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type: "Bill"
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title: "Update Medicaid Member Terminology"
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description: "Current law refers to a \"member\", \"client\", \"consumer\", and \"recipient\" interchangeably when referring to an individual who is enrolled in the state medical assistance program (medicaid). The act updates the terminology to refer only to medicaid \"members\"."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
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legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
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session: "2024A"
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identifier: "SB 24-176"
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citation: "Colorado SB 24-176 (2024A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Barbara McLachlan", "Elisabeth Epps", "Joann Ginal", "Nick Hinrichsen"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-03-07T07:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2024-05-01T06:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e598ec7e-9ca0-47c2-8872-72cab0d5fdc4"
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source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb24-176"
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source_hash: "725c89cbfe935e03a5b1b31fb0f290554120ae5cbd79fe9fd6c7f363d6c87236"
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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 24-176 (2024A) — Update Medicaid Member Terminology
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Current law refers to a "member", "client", "consumer", and "recipient" interchangeably when referring to an individual who is enrolled in the state medical assistance program (medicaid). The act updates the terminology to refer only to medicaid "members".
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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/2024a_sb176_h_sa_001.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed (03/26/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_176_eng.pdf)
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3. **Final Act (04/22/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_176_enr.pdf)
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4. **Introduced (03/07/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_176_01.pdf)
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5. **PA1 (03/22/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_176_s_sa_01.pdf)
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6. **Reengrossed (03/27/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_176_ren.pdf)
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7. **Rerevised (04/08/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_176_rer.pdf)
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8. **Revised (04/05/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_176_rev.pdf)
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9. **Signed Act (05/01/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_176_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- BILL — **45–16** (pass) · lower
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- BILL — **33–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Barbara McLachlan — primary (person)
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- Elisabeth Epps — primary (person)
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- Joann Ginal — primary (person)
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- Nick Hinrichsen — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
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- **2024-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2024-04-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
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- **2024-04-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs `introduction`
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- **2024-03-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
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- **2024-03-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
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- **2024-03-07T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `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/e598ec7e-9ca0-47c2-8872-72cab0d5fdc4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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