act requires that costs associated with services provided by clinical pharmacists through a federally qualified health center (FQHC) be considered allowable costs for the purpose of the FQHC's cost report and be included in the calculation of the reimbursement rate for a patient visit at an FQHC.The act appropriates $372,554 to the department of health care policy and financing from the general fund and the healthcare affordability and sustainability fee cash fund to implement the act.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2021A	HB 21-1275	Colorado HB 21-1275 (2021A)	bill		enacted	Barbara Kirkmeyer Joann Ginal Perry Will Susan Lontine	10	14	2	2021-04-15T06:00:00+00:00	2021-07-07T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/1c369ef1-d10c-418f-ba96-4192dccf0589	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1275	cc5a9030c96a0576445f3c09a283d52f55d24a63929cb1f0b65a07c945d8f53a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 21-1275 (2021A) — Medicaid Reimbursement For Services By Pharmacists

Under the act, a pharmacist is eligible for reimbursement under the medical assistance program for certain medically necessary pharmacist services, as described in the act, that are not duplicative of other pharmacist services or programs reimbursed under the medical assistance program. The department of health care policy and financing shall include services reimbursed pursuant to the act in the review of provider rates for the medical assistance program.Further, the act allows a pharmacist or pharmacy that dispenses or administers extended-release injectable medications for the treatment of mental health or substance use disorders to seek reimbursement for those medications under the medical assistance program as either a pharmacy benefit or as a medical benefit.The act requires that costs associated with services provided by clinical pharmacists through a federally qualified health center (FQHC) be considered allowable costs for the purpose of the FQHC's cost report and be included in the calculation of the reimbursement rate for a patient visit at an FQHC.The act appropriates $372,554 to the department of health care policy and financing from the general fund and the healthcare affordability and sustainability fee cash 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. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (05/24/2021) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (06/22/2021) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (04/15/2021) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (04/29/2021) (committee substitute) — source
6. PA2 (05/24/2021) (committee substitute) — source
7. Reengrossed (05/25/2021) (committee substitute) — source
8. Rerevised (06/04/2021) (committee substitute) — source
9. Revised (06/03/2021) (committee substitute) — source
10. Signed Act (07/07/2021) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 57–8 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 35–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Barbara Kirkmeyer — primary (person)
• Joann Ginal — primary (person)
• Perry Will — primary (person)
• Susan Lontine — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-07-07T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2021-06-22T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-06-22T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2021-06-22T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2021-06-04T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2021-06-03T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2021-06-03T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2021-05-26T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-05-25T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs introduction
• 2021-05-25T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2021-05-24T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
• 2021-05-24T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-04-28T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Health & Insurance Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-04-15T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Insurance introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1c369ef1-d10c-418f-ba96-4192dccf0589. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).