HB26-1374 - Kinship Care Funding Provisions
Summary
Colorado House Bill HB26-1374 eliminates financial assistance, supports, and reimbursement to county departments of human or social services for non-certified kinship care homes. The bill makes kinship foster care reimbursement subject to available appropriations, specifies counties are not required to provide financial assistance for non-certified kinship care homes, and changes annual state reporting focus from non-certified to certified kinship care homes.
What changed
HB26-1374 eliminates all state funding mechanisms for non-certified kinship care homes, including financial assistance to county departments, reimbursement for non-certified homes, and exemptions from the state fiscal year close-out process. The bill also shifts annual reporting requirements from non-certified to certified kinship care homes and removes restrictions on delaying permanency planning based on non-certified home support.
Affected parties—primarily county departments of human or social services—will no longer receive reimbursement for non-certified kinship care placements and are not required to provide financial assistance to such homes. Kinship foster care reimbursement becomes contingent on legislative appropriations. County social services agencies should monitor this bill's progress and assess operational impacts on kinship care programs.
What to do next
- Monitor bill progress through the Colorado legislature
- County departments of human/social services should track changes to kinship care funding obligations
- Prepare for potential operational impacts if bill passes
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HB26-1374
Kinship Care Funding Provisions
| Type | Bill |
|---|---|
| Session | 2026 Regular Session |
| Subjects | Children & Domestic Matters |
Concerning kinship care funding provisions.
Recent Bill (PDF) Recent Fiscal Note (PDF) Bill Summary:
Joint Budget Committee. The bill eliminates financial assistance and supports to county departments of human or social services (county departments) for non-certified kinship care homes. The bill also eliminates reimbursement to county departments for non-certified kinship care homes and removes the exemption for the kinship foster care and the non-certified kinship care rates from the state fiscal year close-out process.
The bill makes reimbursement to county departments for kinship foster care subject to available appropriations and specifies that counties are not required to provide financial assistance and supports for non-certified kinship care homes.
Existing law requires the state department of human services to annually report to the joint budget committee on the implementation of non-certified kinship care homes. The bill changes the report's focus to certified kinship care homes. The bill removes consideration of maintaining financial support for a non-certified kinship care home from the reasons that may not be used to delay youth placement permanency planning.
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
Prime Sponsors
Emily Sirota
Representative
Rick Taggart
Senator
Judy Amabile
Senator
Jeff Bridges
Committees
House
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Status
Under Consideration
Introduced
Under Consideration
Related Documents & Information
| Date | Version | Documents |
|---|---|---|
| 04/11/2026 | Reengrossed | |
| 04/09/2026 | Engrossed | |
| 04/02/2026 | Introduced |
| Date | Version | Documents |
|---|---|---|
| 04/02/2026 | Initial Fiscal Note |
| Activity | Vote | Documents |
|---|---|---|
| Refer House Bill 26-1374 to the Committee of the Whole. | The motion passed on a vote of 9-2. | Vote summary |
| Hearing Summary | Committee Report: PDF | |
| Date | Calendar | Motion |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 04/11/2026 | Third Reading | BILL |
| 04/11/2026 | Third Reading | AMD (L.004) |
| 04/11/2026 | Third Reading | PERM |
| Date | Amendment Number | Committee/ Floor Hearing | Status | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/11/2026 | L.004 | Third Reading | Passed | |
| 04/09/2026 | L.002 | Second Reading | Passed [**] | |
| 04/09/2026 | L.001 | Second Reading | Passed [**] |
- Amendments passed in committee are not incorporated into the measure unless adopted by the full House or Senate.
** The status of Second Reading amendments may be subsequently affected by the adoption of an amendment to the Committee of the Whole Report. Refer to the House or Senate Journal for additional information.
| Date | Location | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 04/11/2026 | House | House Third Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor |
| 04/10/2026 | House | House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments |
| 04/09/2026 | House | House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor |
| 04/08/2026 | House | House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments |
| 04/06/2026 | House | House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole |
| 04/02/2026 | House | Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations |
Prime Sponsor
Rep. E. Sirota | Rep. R. Taggart
Sen. J. Amabile | Sen. J. Bridges
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