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type: "Bill"
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title: "Coverage For Telehealth Dental Services"
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description: "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.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
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legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
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session: "2021A"
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identifier: "SB 21-139"
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citation: "Colorado SB 21-139 (2021A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Cleave Simpson", "Matt Soper", "Rhonda Fields", "Susan Lontine"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2021-03-01T07:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2021-05-07T06:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b00a3683-7a8b-4e11-be7e-f5c4ded83ad3"
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source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-139"
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source_hash: "45047d4e19d4cfb3189a1b6a1694570fcadc7b6b9136806b3699684d4cccea38"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
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---
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# Colorado SB 21-139 (2021A) — Coverage For Telehealth Dental Services
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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.)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_sb139_h_hi_001.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed (03/25/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_139_eng.pdf)
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3. **Final Act (04/29/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_139_enr.pdf)
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4. **Introduced (03/01/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_139_01.pdf)
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5. **PA1 (03/23/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_139shhs_01.pdf)
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6. **Reengrossed (03/26/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_139_ren.pdf)
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7. **Rerevised (04/26/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_139_rer.pdf)
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8. **Revised (04/23/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_139_rev.pdf)
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9. **Signed Act (05/07/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_139_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- BILL — **55–8** (pass) · lower
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- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Cleave Simpson — primary (person)
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- Matt Soper — primary (person)
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- Rhonda Fields — primary (person)
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- Susan Lontine — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2021-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
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- **2021-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2021-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
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- **2021-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Health & Insurance Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-30T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Insurance `introduction`
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- **2021-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-03-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
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- **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`
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- **2021-03-01T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b00a3683-7a8b-4e11-be7e-f5c4ded83ad3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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