Under current law, a neighborhood youth organization (NYO) serves youth as young as 6 years of age and as old as 18 years of age. The act lowers the minimum age of a youth member to 5 years of age if the youth is in kindergarten. The act permits an NYO to create an electronic or written process to record the daily arrival and departure times of youth members in order to track attendance, assess the impact of programs and services on youth members, and ensure an NYO operates in the best interest and safety of youth members. The act requires each NYO to maintain a complete set of records for youth members and personnel. Each neighborhood youth organization is required to maintain the confidentiality of certain records that are not subject to review by the public. Records concerning the licensing of an NYO's facilities and agencies are open to the public and a person who wishes to review a record must submit a written request to the department of human services. The act requires that an NYO's programs and services must occur primarily in a facility the NYO leases or owns or has been granted use of or access to. The act requires an NYO to offer programs and services that are evidence- or research-based, age-appropriate, and foster supportive relationships with peers and adults while offering character and leadership development, academic supports, job skills training, behavioral health supports, health and nutrition services, and other critical resources and services that a community identifies as necessary. An NYO serves all children, youth, and families, but with a focus on programs and services that ensure affordable access for low-income populations. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act makes changes to the Tony Grampsas youth services program (program). The act eliminates state agencies and state-operated programs from the list of entities that can apply for a grant to participate in the program and changes the definition of "entity" to ensure compliance with federal case law. The act adds prevention services to the services provided for youth and their families through community-based programming, including services for reducing crime and violence, abuse and neglect, drug and alcohol use, and school dropouts. The act changes certain criteria for adult and youth members to be appointed to the Tony Grampsas youth services board and requires the grant application process for participating in the program to identify and prioritize funding programs that meet a need in the community. The act requires entities that provide evidence-informed services for the youth mentoring services program to meet certain criteria. The act specifies for entities providing services for the Colorado student before-and-after-school project that the services may include alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use intervention, prevention, and education components. The act requires unexpended and unencumbered money remaining in the funds that support the program at the end of a state fiscal year to remain in the funds and available for expenditure by the state department in the following state fiscal year without further appropriations to the funds. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act requires the state department of human services (department) to promulgate additional rules relating to children and youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities (children and youth) who are in out-of-home placements. The additional rules include access to the interdisciplinary appeals review panel (review panel) for the appeals process for children and youth who have been determined to be ineligible for the program of services (program) for children and youth who have been placed out of the home. The act allows for the addition of additional members to the review panel. To promote transparency and accountability, the act requires the department to submit a report on details of the program to the health and human services committee of the senate and the public and behavioral health and human services committee of the house of representatives, or any successor committees, and details the information required on the report. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Current law limits the number of days that a retired teacher who is a public employees' service association (PERA) retiree can work as a substitute teacher for a PERA employer without reduction in PERA retirement benefits. The act temporarily waives these limits for qualified service retirees in any school district or charter school while there are critical substitute teacher shortages. This temporary waiver does not count against the additional 10 service retirees that a state college or university or an employer in the school division or the Denver public schools division of PERA may hire. For purposes of the act, "substitute teacher" is defined to have no restriction in the length of a continuous assignment. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act permits an attorney to access a suppressed court record related to an eviction proceeding, with permission of a party included in the record, for the purpose of: Providing legal advice to, or evaluating whether to enter an appearance on behalf of, the party included in the record; or Evaluating whether the matter is suitable for mediation or in preparation for a mediation between the parties included in the court record.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act adds to the board of directors of the urban drainage and flood control district one director from Douglas county to be appointed by the governor as with existing director appointments representing various counties. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
With the exception of an authorized emergency vehicle or an authorized service vehicle, or in the case of an emergency, the act prohibits drivers of motor vehicles from driving on the Interstate 70 peak period shoulder lanes (PPSL) while the lanes are closed and prohibits drivers of motor vehicles with more than 2 axles or that are 25 feet long or longer from driving on the PPSL at any time. The high-performance transportation enterprise is authorized to assess civil penalties and enforce violations. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The 2021 general appropriations act is amended to balance and make adjustments to the total amount appropriated to the department of public health and environment. The general fund and reappropriated funds portions of the appropriation are increased. Senate Bill 21-181, concerning state agencies addressing health disparities in Colorado, is amended to further appropriate the amount appropriated the money for the 2022-23 fiscal year. Senate Bill 21-128, concerning modifications to the administration of the nursing home penalty cash fund, is amended to increase the amount appropriated to the department. Senate Bill 21-243, concerning annual appropriations to the department of public health and environment, is amended to clarify that the money appropriated is from the general fund. House Bill 21-1266, concerning efforts to redress the effects of environmental injustice on disproportionately impacted communities, is amended to clarify that the amount appropriated in subject to the (I) notation defined in the general appropriation act. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The 2021 general appropriations act is amended to balance and make adjustments to the total amount appropriated to the department of health care policy and financing. The general fund and reappropriated funds portions of the appropriation are decreased and the cash funds and federal funds portions are increased. A new appropriation to the department for overexpenditures of line item appropriations in the 2020 long bill is made. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The 2021 general appropriations act is amended to balance and make adjustments to the total amount appropriated to the department of human services. The general fund, cash funds, and federal funds portions of the appropriation are increased. An appropriation made in Senate bill 21-236, concerning increasing the capacity of quality early childhood education through grant programs, is amended to further appropriate the amount appropriated through June 30, 2023. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The 2021 general appropriations act is amended to balance and make adjustments to the total amount appropriated for capital construction projects. The capital construction fund and cash funds portions of the appropriation are increased. The 2020 general appropriations act is amended to balance and make adjustments to the total amount appropriated for capital construction projects. The cash funds portion of the appropriation is decreased. The 2019 general appropriations act is amended to balance and make adjustments to the total amount appropriated for capital construction projects. The capital construction fund and cash funds portion of the appropriation are decreased. The 2018 general appropriations act is amended to add a new footnote to allow an appropriation made for the electronic birth registration system to remain available until June 30, 2023. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The 2021 general appropriations act is amended to balance and make adjustments to the total amount appropriated to the department of state. The cash funds portion of the appropriation is increased. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
