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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Medicaid Reimbursement For Therapy Using Equines"
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description: "Subject to federal authorization and federal financial participation, on or after July 1, 2024, medicaid reimbursement is available for therapy using equine movement when provided by a physical therapist, an occupational therapist, or a speech-language pathologist."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
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legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
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session: "2022A"
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identifier: "HB 22-1068"
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citation: "Colorado HB 22-1068 (2022A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Karen McCormick", "Mike Lynch", "Sonya Jaquez Lewis"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2022-01-18T07:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2022-06-02T06:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57e87499-1f65-43b8-baca-afafafb8e60b"
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source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb22-1068"
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source_hash: "34fd1f5cb7c625e04426aec20b47c1c941ada5a3cac09d5fe13a5bc76d406ba2"
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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 HB 22-1068 (2022A) — Medicaid Reimbursement For Therapy Using Equines
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Subject to federal authorization and federal financial participation, on or after July 1, 2024, medicaid reimbursement is available for therapy using equine movement when provided by a physical therapist, an occupational therapist, or a speech-language pathologist.
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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](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_hb1068_s_app_001.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed (03/16/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1068_eng.pdf)
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3. **Final Act (05/31/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1068_enr.pdf)
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4. **Introduced (01/18/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1068_01.pdf)
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5. **PA1 (02/03/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1068hpbh_01.pdf)
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6. **Reengrossed (03/17/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1068_ren.pdf)
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7. **Rerevised (04/20/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1068_rer.pdf)
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8. **Revised (04/19/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1068_rev.pdf)
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9. **Signed Act (06/02/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_1068_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- BILL — **32–2** (pass) · upper
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- BILL — **58–5** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Karen McCormick — primary (person)
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- Mike Lynch — primary (person)
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- Sonya Jaquez Lewis — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-06-02T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2022-05-31T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2022-05-31T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2022-05-26T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
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- **2022-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
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- **2022-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
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- **2022-03-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
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- **2022-03-17T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-03-16T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
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- **2022-03-15T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-01T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-18T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Public & Behavioral 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/57e87499-1f65-43b8-baca-afafafb8e60b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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