republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/sb-21-139.md

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Bill	Coverage For Telehealth Dental Services	The act requires each dental plan issued, amended, or renewed in this state to cover services offered to a covered person through telehealth. The act also requires the state's medical assistance program to reimburse providers for dental care services provided through telehealth.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2021A	SB 21-139	Colorado SB 21-139 (2021A)	bill		enacted	Cleave Simpson Matt Soper Rhonda Fields Susan Lontine	9	12	2	2021-03-01T07:00:00+00:00	2021-05-07T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/b00a3683-7a8b-4e11-be7e-f5c4ded83ad3	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-139	45047d4e19d4cfb3189a1b6a1694570fcadc7b6b9136806b3699684d4cccea38	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 21-139 (2021A) — Coverage For Telehealth Dental Services

The act requires each dental plan issued, amended, or renewed in this state to cover services offered to a covered person through telehealth. The act also requires the state's medical assistance program to reimburse providers for dental care services provided through telehealth.(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 (03/25/2021) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (04/29/2021) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (03/01/2021) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (03/23/2021) (committee substitute) — source
6. Reengrossed (03/26/2021) (committee substitute) — source
7. Rerevised (04/26/2021) (committee substitute) — source
8. Revised (04/23/2021) (committee substitute) — source
9. Signed Act (05/07/2021) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 55–8 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 35–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Cleave Simpson — primary (person)
• Matt Soper — primary (person)
• Rhonda Fields — primary (person)
• Susan Lontine — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-05-07T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2021-04-29T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-04-29T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2021-04-29T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2021-04-26T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-23T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-2
• 2021-04-20T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Health & Insurance Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-03-30T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Insurance introduction
• 2021-03-26T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2021-03-25T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee reading-2
• 2021-03-22T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2021-03-01T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b00a3683-7a8b-4e11-be7e-f5c4ded83ad3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).