republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/sb-21-128.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modification To Administration Of The Nursing Home Penalty Cash Fund"
description: "The act makes the following changes to the administration of the nursing home penalty cash fund (fund) and the nursing home innovations grant board (board):Transitions final authority over the administration of the fund from the Colorado department of health care policy and financing (HCPF) to the Colorado department of public health and environment (CDPHE);"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "SB 21-128"
citation: "Colorado SB 21-128 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Kolker", "Susan Lontine"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-25T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-06-23T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7d09658-d388-49c1-b67e-cefded915123"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-128"
source_hash: "f9a01876e3f209a51e0d2b080f7671c6ce2734c17d3878849ae6f8e325ed290c"
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 21-128 (2021A) — Modification To Administration Of The Nursing Home Penalty Cash Fund

The act makes the following changes to the administration of the nursing home penalty cash fund (fund) and the nursing home innovations grant board (board):Transitions final authority over the administration of the fund from the Colorado department of health care policy and financing (HCPF) to the Colorado department of public health and environment (CDPHE);

## 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_sb128_h_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/01/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_128_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/11/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_128_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/25/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_128_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/09/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_128shhs_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/01/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_128shhsapp.pdf)
7. **PA3 (05/18/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_128app_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (04/05/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_128_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (05/28/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_128_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (05/25/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_128_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (06/23/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_128_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- REPASS — **22–13** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **25–10** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **27–8** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **39–21** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chris Kolker — primary (person)
- Susan Lontine — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-23T06:00:00+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
- **2021-06-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2021-05-28T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2021-05-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2021-05-18T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2021-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2021-04-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25T07:00:00+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/f7d09658-d388-49c1-b67e-cefded915123`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).