House Health & Human Services

Tuesday, February 10, 2026·3h 49m·▶ Watch / Listen

House Health & Human Services moved a behavioral-health access bill toward Appropriations and sent a safe-haven measure to the floor unanimously, but split 9-4 on youthful-offender system updates as four Republicans broke away.

Key Actions

·Provider Participation in Health InsurancePassed

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Notable Quotes

“Can you imagine being a parent of a child who's experienced a mental health crisis and you're given a list of providers to call and you spend hours calling one after another with no luck. Your kid's in crisis and now that situation is worse because you can't find a therapist that is covered by your insurance.”
Lindsay Gilchrist — Gilchrist's framing of the 'ghost network' problem the bill targets — insurance listings that don't yield real appointments.

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Votes

Referred to Committee on AppropriationsAction

Yes (11)Carlos Barron, Mary Bradfield, Regina English, Lisa Feret, Eliza Hamrick, Dusty Johnson, Karen McCormick, Gretchen Rydin, Katie Stewart, Sheila Lieder, Lindsay Gilchrist

No (2)Brandi Bradley, 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 of the WholeAction

Yes (9)Mary Bradfield, Regina English, Lisa Feret, Eliza Hamrick, Karen McCormick, Gretchen Rydin, Katie Stewart, Sheila Lieder, Lindsay Gilchrist

No (4)Carlos Barron, Brandi Bradley, Dusty Johnson, Dan Woog

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TranscriptPreview

The House Health and Human Services Committee will come to order. Ms. King, please call the roll. Representatives Barone. President Bradfield. Yes. Bradley. Here. English. Here. Gray. Here. Amrick. Here. Johnson. Here. McCormick. Here. Ryden. Here. Stuart Kay. Here. Woog. Here. Leader. Here. Madam Chair. Present. Thank you all for joining. Today we're going to be hearing three bills, 10:02, 10:24 and 10:64, and then the sunset review of the Colorado Licensing of Controlled Substance Act. So we'll go ahead and get started. Witnesses will have three minutes to provide testimony and with that, I will turn it over to Vice Chair. Thank you, Madam Chair. So I'll give you a second to get over there and smack and sit next to Rip Brown. That's right. You're first. Yes. Welcome back to help. Thanks. Thanks. Just when you thought you'd never had to see me again. I know. True. Okay, we're going to go ahead and get started. Our first bill here today in Health and Human Services will be presented by Representative gilchrist. House Bill 1002. Go ahead. Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you so much for the time today to present House Bill 10 02, which is aimed…

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