republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2024a/sb-24-117.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Eating Disorder Treatment & Recovery Programs"
description: "No later than January 1, 2026, the act requires the behavioral health administration (BHA) to require all eating disorder treatment and recovery facilities (treatment facility) to hold an appropriate designation based on the level of care the treatment facility provides. Licensed clinicians who are not facility-based and offer behavioral health therapy on an outpatient basis are not required to hold a designation. The act directs the state board of human services to promulgate rules for treatment facilities and requires the BHA to promulgate rules concerning involuntary feeding tubes for individuals with an eating disorder."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2024A"
identifier: "SB 24-117"
citation: "Colorado SB 24-117 (2024A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris deGruy Kennedy", "Faith Winter", "Lisa Cutter"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-05T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-06-06T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02020c10-657c-4ab2-8b58-e9230051c3f7"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb24-117"
source_hash: "f3a1aaf556536163624cbdefea518aa51682372ed1b31c6a4bbb49affdcc9588"
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 24-117 (2024A) — Eating Disorder Treatment & Recovery Programs

No later than January 1, 2026, the act requires the behavioral health administration (BHA) to require all eating disorder treatment and recovery facilities (treatment facility) to hold an appropriate designation based on the level of care the treatment facility provides. Licensed clinicians who are not facility-based and offer behavioral health therapy on an outpatient basis are not required to hold a designation. The act directs the state board of human services to promulgate rules for treatment facilities and requires the BHA to promulgate rules concerning involuntary feeding tubes for individuals with an eating disorder.

## 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/2024a_sb117_h_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/23/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_117_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/10/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_117_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (02/05/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_117_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/29/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_117_s_hhs_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (04/19/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_117_s_hhs_app_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (04/24/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_117_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/04/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_117_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (05/03/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_117_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (06/06/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_117_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **45–15** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **22–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chris deGruy Kennedy — primary (person)
- Faith Winter — primary (person)
- Lisa Cutter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-06T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2024-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2024-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2024-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-29T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2024-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2024-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-05T07:00:00+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/02020c10-657c-4ab2-8b58-e9230051c3f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).