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Second Regular Session
Seventy-fifth General Assembly
STATE OF COLORADO
REREVISED
This Version Includes All Amendments
Adopted in the Second House
LLS NO. 26-0089.01 Shelby Ross x4510 HOUSE BILL 26-1220
House Committees Senate Committees
State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs State, Veterans, & Military Affairs
A BILL FOR AN ACT
CONCERNING UPDATING TERMINOLOGY FROM "ACUTE TREATMENT101
UNIT" TO "BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ENTITY" TO CONFORM WITH102
EXISTING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH LICENSES.103
Bill Summary
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill
passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that
applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at
http://leg.colorado.gov/.)
Statutory Revision Committee. In House Bill 19-1237, multiple
behavioral health facility licenses were condensed into one license type
for facilities referred to as "behavioral health entities". In House Bill
22-1278, the licensing authority for behavioral health entities was
transferred from the department of public health and environment to the
SENATE
3rd Reading Unamended
April 7, 2026
SENATE
2nd Reading Unamended
April 6, 2026
HOUSE
3rd Reading Unamended
March 9, 2026
HOUSE
2nd Reading Unamended
March 6, 2026
HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
Carter and Bradley, Espenoza, Luck, DeGraaf, Duran, Phillips
SENATE SPONSORSHIP
Exum and Rich, Coleman, Liston, Mullica
Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment.
Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law.
Dashes through the words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law.
behavioral health administration in the department of human services.
Current law includes an incorrect reference to an "acute treatment unit",
which license type was condensed into the license for behavioral health
entities in 2019. The bill updates the terminology from "acute treatment
unit" to "behavioral health entity" to conform with existing license types.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:1
SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 12-280-120, amend2
(5)(a)(III)(D) as follows:3
12-280-120. Compounding - dispensing - sale of drugs and4
devices - rules - definition.5
(5) (a) A registered prescription drug outlet or other outlet may:6
(III) Supply an emergency kit or starter dose, as defined by the7
board by rule, to:8
(D) Any acute treatment unit licensed by the department of public9
health and environment A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ENTITY LICENSED BY THE10
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ADMINISTRATION and approved by the board for11
receipt of an emergency kit.12
SECTION 2. Act subject to petition - effective date. This act13
takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the14
ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly (August15
12, 2026, if adjournment sine die is on May 13, 2026); except that, if a16
referendum petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V of the17
state constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this act18
within such period, then the act, item, section, or part will not take effect19
unless approved by the people at the general election to be held in20
November 2026 and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the21
official declaration of the vote thereon by the governor.22
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