ColoradoEnd Nursing Provider Wage Enhancement Payments
What it does
The act prohibits the department of health care policy and financing (department) from making a wage enhancement supplemental payment to an eligible nursing home provider regardless of when the services were provided. The act reduces the 2025-26 state fiscal year appropriation to the department for medical and long-term care services for medicaid eligible individuals by $4,359,961.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Feb 27Governor Jared Polis SignedBecame Law
- Feb 26Signed by the Speaker of the HouseMajor
- Feb 26Signed by the President of the SenateMajor
- Feb 26Sent to the GovernorTo Governor
- Feb 20Senate Third Reading Passed - No AmendmentsPassed Senate
- Vote recorded BILL. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 19Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- Feb 18Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the WholeMinor
- Vote recorded Refer House Bill 26-1177 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 17Introduced In Senate - Assigned to AppropriationsMinor
- Feb 12House Third Reading Passed - No AmendmentsPassed House
- Vote recorded BILL. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 11House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- Feb 10House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the WholeMinor
- Vote recorded Refer House Bill 26-1177 to the Committee of the Whole. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 6Introduced In House - Assigned to AppropriationsIntroduced