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Colorado Legislature (healthcare bills) · May 28, 2026 · Primary source

CO HB 1418: Online Add-on Transaction Fee Youth Service Enterprise

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Summary

Colorado HB 1418, enacted into law, requires covered social media platforms to impose a fee on each add-on transaction (e.g., in-app purchases) and creates a Youth Mental Health Services Access Enterprise within the Colorado Behavioral Health Administration to receive and deploy that fee revenue to fund youth mental health programs. The enterprise is structured to qualify as an enterprise under Article X, Section 20 of the Colorado Constitution (TABOR), exempting the revenue from state fiscal limits. The act defines covered platforms as sole proprietorships, partnerships, limited liability companies, and presumably other business forms operating social media services.

What this may mean

The act imposes a per-transaction fee obligation on covered social media platforms operating in Colorado, with proceeds directed to the Behavioral Health Administration's new youth mental health enterprise. BH providers and youth mental health programs in Colorado become eligible recipients of this dedicated funding stream, which could expand capacity and contracting opportunities within the state's BH system. The enterprise structure under TABOR means fee revenues are not subject to Colorado's constitutional revenue limits, providing a stable funding mechanism.

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