republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2022a/hb-22-1268.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medicaid Mental Health Reimbursement Rates Report"
description: "The act requires the department of health care policy and financing (department) to prepare a behavioral health rates report of medicaid reimbursement rates for community mental health providers and independent mental health and substance use treatment providers. The department shall hire an independent auditor to prepare the behavioral health rates report. The department shall, in coordination with the behavioral health rates report, prepare recommendations to create equitable payment models between providers of community mental health centers and independent mental health and substance use treatment providers providing comparable behavioral health services. The department shall present the behavioral health rates report and recommendations to the house of representatives public and behavioral health and human services committee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "HB 22-1268"
citation: "Colorado HB 22-1268 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cleave Simpson", "Joann Ginal", "Judy Amabile", "Richard Holtorf"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-25T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-06-03T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36d4a005-7569-4ea9-8263-bdd5f5eaece8"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb22-1268"
source_hash: "e4cf325714670d7d1568d4265d3a43e5c78155f616cdbc288e70d42337603341"
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 22-1268 (2022A) — Medicaid Mental Health Reimbursement Rates Report

The act requires the department of health care policy and financing (department) to prepare a behavioral health rates report of medicaid reimbursement rates for community mental health providers and independent mental health and substance use treatment providers. The department shall hire an independent auditor to prepare the behavioral health rates report. The department shall, in coordination with the behavioral health rates report, prepare recommendations to create equitable payment models between providers of community mental health centers and independent mental health and substance use treatment providers providing comparable behavioral health services. The department shall present the behavioral health rates report and recommendations to the house of representatives public and behavioral health and human services committee.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_hb1268_s_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/05/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1268_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (06/01/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1268_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/25/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1268_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/21/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1268_h_pbh_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (04/06/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1268_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (04/26/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1268_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/25/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1268_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (06/03/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_1268_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **55–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cleave Simpson — primary (person)
- Joann Ginal — primary (person)
- Judy Amabile — primary (person)
- Richard Holtorf — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-06-03T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-01T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-01T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-06-01T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2022-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2022-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2022-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-07T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2022-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2022-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-18T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-15T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only
- **2022-02-25T07:00:00+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/36d4a005-7569-4ea9-8263-bdd5f5eaece8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).