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type: "Bill"
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title: "Reimbursement for Community Health Workers"
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description: "Beginning January 1, 2026, the act allows the department of health care policy and financing (department) to reimburse community health workers for services rendered to medicaid members after receiving any necessary federal authorization. Reimbursement for community health worker services is subject to available appropriations."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
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legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
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session: "2025A"
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identifier: "SB 25-229"
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citation: "Colorado SB 25-229 (2025A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Barbara Kirkmeyer", "Jeff Bridges", "Rick Taggart", "Shannon Bird"]
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version_count: 10
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 9
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first_action: "2025-03-31T06:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2025-05-20T06:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea96acad-c91b-49cf-beb5-2cdeae519d22"
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source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb25-229"
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source_hash: "98eea6a8b937de0a69d4dd115b802c0fc7723eee3f26f12eaea3233c76ee15f1"
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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 25-229 (2025A) — Reimbursement for Community Health Workers
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Beginning January 1, 2026, the act allows the department of health care policy and financing (department) to reimburse community health workers for services rendered to medicaid members after receiving any necessary federal authorization. Reimbursement for community health worker services is subject to available appropriations.
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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/2025a_sb229_h_app_002.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed (04/02/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_229_eng.pdf)
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3. **Final Act (05/02/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_229_enr.pdf)
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4. **Introduced (03/31/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_229_01.pdf)
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5. **PA1 (04/01/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_229_s_app_01.pdf)
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6. **PA2 (04/08/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_229_h_app_01.pdf)
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7. **Reengrossed (04/03/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_229_ren.pdf)
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8. **Rerevised (04/10/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_229_rer.pdf)
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9. **Revised (04/09/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_229_rev.pdf)
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10. **Signed Act (05/20/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_229_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- ADOPT — **56–9** (pass) · lower
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- REPASS — **57–8** (pass) · lower
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- BYD SCP — **63–1** (pass) · lower
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- AMD — **45–18** (pass) · lower
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- ADOPT CCR — **30–0** (pass) · upper
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- BILL — **46–15** (pass) · lower
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- NOT CONCUR APPT CC — **33–0** (pass) · upper
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- REPASS — **31–1** (pass) · upper
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- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Barbara Kirkmeyer — primary (person)
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- Jeff Bridges — primary (person)
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- Rick Taggart — primary (person)
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- Shannon Bird — primary (person)
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- A. Valdez — cosponsor (person)
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- B. Pelton — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Simpson — cosponsor (person)
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- D. Michaelson Jenet — cosponsor (person)
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- E. Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
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- E. Sirota — cosponsor (person)
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- E. Velasco — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Amabile — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
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- J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Rich — cosponsor (person)
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- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
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- K. Mullica — cosponsor (person)
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- K. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
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- K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
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- L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
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- L. Frizell — cosponsor (person)
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- L. Gilchrist — cosponsor (person)
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- L. Liston — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Carter — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Catlin — cosponsor (person)
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- N. Ricks — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Pelton — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Lieder — cosponsor (person)
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- T. Exum — cosponsor (person)
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- T. Story — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-05-20T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
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- **2025-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2025-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
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- **2025-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** House Consideration of First Conference Committee Report result was to Adopt Committee Report - Repass
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- **2025-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Not Concur - Request Conference Committee
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- **2025-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
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- **2025-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee of the Whole Amendment - Change from Passed to Lost
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- **2025-04-08T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`
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- **2025-04-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-02T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
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- **2025-04-01T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-31T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations `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/ea96acad-c91b-49cf-beb5-2cdeae519d22`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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