republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/hb-21-1281.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Community Behavioral Health Disaster Program"
description: "The act requires the department of public health and environment (department) to implement the community behavioral health disaster preparedness and response program (program) using existing initiatives and activities to ensure that behavioral health is adequately represented within disaster preparedness and response efforts across the state. The program is intended to enhance, support, and formalize behavioral health disaster preparedness and response activities conducted by community behavioral health organizations.The act requires the department to promulgate rules as necessary for the oversight and management of the program; work collaboratively with community behavioral heath organizations; create, define, and publish eligibility criteria for community behavioral health organizations to participate in the program; and provide funding to community behavioral health organizations on an annual or as-needed basis for the activities the organizations conduct.The act appropriates $529,801 and provides an additional 1.8 FTE to the department for use by the office of emergency preparedness response 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 21-1281"
citation: "Colorado HB 21-1281 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brittany Pettersen", "Lisa Cutter", "Perry Will"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-16T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-28T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb24cca5-4abf-42be-87b7-6746f098f306"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb21-1281"
source_hash: "a0c405fe34bcfe82c4c2f5595654ee2a13a25f076379e7d71d734e3b78b7c818"
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 21-1281 (2021A) — Community Behavioral Health Disaster Program

The act requires the department of public health and environment (department) to implement the community behavioral health disaster preparedness and response program (program) using existing initiatives and activities to ensure that behavioral health is adequately represented within disaster preparedness and response efforts across the state. The program is intended to enhance, support, and formalize behavioral health disaster preparedness and response activities conducted by community behavioral health organizations.The act requires the department to promulgate rules as necessary for the oversight and management of the program; work collaboratively with community behavioral heath organizations; create, define, and publish eligibility criteria for community behavioral health organizations to participate in the program; and provide funding to community behavioral health organizations on an annual or as-needed basis for the activities the organizations conduct.The act appropriates $529,801 and provides an additional 1.8 FTE to the department for use by the office of emergency preparedness response 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](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_hb1281_s_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (05/19/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1281_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/16/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1281_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/16/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1281_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (05/04/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1281pbh_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (05/18/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1281app.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (05/20/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1281_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (06/04/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1281_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (06/03/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_1281_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (06/28/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1281_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **43–20** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **24–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brittany Pettersen — primary (person)
- Lisa Cutter — primary (person)
- Perry Will — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-28T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-17T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-16T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-06-16T06:00:00+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 to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
- **2021-05-20T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2021-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-16T06:00:00+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/cb24cca5-4abf-42be-87b7-6746f098f306`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).