HB 25-1022: Qualified Medication Administration Personnel - Colorado

Rerevised (02/05/2025) → Revised (02/04/2025) · 1 edit

MINOR

The bill text was updated to reflect that it has been revised on second reading in the Senate, rather than being in its third unamended reading. This indicates the bill has progressed further in the legislative process and incorporates amendments from the Senate, though the specific policy content of the bill itself appears unchanged in this excerpt.

TECHNICAL

The version header was changed from '3rd Reading Unamended' to 'Revised', and the status description was updated to note that amendments were adopted on second reading in the Senate.

Final Act (02/21/2025) → Rerevised (02/05/2025) · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was reorganized and reformatted to reflect its progression through the legislative process, moving from a draft version to a revised version with official headers and reading dates. The core policy text regarding the definition of 'qualified medication administration personnel' remains substantively identical, updating the criteria to include individuals who passed competency evaluations before July 1, 2017, alongside those who passed after that date.

Scope change

The scope of the bill's applicability has not changed; it continues to update the definition of qualified personnel in assisted living residences.

TECHNICAL

Added official state headers, session information, and reading dates to formalize the document's status in the legislative record.

Replaced the original summary and sponsorship layout with a standardized format including committee assignments and a revised bill summary.

Reordered the text to place the safety clause (Section 2) after the substantive definition change (Section 1), aligning with standard legislative formatting.

Signed Act (02/27/2025) → Final Act (02/21/2025) · 1 edit

MINOR

This bill updates the legal definition of 'qualified medication administration personnel' to include individuals who passed a competency evaluation before July 1, 2017, ensuring they are not excluded from the role due to the timing of their certification. The change aligns the statute with historical training standards while maintaining the requirement for evaluations administered by the Department of Public Health and Environment.

Scope change

The bill expands eligibility for the 'qualified medication administration personnel' designation to include individuals certified prior to the July 1, 2017 cutoff date.

ELIGIBILITY

The definition of 'qualified medication administration personnel' was updated to explicitly include individuals who passed a competency evaluation before July 1, 2017, preventing their exclusion from the role based on the pre-existing cutoff date.

Reengrossed (01/23/2025) → Signed Act (02/27/2025) · 2 edits · Feb 27, 2025

MINOR

This bill updates the legal definition of 'qualified medication administration personnel' in Colorado to include individuals who passed competency evaluations administered by the Department of Public Health and Environment before July 1, 2017. Previously, only those who passed evaluations by approved training entities on or after July 1, 2017 were recognized. This change expands eligibility for personnel to include those who were previously certified under the older system, ensuring continuity for workers who qualified under prior regulations.

Scope change

The bill expands the scope of who qualifies as 'qualified medication administration personnel' to include those certified under the pre-July 1, 2017 system, while maintaining the existing requirement for post-July 1, 2017 certifications.

ELIGIBILITY

Added eligibility for individuals who passed competency evaluations administered by the Department of Public Health and Environment before July 1, 2017, to the definition of qualified medication administration personnel.

DEFINITION

Updated the statutory definition in C.R.S. 25-27-102(10.5) to recognize both pre-July 1, 2017 department-administered evaluations and post-July 1, 2017 approved training entity evaluations.

Engrossed (01/22/2025) → Reengrossed (01/23/2025) · 1 edit · Feb 5, 2025

MINOR

The bill was reengrossed to include additional co-sponsors and updated the legislative status to reflect third reading unamended. No substantive policy changes were made to the bill's content, scope, or requirements.

TECHNICAL

Added seven new co-sponsors to the House sponsorship list (Bacon, Bird, Boesenecker, Brown, Camacho, Duran, Hamrick, Lieder, Lindsay, Lindstedt, Marshall, Martinez, Mauro, McCluskie, Paschal, Rutinel, Story, Velasco) and updated the legislative version header from 'Engrossed' to 'Reengrossed'.

Introduced (01/08/2025) → Engrossed (01/22/2025) · 2 edits · Feb 5, 2025

MINOR

The bill was reclassified from 'Introduced' to 'Engrossed' status, indicating it has passed its second reading in the House with amendments. Sponsorship was expanded to include Rich in addition to Michaelson Jenet. The document includes formatting changes and status updates rather than substantive policy modifications to the bill's text.

TECHNICAL

Bill status changed from Introduced to Engrossed, reflecting completion of House second reading with amendments.

Rich was added as a co-sponsor alongside Michaelson Jenet for Senate sponsorship.

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