The act authorizes the department of health care policy and financing (state department) to suspend the enrollment of a medicaid and children's basic health plan (programs) provider only if the state department identifies that the provider is participating in an alleged and ongoing organized crime or organized fraud scheme (scheme) that impacts the programs and if the state department documents in writing that at least 3 of the following factors are met: The provider has been enrolled in the programs for less than 3 years; At least 3 providers are involved in the scheme; The collective billing amount identified in the scheme exceeds $1 million; The provider's billing indicates a pattern of abuse or noncompliance; The volume of claims or billing amount has increased at a significant rate and there is no other reasonable explanation for the increase; The federal centers for medicare and medicaid services has approved a provider enrollment moratorium for the provider type involved in the scheme; or The state department has notified law enforcement of the scheme. The state department is required to notify the provider of the suspension in writing, including the reasons for the suspension. The state department may suspend a provider's enrollment for an initial period of 6 months while the state department conducts a review of the scheme. After the state department's review is complete, the state department must reinstate the provider's enrollment if the department determines the provider did not engage in a scheme. If the state department's review cannot be completed during the initial 6-month period, the state department may extend the review period in additional 6-month increments if the state department documents in writing the necessity for extending the review. APPROVED by Governor February 20, 2024 EFFECTIVE February 20, 2024(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
A county assessor is required to complete an assessment roll of all taxable property within the assessor's county and an accompanying abstract of assessment (abstract) on or before either August 25 or November 21 of every year, depending on certain conditions. During the first extraordinary session of the seventy-fourth general assembly, the general assembly enacted, and the governor signed on November 20, 2023, Senate Bill 23B-001, which modified the valuation for assessment for residential real property for the 2023 property tax year and accordingly rendered inaccurate the abstracts completed on or before August 25, 2023, and November 21, 2023. The act requires a county assessor to prepare an updated abstract and file a copy of that abstract, along with updated versions of other information that a county assessor is required to append to an abstract, with the property tax administrator no later than February 20, 2024. APPROVED by Governor February 15, 2024 EFFECTIVE February 15, 2024(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act repeals and reenacts law originally enacted by House Bill 23B-1002, concerning an increase in the earned income tax credit for income tax year 2023, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation, to increase the amount of the earned income tax credit that a resident individual may claim on the resident individual's state income tax return for 2023 only from 25% to 50% of the federal credit claimed on the resident individual's federal income tax return. The increase in the amount of the credit is a one-time mechanism for refunding excess state revenues for the 2022-23 state fiscal year that are required to be refunded in the 2023-24 state fiscal year. For the 2023-24 state fiscal year, the act appropriates $51,483 from the general fund to the department of revenue and reappropriates $516 of that amount to the department of personnel for implementation of the act. APPROVED by Governor January 31, 2024 EFFECTIVE January 31, 2024(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Valuation changes. For the 2023 property tax year, section 1 of the act reduces the valuation for assessment (valuation) for multi-family residential real property and all other residential real property from the already temporarily reduced 2023 rate of 6.765% of the amount equal to the actual value minus the lesser of $15,000 or the amount that causes the valuation to be $1,000 to 6.7% of the amount equal to the actual value minus the lesser of $55,000 or the amount that causes the valuation to be $1,000. Reimbursement of local governments. The state is currently required to reimburse (backfill) local governmental entities for property tax revenue lost as a result of reductions in valuation enacted in 2022. The act maintains this 2022 backfill mechanism for those property tax reductions. Section 2 provides an additional backfill mechanism to backfill local governmental entities for property tax revenue lost as a result of the additional reductions in valuation enacted in the act. Section 2 requires the state to backfill the following local governmental entities a total of $54,000,000 for the total amount of property tax revenue lost by those local governmental entities as a result of the reductions in valuation in the act in the same manner as the 2022 backfill mechanism, except that: Ambulance districts, fire districts, and health districts are reimbursed entirely; Local governmental entities for which the assessed value of property in the local governmental entity increased by 15% or more between the 2022 and 2023 property tax years are not reimbursed at all; and The executive director of the department of local affairs and the property tax administrator shall determine, in a manner that is equitable with the amounts that fire districts are reimbursed, the amount that local governmental entities that provide fire protection services are reimbursed. Section 2 also modifies both backfill mechanisms by: Specifying that the amount of revenue lost for a property tax year is based on a local governmental entity's mill levy for the 2022 property tax year, excluding specified mills; Clarifying how local governmental entities, which are defined in the act, are treated if their boundaries are in more than one county for purposes of the backfill; and Requiring the state treasurer to reduce a backfill to a local government entity as necessary to prevent the local governmental entity from exceeding its constitutional fiscal year spending limit. Transfer to the state public school fund. Section 2 requires the state treasurer to transfer $146 million from the general fund to the state education fund to offset school district property tax revenue reductions. Local government budget deadlines. Sections 4 to 6 modify provisions in the "Local Government Budget Law of Colorado" for the 2024 fiscal year to account for impacts on a local government's budget due to changes to the assessed valuation of property within the local government's boundaries. Delinquent property tax payments. Section 14 waives the accrual of interest on delinquent property tax payments for the first payment of property taxes for the 2023 property tax year if a payment is made within 10 days after the mailing by the county treasurer of the property taxpayer's tax statement or notification of an electronic statement. Property tax deadlines. Sections 3 and 9 to 13 delay deadlines as necessary due to the valuation changes for the 2023 property tax year. APPROVED by Governor November 20, 2023 EFFECTIVE November 20, 2023(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act changes the refund mechanism for state revenues that exceed the state's fiscal year spending limit (TABOR refunds). Before passage of the act, 3 refund mechanisms for TABOR refunds applied for the 2022-23 state fiscal year: Reimbursement, paid to counties for allocation to local governments that levy property taxes, for the reduction in property taxes resulting from the property tax exemptions for qualifying seniors and veterans with a disability; An additional reimbursement that is paid to counties for allocation to local governmental entities that levy property taxes for the reduction in property taxes resulting from reductions in valuation for assessment; and A sales tax refund for individual taxpayers, the amount of which is either based on 6 tiers of income or, if there is insufficient revenue for the tiered approach, is an identical refund amount. The act creates a new temporary refund mechanism that replaces the sales tax refund mechanism for the 2022-23 state fiscal year. Under this mechanism, each qualified individual is eligible to receive an identical refund payment from the remaining excess state revenues after refunds are made through the county reimbursement mechanisms (remaining excess state revenues). The amount of the refund is equal to the amount of remaining excess state revenues divided by the number of qualified individuals, and it is a refund from all sources of state fiscal year spending. A qualified individual filing a single return is entitled to one refund, and 2 qualified individuals filing a joint return are entitled to 2 refunds. The executive director of the department of revenue is required to administer this refund in the same manner as the identical sales tax refund. The refund is not to be reported to the department of revenue as a payment of a refund, credit, or offset of state income taxes in any information return required to be filed pursuant to federal law. APPROVED by Governor November 20, 2023 EFFECTIVE November 20, 2023(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act creates a task force (task force) to establish shared goals, objectives, and guidelines for entities to utilize in prioritizing new and existing grant money to achieve maximum impact to reduce youth violence, suicide, and delinquency risk factors. The task force shall identify 3 target communities with the highest rates of youth violence, suicide, and delinquency risk factors. Beginning July 1, 2025, the task force shall create shared goals, objectives, and guidelines for governmental and community-based organizations to prioritize the use of new and existing state grant money, as well as help community-based organizations reduce youth violence, suicide, and delinquency risk factors in the target communities by using the shared goals, objectives, and guidelines when working in intervention, prevention, and tracking statistics. Membership in the task force is outlined. The task force shall make a preliminary "SMART Act" report in January 2024 followed by a final report in January 2025. For the 2023-24 state fiscal year, $92,447 is appropriated from the general fund to the department of public health and environment for use by the prevention services division. The division may use this appropriation for the grant prioritization task force related to administration. APPROVED by Governor June 7, 2023 EFFECTIVE June 7, 2023(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act removes the requirement that if a defendant is in jail or an inpatient setting, a finding that the defendant is an imminent danger to the defendant's self or others is required for the competency evaluation and report. If the competency evaluation determines that the defendant meets the criteria for civil certification and inpatient services, the behavioral health administration (BHA) shall, directly or through a contract, provide care coordination services for the defendant. If the court orders, as a condition of bond, that restoration to competency take place on an outpatient basis, the department of human services is responsible for the oversight of restoration education and coordination of services. Under specific conditions, the act allows that upon petition of the district attorney, a professional person, a representative of the BHA, a representative of the office of civil and forensic mental health, or other responsible person, a court may certify a respondent for short-term treatment in the custody of the BHA for not more than 3 months without requiring an emergency 72-hour hold. A court shall not accept a petition for certification for short-term treatment unless the respondent has a documented refusal to certified treatment. Upon filing of the petition, the court shall immediately appoint an attorney to represent the respondent. The respondent's attorney may request a jury trial within 14 days after receipt of the petition. The respondent has the right to an attorney for all proceedings conducted related to the respondent's competency and certification for treatment and services. The respondent may, at any time, file a written request to contest the petition, in which case the court shall set the hearing no later than 14 days after the petition was filed. If, after hearing all of the relevant evidence, the court finds grounds for certification have been established by clear and convincing evidence and that the BHA is able to provide adequate and appropriate treatment for the respondent that will likely be beneficial to the respondent's recovery, the court shall commit the respondent to the BHA's custody. APPROVED by Governor June 7, 2023 EFFECTIVE July 1, 2024. NOTE: This act was passed without a safety clause. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act moves the regional health connector program (program) from the university of Colorado school of medicine to the prevention services division (division) in the department of public health and environment (department). The act requires the division to administer the program and requires the department to contract with a third-party entity to coordinate and oversee the program. The contracted entity is required to distribute money to each locally based host organization, which hires and supports a regional health connector to engage in program activities. For the 2023-24 state fiscal year, the act appropriates $1.5 million to the department of higher education for use by the regents of the university of Colorado for allocation to the school of medicine and $71,903 to the department for use by the division for the program. For the 2024-25 state fiscal year, the act annually appropriates $1.5 million to the division for the program. APPROVED by Governor June 7, 2023 EFFECTIVE August 7, 2023 NOTE: This act was passed without a safety clause and takes effect 90 days after sine die. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
To help serve persons with behavioral health needs who are enrolled in medicaid, the act requires managed care entities (MCE) to enter into single case agreements with willing providers of behavioral health services enrolled in the medical assistance program when network development and access standards are not met and a member needs access to a medically necessary behavioral health service. The act sets forth the requirements for single case agreements created by an MCE. APPROVED by Governor June 7, 2023 EFFECTIVE June 7, 2023 (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act makes indecent exposure a class 6 felony if committed when the person who commits indecent exposure knew there was a child under 15 years of age in view of the exposure and the person is more than 18 years of age and more than 4 years older than the child. The act appropriates $54,797 to the judicial department from the general fund for the 2023-24 state fiscal year for probation programs and capital outlay. APPROVED by Governor June 7, 2023 EFFECTIVE June 7, 2023 (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act adds that the false reporting of a mass shooting or active shooter in a public or private place or vehicle that transports people or property that causes the occupants of a building, place of assembly, or facility of public transportation to be evacuated or to be issued a shelter-in-place order; causing any disruptions or impacts to regular activities; or resulting in the initiation of a standard response protocol is a class 6 felony. The act specifies that false reporting of an emergency is a class 1 misdemeanor if the threat causes the occupants of a building, place of assembly, or facility to be issued a shelter-in-place order, the threat causes any disruptions or impacts to regular activities, or the threat results in the initiation of a standard response protocol in response to the false report. The act adds to the "Victim Rights Act" that a crime includes the false reporting of an emergency that is bias motivated. APPROVED by Governor June 7, 2023 EFFECTIVE June 7, 2023 (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act requires that a report related to a seizure and forfeiture include the estimated value and equity of the property and information on the outcome of the forfeiture proceeding. The act appropriates $22,549 to the department of local affairs that is reappropriated to the office of the governor for use by the office of information technology and includes 0.2 FTE. APPROVED by Governor June 7, 2023 EFFECTIVE September 1, 2023 NOTE: This act was passed without a safety clause. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
