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.)
How representatives voted
18 yea·0 nay
- Rick TaggartYEA
State Representative · Republican · CO
- Kyle BrownYEA
State Representative · Democratic · CO
- Emily SirotaYEA
State Representative · Democratic · CO
- Andy BoeseneckerYEA
State Representative · Democratic · CO
- Scott BottomsYEA
State Representative · Republican · CO
- Brianna TitoneYEA
State Representative · Democratic · CO
- Yara ZokaieYEA
State Representative · Democratic · CO
- Elizabeth VelascoYEA
State Representative · Democratic · CO
- Junie JosephYEA
State Representative · Democratic · CO
- Matt SoperYEA
State Representative · Republican · CO
- Karen McCormickYEA
State Representative · Democratic · CO
- Julie GonzalesYEA
State Senator · Democratic · CO
- Judy AmabileYEA
State Senator · Democratic · CO
- Chris KolkerYEA
State Senator · Democratic · CO
- Jeff BridgesYEA
State Senator · Democratic · CO
- Barbara KirkmeyerYEA
State Senator · Republican · CO
- Larry ListonYEA
State Senator · Republican · CO
- Byron PeltonYEA
State Senator · Republican · CO
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