ColoradoColorado law allows pharmacies to supply compliant compounded medicines
Colorado law allows specified pharmacies and outsourcing facilities to supply compounded drugs or devices when the work follows applicable federal and state standards.
What it does
Licensed people may compound drugs or devices, and specified pharmacies and outsourcing facilities may supply them to health care providers and other organizations. The work must follow applicable federal and state standards.
Compounded drugs or devices made under applicable federal and state standards are excluded from this section’s rules on when new drugs may be sold.
Argument forPatients and care providers could have access to compounded medicines supplied by pharmacies and facilities that follow applicable federal and state standards.
Argument againstThe limit on stricter rules could make it harder for Colorado to add protections for outsourcing facilities beyond applicable federal and state law.
More detail
Licensed people may compound drugs or devices, and specified pharmacies and outsourcing facilities may supply them to health care providers and other organizations. The provisions cover licensed people who compound drugs or devices; specified resident and nonresident pharmacies and 503B outsourcing facilities; and licensed health care providers, pharmacies, facilities, or organizations. The activity must follow applicable federal and state law, including FDA-recognized standards and applicable United States Pharmacopeia processing standards. The law says lawful compounding is not manufacturing and does not expand or alter the pharmacy board’s enforcement authority. The act applies to conduct on or after its effective date. The text does not state that date.
Compounded drugs or devices that meet applicable federal and state standards are excluded from this section’s rules on when new drugs may be sold. The exclusion applies to compounded drugs or devices made in accordance with those standards. Compounding must follow applicable federal and state law, including FDA-recognized standards and applicable United States Pharmacopeia processing standards. The act applies to conduct on or after its effective date. The text does not state that date.
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Jun 2Governor Jared Polis SignedBecame Law
- May 22Signed by the Speaker of the HouseMajor
- May 22Signed by the President of the SenateMajor
- May 22Sent to the GovernorTo Governor
- Apr 21House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- Vote recorded CONCUR. Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded REPASS. Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded CONCUR. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded REPASS. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 20House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- Apr 17Senate Third Reading Passed - No AmendmentsPassed Senate
- Vote recorded BILL. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 16Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - CommitteeMinor
- Apr 14Senate Second Reading Laid Over to 04/16/2026 - No Amendments
- Apr 9Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the WholeMinor
- Vote recorded Refer House Bill 26-1262, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Adopt amendment L.007 (Attachment E). Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 19Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human ServicesMinor
- Mar 16House Third Reading Passed - No AmendmentsPassed House
- Vote recorded BILL. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 13House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
- Vote recorded AMD (H.002). Result: fail.Lower
- Vote recorded AMD (H.001). Result: fail.Lower
- Mar 10House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to House Committee of the WholeMinor
- Vote recorded Refer House Bill 26-1262 to the Committee of the Whole. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 19Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Human ServicesIntroduced
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