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type: "Bill"
title: "Occupational Therapist Prescribe Medical Equipment"
description: "The act authorizes an occupational therapist to directly recommend or prescribe durable medical equipment to a patient without requesting the prescription from a licensed physician and requires that the occupational therapist consult with the patient concerning payment options."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2025A"
identifier: "HB 25-1016"
citation: "Colorado HB 25-1016 (2025A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dafna Michaelson Jenet", "Janice Rich", "Katie Stewart"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 15
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-01-08T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-31T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ac98176-8cd0-4f45-9f5c-82cd61af7176"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb25-1016"
source_hash: "7f54732339bf8e20d927a30722fb624ae844f265a7ec9e1e3bcffabeca3a5755"
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 HB 25-1016 (2025A) — Occupational Therapist Prescribe Medical Equipment
The act authorizes an occupational therapist to directly recommend or prescribe durable medical equipment to a patient without requesting the prescription from a licensed physician and requires that the occupational therapist consult with the patient concerning payment options.
## 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/2025a_hb1016_s_hhs_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (01/22/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1016_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (03/25/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1016_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/08/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1016_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (03/07/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1016_s_hhs_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (01/23/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1016_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (03/12/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1016_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (03/11/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_1016_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (03/31/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_1016_signed.pdf)
## Votes
- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **62–1** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **62–1** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **45–17** (pass) · lower
- REREFER — **20–41** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- Dafna Michaelson Jenet — primary (person)
- Janice Rich — primary (person)
- Katie Stewart — primary (person)
- A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
- A. Valdez — cosponsor (person)
- B. Titone — cosponsor (person)
- C. Espenoza — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
- D. Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- E. Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
- E. Velasco — cosponsor (person)
- F. Winter — cosponsor (person)
- I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
- J. Amabile — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- J. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- J. Mabrey — cosponsor (person)
- J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
- J. Willford — cosponsor (person)
- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- K. McCormick — cosponsor (person)
- L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
- L. García — cosponsor (person)
- L. Gilchrist — cosponsor (person)
- M. Ball — cosponsor (person)
- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
- M. Froelich — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lukens — cosponsor (person)
- M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
- R. English — cosponsor (person)
- R. Rodriguez — cosponsor (person)
- R. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
- R. Weinberg — cosponsor (person)
- S. Bird — cosponsor (person)
- S. Camacho — cosponsor (person)
- W. Lindstedt — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-03-31T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-26T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-25T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2025-03-24T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2025-03-17T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2025-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- **2025-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2025-03-06T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-28T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2025-01-23T07:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-01-22T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2025-01-16T07:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2025-01-14T07:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-08T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - 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/8ac98176-8cd0-4f45-9f5c-82cd61af7176`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).