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type: "Bill"
title: "Provider Participation in Health Insurance"
description: "If a mental health provider, substance use disorder provider, or psychiatric nurse (provider) has not submitted a claim for a period of at least 12 months, the act requires a commercial insurance carrier (carrier) to contact the provider to confirm the provider's participation in the carrier's provider network and to determine whether the provider is accepting new patients. The act includes mental health providers, substance use disorder providers, and psychiatric nurses as providers who may participate in a carrier's provider network. The act requires carriers to admit prelicensed providers into the carrier's network and to reimburse prelicensed providers for services rendered when provided under the supervision of a mental health provider, substance use disorder provider, or psychiatric nurse. The act requires a clinical social worker to complete 3,000 hours of practice prior to licensure.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2026A"
identifier: "HB 1002"
citation: "Colorado HB 1002 (2026A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health Care & Health Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Pelton", "K. Brown", "L. Gilchrist", "M. Ball"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 14
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-01-14"
last_action: "2026-04-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f32eab52-e411-4a01-8c5d-8fc40f79b1d6"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1002"
source_hash: "8abc23b3b112d0d8b7c6453cf0f9682873105f3a7caebb0734cb483d97ae8088"
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 1002 (2026A) — Provider Participation in Health Insurance
If a mental health provider, substance use disorder provider, or psychiatric nurse (provider) has not submitted a claim for a period of at least 12 months, the act requires a commercial insurance carrier (carrier) to contact the provider to confirm the provider's participation in the carrier's provider network and to determine whether the provider is accepting new patients. The act includes mental health providers, substance use disorder providers, and psychiatric nurses as providers who may participate in a carrier's provider network. The act requires carriers to admit prelicensed providers into the carrier's network and to reimburse prelicensed providers for services rendered when provided under the supervision of a mental health provider, substance use disorder provider, or psychiatric nurse. The act requires a clinical social worker to complete 3,000 hours of practice prior to licensure.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/110657/download)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/112814/download)
3. **Final Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114463/download)
4. **Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/112903/download)
5. **Rerevised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113921/download)
6. **Revised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113894/download)
7. **Signed Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115302/download)
## Votes
- Adopt amendment L.002 (Attachment B). — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment A). — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Refer House Bill 26-1002 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Refer House Bill 26-1002, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Refer House Bill 26-1002 to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- B. Pelton — primary (person)
- K. Brown — primary (person)
- L. Gilchrist — primary (person)
- M. Ball — primary (person)
- A. Benavidez — cosponsor (person)
- A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
- B. Titone — cosponsor (person)
- C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
- D. Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- E. Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
- E. Sirota — cosponsor (person)
- G. Rydin — cosponsor (person)
- I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- J. Gonzales — cosponsor (person)
- J. Marchman — cosponsor (person)
- J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
- K. McCormick — cosponsor (person)
- K. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- K. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
- K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
- L. Goldstein — cosponsor (person)
- L. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
- M. Froelich — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lukens — cosponsor (person)
- M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
- M. Weissman — cosponsor (person)
- N. Hinrichsen — cosponsor (person)
- R. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
- S. Lieder — cosponsor (person)
- T. Exum — cosponsor (person)
- T. Story — cosponsor (person)
- T. Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-04-27** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-16** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-16** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-04-16** Signed by the Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-04-01** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-31** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2026-03-26** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-10** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2026-03-05** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-04** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2026-03-03** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- **2026-02-27** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10** House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-14** 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/f32eab52-e411-4a01-8c5d-8fc40f79b1d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).