Archive #51034

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Bill Number: HB26-1377
HTTP Status: 200
Valid JSON: Valid
Archived At: 2026-04-06 11:39:24 MDT
Created At: 2026-04-06 11:39:24 MDT

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  "active": "T",
  "origin": "House",
  "lls_num": "26-0931",
  "session": "2026A",
  "subject": [
    "Health Care & Health Insurance",
    "State Revenue & Budget"
  ],
  "bill_num": "HB26-1377",
  "sponsors": [
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      "id": "ES001",
      "title": "Representative",
      "s_type": "Prime Sponsor",
      "chamber": "House",
      "full_name": "Emily Sirota",
      "last_name": "Sirota",
      "first_name": "Emily",
      "sponsor_order": "1"
    },
    {
      "id": "RT001",
      "title": "Representative",
      "s_type": "Prime Sponsor",
      "chamber": "House",
      "full_name": "Rick Taggart",
      "last_name": "Taggart",
      "first_name": "Rick",
      "sponsor_order": "2"
    },
    {
      "id": "KB002",
      "title": "Representative",
      "s_type": "Additional Sponsor",
      "chamber": "House",
      "full_name": "Kyle Brown",
      "last_name": "Brown",
      "first_name": "Kyle"
    },
    {
      "id": "JA002",
      "title": "Senator",
      "s_type": "Prime Sponsor",
      "chamber": "Senate",
      "full_name": "Judy Amabile",
      "last_name": "Amabile",
      "first_name": "Judy",
      "sponsor_order": "3"
    },
    {
      "id": "BK001",
      "title": "Senator",
      "s_type": "Prime Sponsor",
      "chamber": "Senate",
      "full_name": "Barbara Kirkmeyer",
      "last_name": "Kirkmeyer",
      "first_name": "Barbara",
      "sponsor_order": "4"
    },
    {
      "id": "JB004",
      "title": "Senator",
      "s_type": "Additional Sponsor",
      "chamber": "Senate",
      "full_name": "Jeff Bridges",
      "last_name": "Bridges",
      "first_name": "Jeff"
    }
  ],
  "bill_files": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2026A/csl.nsf/0/CFFAD79B1C9FF7F587258DB70073D4E8/$File/1377_01.pdf",
      "date": "04/02/2026",
      "label": "Introduced",
      "url_html": "",
      "lastModified": "04/02/2026 01:00:43 PM"
    }
  ],
  "committees": [
    {
      "id": "H_APP_2026A",
      "name": "Appropriations",
      "chamber": "House"
    }
  ],
  "long_title": "Concerning a clarification regarding the treatment of funds that are transferred from the department of health care policy and financing through to the Colorado department of human services that pass through a regional accountability entity.",
  "bill_status": "In Committee - HOU Appropriations",
  "short_title": "Managed Care Entity Payments",
  "bill_summary": "<html><body><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Joint Budget Committee.</b> The department of human services (CDHS) operates mental health transitional living homes (transitional homes). Part of the funding for transitional homes comes from patient revenues, including Medicaid-eligible patient revenues. For Medicaid-eligible patients, the patient revenues originate in the department of health care policy and financing (HCPF), HCPF distributes this money to managed care entities (MCEs), and the MCEs then pay CDHS for the services provided at the transitional homes. At least in part, the MCEs serve as passthroughs transferring patient revenues from HCPF to CDHS for transitional homes.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Because MCEs are nonstate entities, the office of the state controller counts the payments from HCPF to MCEs for transitional homes as money leaving the state and then counts the payments from MCEs to CDHS for transitional homes as state fiscal year spending for purposes of section 20 of article X of the state constitution (TABOR).<br/></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The bill establishes that, if an MCE receives federal funds or state money from HCPF and pays those funds or that money to CDHS, the funds or money received by CDHS is not included in the calculation of state fiscal year spending for purposes of TABOR.<br/><br/><br/><i>(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)</i></p></body></html>",
  "progress_bar": [
    {
      "end": "F",
      "label": "Introduced",
      "position": 1
    },
    {
      "end": "F",
      "label": "Under Consideration",
      "position": 2
    }
  ],
  "special_type": "",
  "bill_category": "Government - State",
  "allow_testimony": "F",
  "amendment_files": [],
  "full_bill_topic": "Managed Care Entity Payments",
  "long_bill_files": [],
  "GHG_report_files": [],
  "preamended_files": [],
  "bill_sub_category": "Fiscal Policies",
  "fiscal_note_files": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2026A/csl.nsf/0/CFFAD79B1C9FF7F587258DB70073D4E8/$File/HB1377_00.pdf",
      "date": "04/02/2026",
      "label": "FN1",
      "url_html": "",
      "lastModified": "04/02/2026 06:10:07 PM",
      "label_detailed": "Initial Fiscal Note"
    }
  ],
  "is_budget_package": "Yes",
  "session_laws_files": "",
  "summarized_history": [
    {
      "date": "04/06/2026",
      "action": "House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole",
      "location": "House"
    },
    {
      "date": "04/02/2026",
      "action": "Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations",
      "location": "House"
    }
  ],
  "research_note_files": [],
  "bill_sub_sub_category": "TABOR",
  "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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