Archive #15622

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Bill Number: HB26-1063
HTTP Status: 200
Valid JSON: Valid
Archived At: 2026-02-20 12:54:07 MST
Created At: 2026-02-20 12:54:07 MST

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  "active": "T",
  "origin": "House",
  "lls_num": "26-0121",
  "session": "2026A",
  "subject": [
    "Courts & Judicial",
    "Health Care & Health Insurance"
  ],
  "bill_num": "HB26-1063",
  "sponsors": [
    {
      "id": "MB002",
      "title": "Representative",
      "s_type": "Prime Sponsor",
      "chamber": "House",
      "full_name": "Mary Bradfield",
      "last_name": "Bradfield",
      "first_name": "Mary",
      "sponsor_order": "1"
    },
    {
      "id": "GR001",
      "title": "Representative",
      "s_type": "Prime Sponsor",
      "chamber": "House",
      "full_name": "Gretchen Rydin",
      "last_name": "Rydin",
      "first_name": "Gretchen",
      "sponsor_order": "2"
    },
    {
      "id": "JJ003",
      "title": "Representative",
      "s_type": "Additional Sponsor",
      "chamber": "House",
      "full_name": "Jamie Jackson",
      "last_name": "Jackson",
      "first_name": "Jamie"
    },
    {
      "id": "JA002",
      "title": "Senator",
      "s_type": "Prime Sponsor",
      "chamber": "Senate",
      "full_name": "Judy Amabile",
      "last_name": "Amabile",
      "first_name": "Judy",
      "sponsor_order": "3"
    },
    {
      "id": "DJ002",
      "title": "Senator",
      "s_type": "Prime Sponsor",
      "chamber": "Senate",
      "full_name": "Dafna Michaelson Jenet",
      "last_name": "Michaelson Jenet",
      "first_name": "Dafna",
      "sponsor_order": "4"
    }
  ],
  "bill_files": [
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      "url": "https://www.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2026A/csl.nsf/0/4AD318185F04911587258D04005EE0DB/$File/1063_01.pdf",
      "date": "01/14/2026",
      "label": "Introduced",
      "url_html": "https://www.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2026A/csl.nsf/0/4AD318185F04911587258D04005EE0DB/$File/1063_01.html",
      "lastModified": "01/14/2026 03:12:14 PM"
    }
  ],
  "committees": [
    {
      "id": "H_HHS_2026A",
      "name": "Health & Human Services",
      "chamber": "House"
    }
  ],
  "long_title": "Concerning treating individuals with a behavioral health disorder, and, in connection therewith, reimbursing licensed providers who administer medication-assisted treatment and providing protections related to secure transportation for persons experiencing a behavioral health crisis.",
  "bill_status": "In Committee - HOU Health & Human Services",
  "short_title": "Treating People with Behavioral Hlth Disorder",
  "bill_summary": "<html><body><p><t></t> <b>Legislative Oversight Committee Concerning the Treatment of Persons with Behavioral Health Disorders in the Criminal and Juvenile Justice Systems.</b> Current law requires the department of health care policy and financing to provide medicaid reimbursement to opioid treatment programs for administering medication-assisted treatment (MAT) in a jail setting. <b>Section 1</b> of the bill expands medicaid reimbursement to include licensed providers who administer MAT in a jail setting.<t></t></p><p>Current law excludes personnel employed by or contracted with a law enforcement agency from the definition of &quot;secure transportation&quot;. <b>Section 2</b> removes this exclusion to allow entities that contract with law enforcement agencies to provide secure transportation.<t></t> <b>Sections 3 and 4</b> transfer the licensing authority for secure transportation providers from the counties to the department of public health and environment beginning January 1, 2027.<t></t> <b>Sections 6 through 10</b> make changes to the secure transportation requirements and petition filing requirements related to emergency mental health holds and short-term and long-term certifications, including:</p><p><ul><li>Expanding the transportation provider types that may be contacted for assistance in detaining and transporting a person to a facility for an emergency mental health hold to include a behavioral health crisis response team, a private ambulance service provider, a private emergency medical services provider, and a secure transportation provider;<li>Requiring a certified peace officer to advise the person being taken into protective custody that the person is not under arrest and has not committed a crime;<li>Requiring the petition for a court-ordered evaluation to include any known history of the respondent's history of assault or possession of weapons and whether the respondent has a prior history of an emergency mental health hold or short-term or long-term certification; and<li>Creating a right for a person detained for an emergency mental health hold to not be transported by a certified peace officer if an alternative secure transportation option is available.<br/><i>(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)</i></p></body></html>",
  "progress_bar": [
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      "end": "F",
      "label": "Introduced",
      "position": 1
    },
    {
      "end": "F",
      "label": "Under Consideration",
      "position": 2
    }
  ],
  "special_type": "",
  "bill_category": "Behavioral Health",
  "allow_testimony": "F",
  "amendment_files": [],
  "full_bill_topic": "Treating People with Behavioral Health Disorder",
  "long_bill_files": [],
  "GHG_report_files": [],
  "preamended_files": [],
  "bill_sub_category": "Mental Health",
  "fiscal_note_files": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2026A/csl.nsf/0/4AD318185F04911587258D04005EE0DB/$File/HB1063_00.pdf",
      "date": "02/10/2026",
      "label": "FN1",
      "url_html": "",
      "lastModified": "02/20/2026 08:33:42 AM",
      "label_detailed": "Initial Fiscal Note"
    }
  ],
  "is_budget_package": "No",
  "session_laws_files": [],
  "summarized_history": [
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      "action": "Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Human Services",
      "location": "House"
    }
  ],
  "research_note_files": [],
  "bill_sub_sub_category": "Care and Treatment",
  "committee_report_files": [],
  "demographic_note_files": [],
  "updated_bill_summary_files": [],
  "budget_staff_analysis_files": [],
  "first_chamber_third_reading_date": "",
  "second_chamber_third_reading_date": ""
}

Raw Response

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