republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2026a/hb-1375.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Repeal County Administration Funding Model"
description: "Under current law, the department of human services (CDHS) was required to enter into an agreement with an outside entity no later than January 2, 2024, to develop a county administration of public and medical assistance programs funding model (funding model) to determine the amount of money necessary to fund the administration of public and medical assistance programs in each county. CDHS is required to enter into an agreement with an outside entity to annually update and modify the funding model. Before November 1 of each year, CDHS is required to submit the results of the funding model to the joint budget committee, the department of health care policy and financing, and the county departments of human or social services (county departments). The act repeals the funding model and the requirement to annually update and submit the results of the funding model to the joint budget committee, the department of health care policy and financing, and county departments. The act reduces the appropriations made to CDHS and the department of health care policy and financing in the annual general appropriation act for the 2026-27 state fiscal year.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2026A"
identifier: "HB 1375"
citation: "Colorado HB 1375 (2026A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Human Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Kirkmeyer", "E. Sirota", "J. Amabile", "J. Bridges", "K. Brown", "R. Taggart"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-04-02"
last_action: "2026-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2aab617-430f-4f72-8e3e-07f367878e98"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/HB26-1375"
source_hash: "7556912e13fdb1bcc18eb3e5c180d8630b143d0fd51474a43da142a0ee5774e9"
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 1375 (2026A) — Repeal County Administration Funding Model

Under current law, the department of human services (CDHS) was required to enter into an agreement with an outside entity no later than January 2, 2024, to develop a county administration of public and medical assistance programs funding model (funding model) to determine the amount of money necessary to fund the administration of public and medical assistance programs in each county. CDHS is required to enter into an agreement with an outside entity to annually update and modify the funding model. Before November 1 of each year, CDHS is required to submit the results of the funding model to the joint budget committee, the department of health care policy and financing, and the county departments of human or social services (county departments). The act repeals the funding model and the requirement to annually update and submit the results of the funding model to the joint budget committee, the department of health care policy and financing, and county departments. The act reduces the appropriations made to CDHS and the department of health care policy and financing in the annual general appropriation act for the 2026-27 state fiscal year.(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/114023/download)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114332/download)
3. **Final Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116686/download)
4. **Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114415/download)
5. **Rerevised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114736/download)
6. **Revised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114648/download)
7. **Signed Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116880/download)

## Votes

- BILL — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Refer House Bill 26-1375 to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Refer House Bill 26-1375 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- B. Kirkmeyer — primary (person)
- E. Sirota — primary (person)
- J. Amabile — primary (person)
- J. Bridges — primary (person)
- K. Brown — primary (person)
- R. Taggart — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2026-05-29** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-28** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-05-28** Signed by the Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-04-16** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-15** Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2026-04-14** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-13** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`
- **2026-04-11** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-10** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2026-04-09** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2026-04-08** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2026-04-06** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-02** Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2aab617-430f-4f72-8e3e-07f367878e98`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).