republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2023a/hb-23-1218.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health Facility Patient Information Denied Service"
description: "The act requires the department of public health and environment (department), by August 1, 2024, and in consultation with stakeholders, to identify reproductive health-care services, LGBTQ health-care services, and end-of-life health-care services (identified health-care services) that, for nonmedical reasons, are not generally available at a specified health-care facility (covered entity) or that are subject to significant restriction at a covered entity. The department shall develop a simple service availability form (form) to be filled out by each covered entity for the purpose of conveying to patients and to the public information about identified health-care services that are subject to denial of care at the covered entity."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "HB 23-1218"
citation: "Colorado HB 23-1218 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brianna Titone", "Kyle Brown", "Sonya Jaquez Lewis"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-22T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-10T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb999822-b339-4943-ad99-472b3109ab08"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb23-1218"
source_hash: "c3f433fe8554b0ca0592973fe738b766ff1863b39b4aed47237ca9630f45b91a"
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 23-1218 (2023A) — Health Facility Patient Information Denied Service

The act requires the department of public health and environment (department), by August 1, 2024, and in consultation with stakeholders, to identify reproductive health-care services, LGBTQ health-care services, and end-of-life health-care services (identified health-care services) that, for nonmedical reasons, are not generally available at a specified health-care facility (covered entity) or that are subject to significant restriction at a covered entity. The department shall develop a simple service availability form (form) to be filled out by each covered entity for the purpose of conveying to patients and to the public information about identified health-care services that are subject to denial of care at the covered entity.

## 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/2023a_hb1218_s_app_003.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/17/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1218_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/08/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1218_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/22/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1218_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/21/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1218_h_hi_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/14/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1218_h_hi_app_01.pdf)
7. **PA3 (04/28/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1218_s_hhs_01.pdf)
8. **Reengrossed (04/18/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1218_ren.pdf)
9. **Rerevised (05/02/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1218_rer.pdf)
10. **Revised (05/01/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_1218_rev.pdf)
11. **Signed Act (05/10/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_1218_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **43–19** (pass) · lower
- REPASS — **44–18** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **42–20** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **21–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brianna Titone — primary (person)
- Kyle Brown — primary (person)
- Sonya Jaquez Lewis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2023-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2023-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2023-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2023-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-17T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2023-04-14T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-17T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Health & Insurance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Insurance `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cb999822-b339-4943-ad99-472b3109ab08`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).