republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2019a/sb-19-065.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Peer Assistance Emergency Medical Service Provider"
description: "Emergency medical service providers - peer health assistance program - authorized providers - administering entity - appropriation. The act creates a peer health assistance program (program) for emergency medical service providers who do not have access to a peer health assistance program. The program is funded through fees collected from each applicant upon initial or renewal of a certification as an emergency medical service provider. The department of public health and environment (department) is required to select one or more peer health assistance programs as designated providers. To be selected as a provider, the program must:"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2019A"
identifier: "SB 19-065"
citation: "Colorado SB 19-065 (2019A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leroy Garcia", "Tony Exum"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-10T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-05-14T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07290765-44da-4a73-abbb-0e5cc83cbd0e"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb19-065"
source_hash: "69e9bb90bb56243aa6458522eadf81712060081c70bd686800754d6130a766fc"
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 SB 19-065 (2019A) — Peer Assistance Emergency Medical Service Provider

Emergency medical service providers - peer health assistance program - authorized providers - administering entity - appropriation. The act creates a peer health assistance program (program) for emergency medical service providers who do not have access to a peer health assistance program. The program is funded through fees collected from each applicant upon initial or renewal of a certification as an emergency medical service provider. The department of public health and environment (department) is required to select one or more peer health assistance programs as designated providers. To be selected as a provider, the program must:

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_sb065_h_app_002.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (03/13/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_065_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (04/24/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_065_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/10/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_065_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/08/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_065shhs_01.pdf)
6. **PA2 (02/27/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_065sfin.pdf)
7. **PA3 (03/08/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_065shhssfinsapp.pdf)
8. **PA4 (03/22/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_065pubhe_01.pdf)
9. **Reengrossed (03/14/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_065_ren.pdf)
10. **Rerevised (04/10/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_065_rer.pdf)
11. **Revised (04/09/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2019A/bills/2019a_065_rev.pdf)
12. **Signed Act (05/14/2019)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2019a_065_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- CONCUR — **34–1** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **60–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Leroy Garcia — primary (person)
- Tony Exum — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-14T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2019-04-24T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2019-04-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2019-04-10T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2019-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2019-03-20T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public Health Care & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Public Health Care & Human Services + Appropriations `introduction`
- **2019-03-14T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-13T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee `reading-2`
- **2019-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2019-03-08T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-26T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-10T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - 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/07290765-44da-4a73-abbb-0e5cc83cbd0e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).