HB 1305 CO
Licensing of Behavioral Health Facilities
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Summary
The bill allows psychiatric inpatient health-care facilities to operate under the license of a main hospital, rather than obtaining their own separate license. To do so, the main hospital must demonstrate in its licensing application that all necessary conditions are met. This streamlines the licensing process by allowing psychiatric facilities to function as part of an existing hospital's licensed operation.
AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill (from the OpenStates abstract — no full text available yet) — neutral, and may be imperfect.
Official abstract
The act allows psychiatric inpatient health-care facilities to operate under a main hospital's license if certain conditions are met. The act requires that the main hospital in which the psychiatric inpatient health-care facility is licensed under demonstrates that the necessary conditions are met in its application for licensing.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Sponsors (2)
- M. Lukens Democratic · sponsor
- D. Roberts Democratic · sponsor
39 coauthors / cosponsors
- A. Boesenecker Democratic · cosponsor
- K. Brown Democratic · cosponsor
- M. Duran Democratic · cosponsor
- R. English Democratic · cosponsor
- C. Espenoza Democratic · cosponsor
- R. Gonzalez Republican · cosponsor
- J. Jackson Democratic · cosponsor
- S. Lieder Democratic · cosponsor
- M. Lindsay Democratic · cosponsor
- B. Marshall Democratic · cosponsor
- J. McCluskie Democratic · cosponsor
- K. McCormick Democratic · cosponsor
- K. Nguyen Democratic · cosponsor
- N. Ricks Democratic · cosponsor
- M. Rutinel Democratic · cosponsor
- L. Smith Democratic · cosponsor
- K. Stewart Democratic · cosponsor
- R. Stewart Democratic · cosponsor
- R. Weinberg Republican · cosponsor
- J. Amabile Democratic · cosponsor
- A. Benavidez Democratic · cosponsor
- J. Bridges Democratic · cosponsor
- M. Catlin Republican · cosponsor
- J. Coleman Democratic · cosponsor
- L. Cutter Democratic · cosponsor
- L. Daugherty Democratic · cosponsor
- T. Exum Democratic · cosponsor
- J. Gonzales Democratic · cosponsor
- I. Jodeh Democratic · cosponsor
- C. Kipp Democratic · cosponsor
- C. Kolker Democratic · cosponsor
- W. Lindstedt Democratic · cosponsor
- L. Liston Republican · cosponsor
- J. Marchman Democratic · cosponsor
- K. Mullica Democratic · cosponsor
- B. Pelton Republican · cosponsor
- M. Snyder Democratic · cosponsor
- K. Wallace Democratic · cosponsor
- M. Weissman Democratic · cosponsor
Action history (14)
- May 4, 2026 Governor Signed · executive
- Apr 28, 2026 Sent to the Governor · executive
- Apr 28, 2026 Signed by the President of the Senate · upper
- Apr 28, 2026 Signed by the Speaker of the House · lower
- Apr 17, 2026 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass · lower
- Apr 15, 2026 House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily · lower
- Apr 14, 2026 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · upper
- Apr 13, 2026 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor · upper
- Apr 9, 2026 Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole · upper
- Mar 25, 2026 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services · upper
- Mar 23, 2026 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · lower
- Mar 20, 2026 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments · lower
- Mar 17, 2026 House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole · lower
- Feb 27, 2026 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Human Services · lower
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