republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2021a/sb-21-154.md

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Bill	988 Suicide Prevention Lifeline Network	The act implements 988 as the 3-digit number for crisis response services in Colorado by creating the 988 crisis hotline enterprise (enterprise) in the department of human services (department) to fund the 988 crisis hotline and provide crisis outreach, stabilization, and acute care to individuals calling the 988 crisis hotline.Effective January 1, 2022, the enterprise shall impose a 988 surcharge (surcharge) on service users in an amount to be established annually by the enterprise, in collaboration with the public utilities commission (commission) but not to exceed 30 cents per month. The act requires each service supplier to collect the surcharge from its service users and remit the collected surcharges to the commission on a monthly basis. The state treasurer shall credit the surcharge collections to the 988 surcharge cash fund (fund).Effective January 1, 2022, the enterprise shall impose a prepaid wireless 988 charge on each retail transaction in an amount to be established annually by the enterprise, in collaboration with the commission but not to exceed 30 cents per each retail transaction. The act requires each seller to collect the prepaid wireless 988 charge from the consumer on each retail transaction occurring in the state and remit the collected charges to the department of revenue. The state treasurer shall credit the prepaid wireless 988 charge to the fund.On or before July 1, 2022, the enterprise shall fund a nonprofit organization to operate the 988 crisis hotline and provide intervention services and crisis care coordination to individuals calling the 988 crisis hotline.Beginning January 1, 2023, and each January 1 thereafter, the department shall submit information about the usage of the 988 crisis hotline center to the federal substance abuse and mental health services administration and information about the expenditures of the fund to the federal communications commission, and the department shall annually report progress on the implementation of the 988 crisis hotline to the general assembly.The act appropriates $5,687,692 to the department of human services for use by the office of behavioral health, $74,566 to the department of revenue, and $1,966 to the department of personnel to implement the act.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2021A	SB 21-154	Colorado SB 21-154 (2021A)	bill		enacted	Chris Kolker Cleave Simpson Lisa Cutter Matt Soper	11	16	2	2021-03-01T07:00:00+00:00	2021-06-28T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/667eef19-c532-447b-9272-81e231312675	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-154	24b9ca90d2741daca10416455ab2724954c0e589f39e2d6c753dc8d52daa50df	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado SB 21-154 (2021A) — 988 Suicide Prevention Lifeline Network

The act implements 988 as the 3-digit number for crisis response services in Colorado by creating the 988 crisis hotline enterprise (enterprise) in the department of human services (department) to fund the 988 crisis hotline and provide crisis outreach, stabilization, and acute care to individuals calling the 988 crisis hotline.Effective January 1, 2022, the enterprise shall impose a 988 surcharge (surcharge) on service users in an amount to be established annually by the enterprise, in collaboration with the public utilities commission (commission) but not to exceed 30 cents per month. The act requires each service supplier to collect the surcharge from its service users and remit the collected surcharges to the commission on a monthly basis. The state treasurer shall credit the surcharge collections to the 988 surcharge cash fund (fund).Effective January 1, 2022, the enterprise shall impose a prepaid wireless 988 charge on each retail transaction in an amount to be established annually by the enterprise, in collaboration with the commission but not to exceed 30 cents per each retail transaction. The act requires each seller to collect the prepaid wireless 988 charge from the consumer on each retail transaction occurring in the state and remit the collected charges to the department of revenue. The state treasurer shall credit the prepaid wireless 988 charge to the fund.On or before July 1, 2022, the enterprise shall fund a nonprofit organization to operate the 988 crisis hotline and provide intervention services and crisis care coordination to individuals calling the 988 crisis hotline.Beginning January 1, 2023, and each January 1 thereafter, the department shall submit information about the usage of the 988 crisis hotline center to the federal substance abuse and mental health services administration and information about the expenditures of the fund to the federal communications commission, and the department shall annually report progress on the implementation of the 988 crisis hotline to the general assembly.The act appropriates $5,687,692 to the department of human services for use by the office of behavioral health, $74,566 to the department of revenue, and $1,966 to the department of personnel to implement the act.(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. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (05/07/2021) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (06/18/2021) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (03/01/2021) (committee substitute) — source
5. PA1 (04/08/2021) (committee substitute) — source
6. PA2 (04/29/2021) (committee substitute) — source
7. PA3 (05/07/2021) (committee substitute) — source
8. Reengrossed (05/10/2021) (committee substitute) — source
9. Rerevised (06/02/2021) (committee substitute) — source
10. Revised (06/01/2021) (committee substitute) — source
11. Signed Act (06/28/2021) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 35–0 (pass) · upper
• BILL — 53–10 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Chris Kolker — primary (person)
• Cleave Simpson — primary (person)
• Lisa Cutter — primary (person)
• Matt Soper — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-06-28T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2021-06-18T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-06-18T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2021-06-18T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2021-06-03T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2021-06-01T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2021-06-01T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-05-28T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-05-25T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Finance referral-committee
• 2021-05-11T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services introduction
• 2021-05-10T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2021-05-07T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
• 2021-05-07T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage
• 2021-04-28T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-04-07T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Finance referral-committee
• 2021-03-01T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/667eef19-c532-447b-9272-81e231312675. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).