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Require Recovery Residences to Obtain Behavioral Health Administration License

CO · session 2026A · Senate · bill

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Introduced Feb 12, 2026

Latest action (Jun 2, 2026) Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services

Summary

This bill requires Colorado recovery residences to obtain a license from the state's behavioral health administration beginning July 1, 2027. Currently, recovery residences are certified by third-party certifying bodies, but this bill transitions them to state licensing instead. The bill establishes application procedures, minimum operating standards, and reporting requirements for incidents including resident deaths, injuries, abuse and neglect, property misappropriation, and drug diversion. Recovery residence licensing is subject to sunset review and would be repealed in 2033 unless reauthorized.

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Official abstract

Current law requires a recovery residence operated in Colorado to be certified by a third-party certifying body, unless the recovery residence has been operating in Colorado for 30 or more years as of May 23, 2019.     Beginning July 1, 2027, the act requires a recovery residence to obtain a license from the behavioral health administration (BHA). The act sets forth application procedures and rules for minimum standards of operating a recovery residence. A recovery residence must report specified occurrences to the BHA, including occurrences that result in the death of or specified injury to a resident, involve abuse and neglect of a resident, involve misappropriation of a resident's property, or in which a resident's drugs are diverted for use by another person. Recovery residence licensing is subject to sunset review prior to its repeal in 2033.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

Sponsors (4)
24 coauthors / cosponsors

Action history (16)
  1. Jun 2, 2026 Governor Signed · executive
  2. May 20, 2026 Sent to the Governor · executive
  3. May 20, 2026 Signed by the Speaker of the House · lower
  4. May 20, 2026 Signed by the President of the Senate · upper
  5. May 8, 2026 Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass · upper
  6. May 6, 2026 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · lower
  7. May 5, 2026 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor · lower
  8. May 5, 2026 House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole · lower
  9. Apr 13, 2026 House Committee on Finance Refer Amended to Appropriations · lower
  10. Apr 7, 2026 House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Finance · lower
  11. Mar 25, 2026 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Human Services · lower
  12. Mar 25, 2026 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · upper
  13. Mar 24, 2026 Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor · upper
  14. Mar 20, 2026 Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole · upper
  15. Mar 4, 2026 Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations · upper
  16. Feb 12, 2026 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services · upper
Subjects
Health Care & Health Insurance

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