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House Health & Human Services

Wednesday, March 4, 2026·▶ Watch / Listen

Colorado's House Health & Human Services Committee spent wrestling with artificial intelligence in medicine and mental health, advancing a pair of AI bills and a host-home oversight measure on party-line votes while restoring a child's right to a dependency hearing on a bipartisan split. Wrenching personal testimony — from a woman who has lived in six host homes to families of children lost after chatbot interactions — anchored the day.

Key Actions

·Use of Artificial Intelligence in Health CarePassed

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Notable Quotes

The first host home left me home alone for a whole weekend. Their dog bit me in the shin, drawing blood once and bruising me several times. The agency knew about it and did nothing.

Chrissy Crumb · witnessCrumb, an individual with IDD who says she has lived in six host homes in 13 years, gave firsthand testimony about the oversight gaps the database bill aims to close.

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Votes

Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (8)Eliza Hamrick, Karen McCormick, Gretchen Rydin, Katie Stewart, Lindsay Gilchrist, Regina English, Lisa Feret, Sheila Lieder
No (5)Carlos Barron, Mary Bradfield, Brandi Bradley, Dan Woog, Dusty Johnson
Referred to Committee on AppropriationsAction
Yes (8)Regina English, Lisa Feret, Eliza Hamrick, Karen McCormick, Gretchen Rydin, Katie Stewart, Sheila Lieder, Lindsay Gilchrist
No (5)Carlos Barron, Mary Bradfield, Brandi Bradley, Dusty Johnson, Dan Woog
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (13)Carlos Barron, Mary Bradfield, Brandi Bradley, Regina English, Lisa Feret, Eliza Hamrick, Dusty Johnson, Karen McCormick, Gretchen Rydin, Katie Stewart, Dan Woog, Sheila Lieder, Lindsay Gilchrist
Referred to Committee on AppropriationsAction
Yes (9)Mary Bradfield, Lisa Feret, Dusty Johnson, Karen McCormick, Gretchen Rydin, Katie Stewart, Sheila Lieder, Lindsay Gilchrist, Carlos Barron
No (4)Brandi Bradley, Regina English, Eliza Hamrick, Dan Woog
Referred to Committee of the WholeAction
Yes (10)Carlos Barron, Mary Bradfield, Lisa Feret, Eliza Hamrick, Gretchen Rydin, Katie Stewart, Dan Woog, Sheila Lieder, Lindsay Gilchrist, Regina English
No (2)Brandi Bradley, Dusty Johnson
Excused (1)Karen McCormick
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TranscriptPreview
Okay. The Health and Human Services Committee will come to order. Mr. Shadoon, please call the roll. Representatives Baron. Presente. Bradfield. Here. Bradley. Excused. English. Representative English. Frey. Doing a string. Excused. Emmerich. Here. Johnson. Here. McCormick. Here. Wright. In. Excused. Stuart. Here. Woog. Here. Leader. Here. Madam Chair. Here. And also wanted to note that Representative Bradley is online. Okay, thank you all for joining us. Today we have a full house and a lot of bills. We are going to do two minute testimony with 10 minute panels, just so everyone knows. Thank you all for joining us. We are going to start with 11:47. Thanks for joining us. Sponsors, welcome back. If you want to go ahead and describe your explain your bill. Representative Brown. Thank you very much, Madam Chair. And it's my weekly visit to the Health and Human Services Committee, so thank you all. I appreciate your hospitality. Once again today we bring House Bill 26:1147. In particular, I think it's just important to set the stage, which is that we're talking about host homes. And host homes are private residences in which individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities live with a caregiver, often
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