republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2023a/sb-23-176.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Protections For People With An Eating Disorder"
description: "The act lists the minimum factors to be considered when determining medical necessity or appropriate level of care for an individual with an eating disorder. The act prohibits certain health benefit plans or the state medical assistance program from utilizing the body mass index, ideal body weight, or any other standard requiring an achieved weight when determining medical necessity criteria or appropriate level of care for an individual with a diagnosed eating disorder. The prohibition does not apply when determining medical necessity or the appropriate level of care for an individual diagnosed with anorexia nervosa, restricting subtype or binge-eating/purging subtype; however, body mass index, ideal body weight, or any other standard requiring an achieved body weight must not be the determining factor when assessing medical necessity or the appropriate level of care for an individual diagnosed with anorexia nervosa, restricting subtype or binge-eating/purging subtype."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2023A"
identifier: "SB 23-176"
citation: "Colorado SB 23-176 (2023A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brandi Bradley", "Chris deGruy Kennedy", "Dominick Moreno", "Lisa Cutter"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 15
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-03-03T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-30T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e30e9425-cfab-4ad6-8bff-b1096193dbe9"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-176"
source_hash: "1ecd1d2b148c5f36cc6ec694b0d06c1b05d560ed711dd2f267be58d4155d43b8"
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 23-176 (2023A) — Protections For People With An Eating Disorder

The act lists the minimum factors to be considered when determining medical necessity or appropriate level of care for an individual with an eating disorder. The act prohibits certain health benefit plans or the state medical assistance program from utilizing the body mass index, ideal body weight, or any other standard requiring an achieved weight when determining medical necessity criteria or appropriate level of care for an individual with a diagnosed eating disorder. The prohibition does not apply when determining medical necessity or the appropriate level of care for an individual diagnosed with anorexia nervosa, restricting subtype or binge-eating/purging subtype; however, body mass index, ideal body weight, or any other standard requiring an achieved body weight must not be the determining factor when assessing medical necessity or the appropriate level of care for an individual diagnosed with anorexia nervosa, restricting subtype or binge-eating/purging subtype.

## 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_sb176_h_pbh_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/24/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_176_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/15/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_176_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (03/03/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_176_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/27/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_176_s_hhs_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/24/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_176_s_hhs_app_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (04/25/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_176_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/07/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_176_rr2.pdf)
9. **Revised (05/06/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_176_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (05/30/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_176_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **51–13** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **24–11** (pass) · upper
- AMEND — **33–2** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **23–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brandi Bradley — primary (person)
- Chris deGruy Kennedy — primary (person)
- Dominick Moreno — primary (person)
- Lisa Cutter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-30T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2023-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2023-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2023-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
- **2023-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2023-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2023-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2023-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-03T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to 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/e30e9425-cfab-4ad6-8bff-b1096193dbe9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).