Wildland fires - aerial firefighting - patrolling airspace - appropriation. The center of excellence for advanced technology aerial firefighting is required, subject to available appropriations, to study and, if feasible, implement a system to patrol the airspace above wildland fires. For the 2019-20 state fiscal year, $350,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the department of public safety for use by the division of fire prevention and control. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More
Enhance school safety incident response grant program - deadlines - appropriation. The enhance school safety incident response grant program (program) was created in 2018. The act changes dates in the program regarding the application and grant distribution deadlines. The act appropriates $1,150,000 to the department of public safety from the school safety resource center cash fund for the grant program. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More
Commissioner of agriculture - agricultural chemical management plans - expansion to include surface water - appropriation. Under current law, the commissioner of agriculture is responsible for the management of the use of agricultural chemicals to protect groundwater, and the commissioner adopts rules establishing agricultural management plans for this purpose. The act expands the scope of the commissioner's agricultural management plans to include the protection of state waters, which includes surface and subsurface waters. The act appropriates $239,592 to the department of agriculture from the plant health, pest control, and environmental protection cash fund to implement the act, of which $21,875 is reappropriated to the department of public health and environment and $1,000 is reappropriated to the department of personnel. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More
Motor vehicle and powersports vehicle sales - licenses - wholesalers. The act limits to 2 the number of individuals who may act as a wholesaler under a single wholesale license.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More
General fund transfer to highway users tax fund for state fiscal year 2019-20. The act requires the state treasurer to transfer $100 million from the general fund to the highway users tax fund on July 1, 2019, for allocation to the state highway fund, counties, and municipalities in accordance with the existing "second stream" allocation formula, which allocates the money as follows: 60% to the state highway fund; 22% to counties; and 18% to municipalities.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More
Telecommunications - assistance to customers with disabilities - talking book library - appropriation. The act authorizes the use of money in the Colorado telephone users with disabilities fund (fund) to support talking book library services for persons who are blind and physically disabled. $250,000 is appropriated from the fund to the department of regulatory agencies, which amount is reappropriated to the department of education for the Colorado talking book library. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More
Behavioral health entities - single license - advisory committee timelines - appropriation. Currently, certain entities that provide behavioral health services must hold various licenses issued by the department of public health and environment (CDPHE) or the department of human services (DHS). The act combines the various licenses into a single license as a behavioral health entity (BHE) and authorizes the state board of health to promulgate rules for the new license. To accomplish the transition, the act establishes a behavioral health entity implementation and advisory committee consisting of executive directors of certain state departments, or the director's designee, and representatives from various stakeholder groups. The act requires a BHE that was previously licensed by CDPHE to obtain a BHE license by July 1, 2022. It requires a BHE that was previously licensed or approved by DHS to obtain a BHE license by July 1, 2024. The act makes conforming amendments, some of which have later effective dates. For the 2019-20 state fiscal year, the act appropriates $51,472 from the general fund to the department of public health and environment to implement the new license. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More
Workforce diploma pilot program - performance payments to qualified providers for student outcomes - appropriation. The act creates the workforce diploma pilot program (program) in the department of education (department) to award completion payments to qualified providers for the attainment of certain outcomes achieved by eligible students enrolled in the courses or programs, including earning high school diplomas, course credits, or industry-recognized training certificates. The department shall administer the program. The program will operate in any year in which the general assembly appropriates money for the program. Based on criteria listed in the act, the department shall prepare a list of qualified providers. A qualified provider may be a public, nonprofit, or private accredited, degree-granting organization with at least 2 years of experience in providing adult dropout recovery services resulting in an accredited high school diploma, as well as a local education provider, as defined for purposes of existing adult literacy and education programs. The act sets forth the amount of the payments qualified providers receive for each completion or attainment outcome achieved by their eligible students. The act includes performance standards for qualified providers and allows the department to suspend or remove providers from the list of qualified providers for failing to meet those standards. Qualified providers receiving payments must report certain information to the department. The department shall report to certain committees of the general assembly summarizing the information reported by qualified providers. The act repeals the program in 2022. For the 2019-20 state fiscal year, the act appropriates $1,012,201 and 0.2 FTE from the general fund to the department of education to implement the program. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More
Emergency medical service providers - application for licensure - eligibility. The act authorizes a certified emergency medical service (EMS) provider to apply for licensure from the department of public health and environment based on a demonstration to the satisfaction of the department that the EMS provider has completed a 4-year bachelor's degree program from an accredited college or university in a field related to the health sciences or an equivalent field, as determined by the state board of health by rule. Specified portions of the act are contingent upon House Bill 19-1172 becoming effective. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More
Human trafficking prevention training - division of criminal justice - gifts, grants, and donations for training - school safety resource center materials and training. The act makes the division of criminal justice in the department of public safety (division) a resource to provide human trafficking prevention training (training) to law enforcement agencies and entities that provide services to human trafficking victims. The training may include: Train-the-trainer programs; Direct trainings; and Online training programs. The training may be provided to law enforcement agencies, organizations that provide direct services to human trafficking victims, school personnel and parents or guardians of students, and any other organization, agency, or group that would benefit from such training. The training must be developed in consultation with the Colorado human trafficking council (council). When considering requests for training, the division should give priority to requests from areas of the state that have limited access to training resources. The division may accept gifts, grants, and donations and shall not provide training until it receives sufficient money to cover the costs of implementing and providing the training. Beginning in 2020, the council's annual human trafficking report must include an update on the training provided. The act repeals the training provisions on September 1, 2023, and requires a sunset review prior to the repeal. The act requires the Colorado school safety resource center to include awareness and prevention of human trafficking in the materials and training that it provides. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More
Physicians - mental health care providers - conversion therapy for minors prohibited - disciplinary action. The act prohibits a licensed physician specializing in psychiatry or a licensed, certified, or registered mental health care provider from engaging in conversion therapy with a patient under 18 years of age. A licensee who engages in these practices is subject to disciplinary action by the appropriate licensing board. "Conversion therapy" means efforts to change an individual's sexual orientation, including efforts to change behaviors or gender expressions or to eliminate or reduce sexual or romantic attraction or feelings toward individuals of the same sex. Specified provisions of the act are contingent upon House Bill 19-1172 becoming law. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More
Dedicated electric vehicle charging stations - misuse - penalties. The act authorizes the owner of a plug-in electric motor vehicle charging station to install a sign that identifies the station. If the sign is installed, a person is prohibited from: Parking in the space if the vehicle is not an electric vehicle; and Using a dedicated charging station for parking if the electric vehicle is not charging. An electric vehicle is rebuttably presumed to not be charging if the electric vehicle is parked in a charging station and is not electrically connected to the charger for longer than 30 minutes. A person may park an electric vehicle at a charging station after the electric vehicle is fully charged in a parking lot: That serves a lodging business if the person is a client of the lodging business and has parked the electric vehicle in the lot to charge overnight; That serves an airport if the person is a client of the airport and has parked the electric vehicle in the lot to charge when traveling; or Between the hours of 11 p.m. and 5 a.m. The penalty for a violation is a $150 fine and a $32 surcharge. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More
