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type: "Bill"
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title: "Update Behavioral Health License Terminology"
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description: "Current law includes an incorrect reference to an 'acute treatment unit', which license type was condensed into the license for behavioral health entities in 2019. The act updates the terminology from 'acute treatment unit' to 'behavioral health entity' to conform with existing license types.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
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legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
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session: "2026A"
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identifier: "HB 1220"
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citation: "Colorado HB 1220 (2026A)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Health Care & Health Insurance"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["B. Bradley", "C. Espenoza", "J. Rich", "M. Carter", "S. Luck", "T. Exum"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2026-02-17"
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last_action: "2026-05-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d02ad886-c021-4b2d-99a9-09f3702ece5f"
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source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1220"
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source_hash: "1bd235e849654e42b190956bf363b97951a4073a443ba3d02017cfff5257e154"
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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 HB 1220 (2026A) — Update Behavioral Health License Terminology
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Current law includes an incorrect reference to an 'acute treatment unit', which license type was condensed into the license for behavioral health entities in 2019. The act updates the terminology from 'acute treatment unit' to 'behavioral health entity' to conform with existing license types.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
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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. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/112077/download)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113000/download)
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3. **Final Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115359/download)
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4. **Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/113044/download)
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5. **Rerevised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114212/download)
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6. **Revised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114149/download)
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7. **Signed Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115957/download)
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## Votes
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- BILL — **pass** (pass) · lower
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- Refer House Bill 26-1220 to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · lower
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- Refer House Bill 26-1220 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- B. Bradley — primary (person)
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- C. Espenoza — primary (person)
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- J. Rich — primary (person)
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- M. Carter — primary (person)
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- S. Luck — primary (person)
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- T. Exum — primary (person)
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- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
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- J. Phillips — cosponsor (person)
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- K. DeGraaf — cosponsor (person)
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- K. Mullica — cosponsor (person)
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- L. Liston — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Duran — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-05-05** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-06** Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 04/02/2026 - No Amendments
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- **2026-05-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-01** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2026-05-01** Signed by the Speaker of the House `passage`
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- **2026-04-07** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-04-06** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-31** Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-12** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs `introduction`
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- **2026-03-09** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-03-06** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
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- **2026-03-05** House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-17** Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs `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/d02ad886-c021-4b2d-99a9-09f3702ece5f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).
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