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type: "Bill"
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title: "Behavioral Health Administration"
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description: "The act creates the behavioral health administration (BHA) in the department of human services (department) to create a coordinated, cohesive, and effective behavioral health system in the state. The BHA will handle most of the behavioral health programs that were previously handled by the office of behavioral health in the department. The act establishes a commissioner as the head of the BHA and authorizes the commissioner and state board of human services to adopt and amend rules that previously were promulgated by the executive director of the department."
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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 22-1278"
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citation: "Colorado HB 22-1278 (2022A)"
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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", "Mary Young", "Pete Lee", "Rod Pelton"]
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version_count: 12
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2022-03-02T07:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2022-05-25T06:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97ffda68-b178-473e-b0d1-4d8a86d9afd3"
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source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb22-1278"
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source_hash: "b18f184815aa64382c72d07d78b0f73330d0e5c7fc87dc18bef8173d5640449c"
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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 22-1278 (2022A) — Behavioral Health Administration
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The act creates the behavioral health administration (BHA) in the department of human services (department) to create a coordinated, cohesive, and effective behavioral health system in the state. The BHA will handle most of the behavioral health programs that were previously handled by the office of behavioral health in the department. The act establishes a commissioner as the head of the BHA and authorizes the commissioner and state board of human services to adopt and amend rules that previously were promulgated by the executive director of the department.
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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_hb1278_s_app_005.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed (04/11/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1278_eng.pdf)
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3. **Final Act (05/25/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1278_enr.pdf)
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4. **Introduced (03/02/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1278_01.pdf)
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5. **PA1 (04/01/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1278_h_pbh_01.pdf)
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6. **PA2 (04/08/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1278_h_pbh_app_01.pdf)
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7. **PA3 (04/29/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1278_s_hhs_01.pdf)
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8. **PA4 (05/03/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1278_s_hhs_app_01.pdf)
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9. **Reengrossed (04/12/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1278_ren.pdf)
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10. **Rerevised (05/05/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1278_rer.pdf)
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11. **Revised (05/04/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_1278_rev.pdf)
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12. **Signed Act (05/25/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_1278_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- REPASS — **50–15** (pass) · lower
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- AMEND — **34–0** (pass) · upper
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- BILL — **46–14** (pass) · lower
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- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper
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- CONCUR — **49–16** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Cleave Simpson — primary (person)
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- Mary Young — primary (person)
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- Pete Lee — primary (person)
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- Rod Pelton — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-05-25T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2022-05-25T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2022-05-25T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2022-05-25T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
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- **2022-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
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- **2022-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
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- **2022-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
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- **2022-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
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- **2022-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2022-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2022-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
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- **2022-04-12T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
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- **2022-04-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Reconsider to Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services
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- **2022-03-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-02T07:00:00+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/97ffda68-b178-473e-b0d1-4d8a86d9afd3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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