republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2022a/sb-22-079.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dementia Training Requirements Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Department of Health Care Policy and Financing Rules"
description: "The act requires the state board of health in the department of public health and environment, with regard to nursing care facilities and assisted living residences, and the medical services board in the department of health care policy and financing, with regard to adult day care facilities, to adopt rules requiring these facilities to provide dementia training for staff providing direct-care services to clients and residents of the facilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2022A"
identifier: "SB 22-079"
citation: "Colorado SB 22-079 (2022A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara McLachlan", "Chris Kolker", "Joann Ginal", "Mary Young"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-19T07:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-05-31T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4595210b-ffb7-46ea-8d1e-bc1d345ad665"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb22-079"
source_hash: "a8ffa023698d54df5c78c2ff18a1bfd4db93a0877e2dc8df7af8792c6f3515d4"
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 22-079 (2022A) — Dementia Training Requirements Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Department of Health Care Policy and Financing Rules

The act requires the state board of health in the department of public health and environment, with regard to nursing care facilities and assisted living residences, and the medical services board in the department of health care policy and financing, with regard to adult day care facilities, to adopt rules requiring these facilities to provide dementia training for staff providing direct-care services to clients and residents of the facilities.

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_sb079_h_pbh_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (02/23/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_079_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/06/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_079_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (01/19/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_079_01.pdf)
5. **PA1 (02/15/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_079shhs_01.pdf)
6. **Reengrossed (02/24/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_079_ren.pdf)
7. **Rerevised (04/26/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_079_rer.pdf)
8. **Revised (04/22/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022A/bills/2022a_079_rev.pdf)
9. **Signed Act (05/31/2022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2022a_079_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **42–22** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **18–15** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barbara McLachlan — primary (person)
- Chris Kolker — primary (person)
- Joann Ginal — primary (person)
- Mary Young — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-05-31T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-09T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2022-05-06T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-04-26T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-04-25T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2022-04-22T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- **2022-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2022-04-19T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-15T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Witness Testimony and/or Committee Discussion Only
- **2022-02-24T07:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services `introduction`
- **2022-02-24T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-23T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor `reading-2`
- **2022-02-22T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2022-02-17T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 02/22/2022 - No Amendments
- **2022-02-14T07:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-19T07:00:00+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/4595210b-ffb7-46ea-8d1e-bc1d345ad665`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).