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SB 25-294 CO
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Behavioral Health Services for Medicaid Members

CO · session 2025A · Senate · bill

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Introduced Apr 15, 2025

Latest action (May 31, 2025) Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations

Summary

The act excludes from the statewide managed care program (program) services for medicaid members in a qualified residential treatment program or a psychiatric residential treatment facility and in the care and custody of a county department of human or social services until July 1, 2026. The act excludes from the program residential child health-care program services in counties that have a written agreement regarding services. No later than December 1, 2025, the act requires the department of health care policy and financing (HCPF), in collaboration with the department of human services, the behavioral health administration, and relevant stakeholders, to develop policies to transition qualified residential treatment programs and psychiatric residential treatment facilities to the statewide managed care system for medicaid members who are in the care and custody of a county department of human or social services (policies). The act requires HCPF to implement the policies no later than July 1, 2026. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

Sponsors (4)

15 coauthors / cosponsors

Action history (12)

  1. May 31, 2025 Governor Signed · executive
  2. May 12, 2025 Signed by the Speaker of the House · lower
  3. May 12, 2025 Sent to the Governor · executive
  4. May 12, 2025 Signed by the President of the Senate · upper
  5. Apr 30, 2025 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · lower
  6. Apr 29, 2025 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments · lower
  7. Apr 29, 2025 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole · lower
  8. Apr 23, 2025 Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations · lower
  9. Apr 23, 2025 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · upper
  10. Apr 22, 2025 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments · upper
  11. Apr 22, 2025 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole · upper
  12. Apr 15, 2025 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations · upper

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