HB 1177STATE · ColoradoIntroduced

End Nursing Provider Wage Enhancement Payments

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.)

Voted: 2/27/2026Source

How representatives voted

18 yea·0 nay

Action history

  • 2/27/2026Governor Signed
  • 2/26/2026Sent to the Governor
  • 2/26/2026Signed by the President of the Senate
  • 2/26/2026Signed by the Speaker of the House
  • 2/20/2026Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
  • 2/19/2026Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
  • 2/18/2026Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
  • 2/17/2026Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations
  • 2/12/2026House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
  • 2/11/2026House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments