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Read. Follow. Verify.Colorado repeals county public assistance funding model and reduces state agency appropriations
Last action · May 29, 2026: Governor SignedSponsors: Emily Sirota and 5 others
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What This Bill Does
Colorado repeals the requirement for the Department of Human Services to maintain and annually update a county administration for public and medical assistance programs, effective with the 2026-27 state . The measure simultaneously reduces appropriations made to the Department of Human Services and the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing.
Changes how administrative funding is calculated for county human services departments by eliminating a standardized model and lowering state agency budget allocations for the 2026-27 .
- Under prior Colorado law enacted around 2024, the Department of Human Services was required to establish a standardized funding model to calculate administrative costs for county public and medical assistance programs. context
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
county departments of human or social services
No longer receive annual funding model evaluations and reporting previously submitted by the Department of Human Services.
Department of Human Services
Relieved of the requirement to contract for and maintain the county administration funding model, and experiences a reduction in appropriations for the 2026-27 fiscal year.
Department of Health Care Policy and Financing
Experiences a reduction in appropriations in the annual general appropriation act for the 2026-27 state fiscal year and no longer receives annual funding model submissions.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
14 actions- May 29, 2026Office of the GovernorEnrolledGovernor Signed
- May 28, 2026HouseFloorSigned by the Speaker of the House
- May 28, 2026SenateFloorSigned by the President of the Senate
- May 28, 2026Office of the GovernorEnrolledSent to the Governor
- Apr 16, 2026SenateFloorSenate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
- Apr 15, 2026SenateSenate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
Show 8 earlier actions
- Apr 14, 2026SenateCommitteeSenate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
- Apr 13, 2026SenateIntroducedIntroduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations
- Apr 11, 2026HouseFloorHouse Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
- Apr 10, 2026HouseHouse Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- Apr 9, 2026HouseHouse Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- Apr 8, 2026HouseHouse Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- Apr 6, 2026HouseCommitteeHouse Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
- Apr 2, 2026HouseIntroducedIntroduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations
Version history
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View official text →Voting Record
Refer House Bill 26-1375 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar.
Total
7
- Yes
- 7
- No
- 0
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 0
- Abstain
- 0
Show 1 earlier roll call
Refer House Bill 26-1375 to the Committee of the Whole.
Total
7
- Yes
- 6
- No
- 1
- Present
- 0
- Not voting
- 0
- Abstain
- 0
Lobbying Activity
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Elimination of Statutory Funding Model
The state has moved away from utilizing an outside-developed funding model to calculate county-level human services administrative costs.
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance65How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy20Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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