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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Remove Authorization Requirement Adjust Chronic Prescription"
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description: "The act allows a health-care provider to, under certain circumstances, adjust the dose or frequency of a chronic maintenance drug without needing prior authorization from an insurance carrier."
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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 25-301"
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citation: "Colorado SB 25-301 (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", "Dusty Johnson", "Katie Wallace", "Sheila Lieder"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2025-04-21T06:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2025-05-29T06:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f079441-ea7b-4f0b-b5a5-306c9e0379d7"
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source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb25-301"
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source_hash: "ad1aa823f78e2075947b21599fcb35c9f47bada5350715717befce8a18889f39"
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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 25-301 (2025A) — Remove Authorization Requirement Adjust Chronic Prescription
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The act allows a health-care provider to, under certain circumstances, adjust the dose or frequency of a chronic maintenance drug without needing prior authorization from an insurance carrier.
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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_sb301_h_hhs_001.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed (04/25/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_301_eng.pdf)
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3. **Final Act (05/12/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_301_enr.pdf)
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4. **Introduced (04/21/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_301_01.pdf)
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5. **PA1 (04/25/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_301_s_hhs_01.pdf)
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6. **Reengrossed (04/28/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_301_ren.pdf)
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7. **Rerevised (05/02/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_301_rer.pdf)
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8. **Revised (05/01/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025A/bills/2025a_301_rev.pdf)
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9. **Signed Act (05/29/2025)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2025a_301_signed.pdf)
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## Votes
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- CONCUR — **35–0** (pass) · upper
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- BILL — **58–6** (pass) · lower
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- PERM — **62–2** (pass) · lower
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- AMD — **61–3** (pass) · lower
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- BILL — **34–0** (pass) · upper
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- REPASS — **35–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Barbara Kirkmeyer — primary (person)
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- Dusty Johnson — primary (person)
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- Katie Wallace — primary (person)
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- Sheila Lieder — primary (person)
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- A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
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- A. Paschal — cosponsor (person)
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- B. Pelton — cosponsor (person)
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- B. Titone — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Barron — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
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- C. Kolker — cosponsor (person)
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- D. Michaelson Jenet — cosponsor (person)
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- D. Roberts — cosponsor (person)
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- E. Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
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- E. Sirota — cosponsor (person)
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- F. Winter — cosponsor (person)
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- I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Amabile — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Carson — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Joseph — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Mabrey — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Marchman — cosponsor (person)
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- J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Willford — cosponsor (person)
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- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
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- K. McCormick — cosponsor (person)
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- K. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
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- L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
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- L. Frizell — cosponsor (person)
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- L. Garcia Sander — cosponsor (person)
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- L. Liston — cosponsor (person)
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- L. Smith — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Ball — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Bradfield — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Catlin — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Lukens — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Snyder — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Weissman — cosponsor (person)
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- N. Hinrichsen — cosponsor (person)
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- N. Ricks — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Pelton — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Rodriguez — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Taggart — cosponsor (person)
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- S. Bird — cosponsor (person)
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- T. Story — cosponsor (person)
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- T. Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-05-29T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-12T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
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- **2025-05-12T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-12T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2025-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
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- **2025-05-02T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-05-01T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
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- **2025-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
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- **2025-04-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
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- **2025-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
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- **2025-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `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/4f079441-ea7b-4f0b-b5a5-306c9e0379d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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