republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2022a/sb-22-235.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "County Administration Of Public Assistance Programs"
description: "The act requires the department of human services (DHS) and the department of health care policy and financing (HCPF), in consultation with county departments of human and social services (county departments), to develop a scope of work for a comprehensive assessment of the best practices related to the administration of public and medical assistance programs. The act requires DHS to enter into an agreement with a third party to conduct the comprehensive assessment, evaluate existing practices for the administration of public and medical assistance programs, and make recommendations related to administration of public and medical assistance programs and ongoing evaluation of the public and medical assistance program system. On or before July 1, 2023, DHS is required to submit the results of the comprehensive assessment to HCPF, county departments, and the joint budget committee. On or before November 1, 2023, DHS is required to submit a fiscal impact analysis of implementing the third party's recommendations to the joint budget committee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "SB 22-235"
citation: "Colorado SB 22-235 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Rankin", "Julie McCluskie", "Leslie Herod", "Rachel Zenzinger"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-04-28T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-06-07T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b7979468-6a12-461d-9d0b-746315a048e2"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb22-235"
source_hash: "04b1148877e966e9e2047a17ace08e3b334bc0c0f555896de4b1d6cbe46865c8"
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 SB 22-235 (2022A) — County Administration Of Public Assistance Programs

The act requires the department of human services (DHS) and the department of health care policy and financing (HCPF), in consultation with county departments of human and social services (county departments), to develop a scope of work for a comprehensive assessment of the best practices related to the administration of public and medical assistance programs. The act requires DHS to enter into an agreement with a third party to conduct the comprehensive assessment, evaluate existing practices for the administration of public and medical assistance programs, and make recommendations related to administration of public and medical assistance programs and ongoing evaluation of the public and medical assistance program system. On or before July 1, 2023, DHS is required to submit the results of the comprehensive assessment to HCPF, county departments, and the joint budget committee. On or before November 1, 2023, DHS is required to submit a fiscal impact analysis of implementing the third party's recommendations to the joint budget 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_sb235_h_app_003.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (05/02/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_235_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/25/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_235_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/28/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_235_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (05/02/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_235_s_app_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (05/05/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_235_h_app_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (05/03/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_235_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/11/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_235_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (05/10/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_235_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (06/07/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_235_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- REPASS — **34–1** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **46–19** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **34–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bob Rankin — primary (person)
- Julie McCluskie — primary (person)
- Leslie Herod — primary (person)
- Rachel Zenzinger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-06-07T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-25T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-25T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2022-05-25T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2022-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2022-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2022-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs `introduction`
- **2022-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2022-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b7979468-6a12-461d-9d0b-746315a048e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).