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Bill Number: HB26-1429
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Archived At: 2026-05-06 14:29:03 MDT
Created At: 2026-05-06 14:29:03 MDT

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  "active": "T",
  "origin": "House",
  "lls_num": "26-0425",
  "session": "2026A",
  "subject": [
    "Health Care & Health Insurance",
    "Human Services"
  ],
  "bill_num": "HB26-1429",
  "sponsors": [
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      "id": "KB002",
      "title": "Representative",
      "s_type": "Prime Sponsor",
      "chamber": "House",
      "full_name": "Kyle Brown",
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      "sponsor_order": "1"
    },
    {
      "id": "ES001",
      "title": "Representative",
      "s_type": "Prime Sponsor",
      "chamber": "House",
      "full_name": "Emily Sirota",
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      "first_name": "Emily",
      "sponsor_order": "2"
    },
    {
      "id": "RT001",
      "title": "Representative",
      "s_type": "Additional Sponsor",
      "chamber": "House",
      "full_name": "Rick Taggart",
      "last_name": "Taggart",
      "first_name": "Rick"
    },
    {
      "id": "JB004",
      "title": "Senator",
      "s_type": "Prime Sponsor",
      "chamber": "Senate",
      "full_name": "Jeff Bridges",
      "last_name": "Bridges",
      "first_name": "Jeff",
      "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": "JA002",
      "title": "Senator",
      "s_type": "Additional Sponsor",
      "chamber": "Senate",
      "full_name": "Judy Amabile",
      "last_name": "Amabile",
      "first_name": "Judy"
    }
  ],
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      "url": "https://www.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2026A/csl.nsf/0/30E05D7A154C153287258D37005771C8/$File/1429_01.pdf",
      "date": "05/01/2026",
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      "lastModified": "05/01/2026 11:15:55 AM"
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  "long_title": "Concerning the consolidated administration of public assistance programs.",
  "bill_status": "In Committee - HOU Appropriations - HOU Appropriations",
  "short_title": "County Administration Public Assistance Programs",
  "bill_summary": "<html><body><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Joint Budget Committee.</b> The bill requires the department of health care policy and financing, in coordination with the department of human services and the department of early childhood (state departments), to contract with a single county department of human or social services (county department) to administer a centralized member integrity service to conduct fraud investigations concerning eligibility for medicaid, the supplemental nutrition assistance program, the Colorado child care assistance program, temporary assistance for needy families, and adult financial programs (public assistance programs), and benefit overpayments. The bill creates the centralized member integrity service cash fund consisting of money recouped from member fraud investigations.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On or before September 1, 2026, the bill requires the state departments to establish aligned requirements for county departments to comply with through a performance-based contract established between the state departments and each county department. On or before January 1, 2027, the state departments shall enter into a performance-based contract with each county department. The performance-based contract must establish requirements for the state departments and county departments to comply with in administering public assistance programs and establish corrective action protocols that are consistently utilized by the state departments.<br/></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Beginning September 1, 2026, the bill requires the state departments to work together to establish a continuous quality improvement process to review data reported to the state departments by the county departments. Beginning January 1, 2027, the department of human services (department), in collaboration with the state departments, must annually submit a report to the joint budget committee that includes an update on the continuous quality improvement process and data on the impact of the continuous quality improvement process.<br/></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Beginning January 1, 2027, the department, in collaboration with the department of health care policy and financing and the department of early childhood, must publish county-level and statewide performance data for the public assistance programs on a monthly basis on the department's website.<br/></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Beginning July 1, 2028, the state departments must oversee a streamlined public benefits delivery model to coordinate and distribute eligibility and case processing work to county departments. In supervising the work of the public benefits delivery model, the state departments must designate up to 12 cohorts in the state that will work together to administer public assistance benefits. The state departments shall enter into performance-based contracts with each cohort, identifying the roles and responsibilities of the state departments and the cohorts for administering a new public benefits delivery model to ensure public assistance programs are administered consistently and uniformly across the public assistance programs in the state.<br/></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On or before July 1, 2026, the state departments must contract with a third-party contractor to help the state departments and county departments develop and implement a transition plan that must be followed when transitioning to the new public benefits delivery model. The bill establishes the implementation work group to work with the third-party contractor to develop and implement the transition plan.<br/></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The bill establishes the state cross-departmental policy alignment team to align the policies of the public assistance programs to improve service delivery and outcomes for recipients of public assistance benefits.<br/></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The bill makes a household eligible for fuel assistance payments if the household has not received low-income energy assistance program assistance in the previous 12 months and if it is eligible for the standard utility allowance under federal law.<br/><br/><br/><i>(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)</i></p></body></html>",
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      "end": "F",
      "label": "Introduced",
      "position": 1
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      "end": "F",
      "label": "Under Consideration",
      "position": 2
    }
  ],
  "special_type": "",
  "bill_category": "Human Services",
  "allow_testimony": "F",
  "amendment_files": [],
  "full_bill_topic": "County Administration Public Assistance Programs",
  "long_bill_files": [],
  "GHG_report_files": [],
  "preamended_files": [],
  "bill_sub_category": "Human Services Department",
  "fiscal_note_files": [
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      "url": "https://www.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2026A/csl.nsf/0/30E05D7A154C153287258D37005771C8/$File/HB1429_00.pdf",
      "date": "05/06/2026",
      "label": "FN1",
      "url_html": "",
      "lastModified": "05/06/2026 01:45:39 PM",
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  "is_budget_package": "No",
  "session_laws_files": "",
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      "action": "Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations",
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  "bill_sub_sub_category": "County and District Departments",
  "committee_report_files": [],
  "demographic_note_files": [],
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  "budget_staff_analysis_files": [],
  "first_chamber_third_reading_date": "",
  "second_chamber_third_reading_date": ""
}

Raw Response

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