republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2024a/sb-24-221.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Funding for Rural Health Care"
description: "The act authorizes the department of higher education to enter into a limited purpose fee-for-service contract with the board of regents of the university of Colorado for allocation to programs or institutions of higher education to expand an existing rural track program. If an allocation is made to a program or institution to expand an existing rural track program, the department of higher education shall utilize a formula developed and revised annually by the rural program office, in collaboration with the institutions, that is based on data that documents the program's or institution's fulfillment of certain requirements. The act requires the rural program office to submit a report to the general assembly each year that includes the allocation formula developed by the rural program office."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2024A"
identifier: "SB 24-221"
citation: "Colorado SB 24-221 (2024A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara Kirkmeyer", "Dylan Roberts", "Marc Catlin", "Meghan Lukens"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-04-25T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-06-06T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f41e85d5-2352-43de-a2ec-87193a5fb13a"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb24-221"
source_hash: "3a71b5c3ba1455f231ba57b0038c2812052957e891c8c7897794b846fe2fff75"
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 24-221 (2024A) — Funding for Rural Health Care

The act authorizes the department of higher education to enter into a limited purpose fee-for-service contract with the board of regents of the university of Colorado for allocation to programs or institutions of higher education to expand an existing rural track program. If an allocation is made to a program or institution to expand an existing rural track program, the department of higher education shall utilize a formula developed and revised annually by the rural program office, in collaboration with the institutions, that is based on data that documents the program's or institution's fulfillment of certain requirements. The act requires the rural program office to submit a report to the general assembly each year that includes the allocation formula developed by the rural program office.

## 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_sb221_h_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (05/02/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_221_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/14/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_221_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/25/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_221_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (05/01/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_221_s_hhs_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (05/02/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_221_s_hhs_app_01.pdf)
7. **Reengrossed (05/03/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_221_ren.pdf)
8. **Rerevised (05/08/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_221_rer.pdf)
9. **Revised (05/07/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2024A/bills/2024a_221_rev.pdf)
10. **Signed Act (06/06/2024)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2024a_221_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **57–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barbara Kirkmeyer — primary (person)
- Dylan Roberts — primary (person)
- Marc Catlin — primary (person)
- Meghan Lukens — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-06T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-15T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-14T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2024-05-14T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2024-05-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-07T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2024-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`
- **2024-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2024-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2024-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-25T06:00:00+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/f41e85d5-2352-43de-a2ec-87193a5fb13a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).