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type: "Bill"
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title: "Community First Choice Medicaid Benefit"
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description: "The act requires the department of health care policy and financing (department) to seek federal authorization through an amendment to the state medical assistance plan to implement the community first choice option."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
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legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
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session: "2023A"
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identifier: "SB 23-289"
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citation: "Colorado SB 23-289 (2023A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Emily Sirota", "Jeff Bridges", "Rachel Zenzinger", "Shannon Bird"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-04-18T06:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2023-05-25T06:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6303a64-fc4b-4ca9-a151-fb7202fab951"
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source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb23-289"
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source_hash: "2a0cc56aca54d1b0f920bed7f8fe8fbef6cf33fef8aee6533a27ca4c29b52ae6"
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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 SB 23-289 (2023A) — Community First Choice Medicaid Benefit
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The act requires the department of health care policy and financing (department) to seek federal authorization through an amendment to the state medical assistance plan to implement the community first choice option.
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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/2023a_sb289_h_app_001.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed (04/26/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_289_eng.pdf)
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3. **Final Act (05/15/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_289_enr.pdf)
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4. **Introduced (04/18/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_289_01.pdf)
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5. **Reengrossed (04/27/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_289_ren.pdf)
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6. **Rerevised (05/06/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_289_rer.pdf)
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7. **Revised (05/03/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2023A/bills/2023a_289_rev.pdf)
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8. **Signed Act (05/25/2023)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2023a_289_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- BILL — **55–10** (pass) · lower
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- BILL — **33–2** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Emily Sirota — primary (person)
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- Jeff Bridges — primary (person)
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- Rachel Zenzinger — primary (person)
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- Shannon Bird — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-05-25T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
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- **2023-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2023-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
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- **2023-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
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- **2023-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services `introduction`
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- **2023-04-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
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- **2023-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
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- **2023-04-20T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-18T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to 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/a6303a64-fc4b-4ca9-a151-fb7202fab951`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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