The bill creates an essential services for youth special district (district) in each judicial district. The boundaries of each district are coterminous with the boundaries of the judicial district in which it is created. The purposes of each district are to: Seek voter approval from registered electors in the district for the levy and collection of a uniform sales and use tax or a property tax, or both, throughout the entire geographical area of the district for the purpose of providing a sustainable funding source for essential services providers to provide services to at-risk youth who reside in the district; Upon the approval of the registered electors in the district, to levy and collect a uniform sales and use tax or a property tax, or both, throughout the entire geographical area of the district; Distribute the district sales and use tax or property tax revenue to essential services providers to provide services to at-risk youth who reside in the district; and Monitor the purposes for which the district tax revenue is used by essential services providers. A district is inactive until: Either the chief judge of the judicial district or the board of directors of the local court-appointed special advocate (CASA) program call a meeting of the appointing authorities of the district board (appointing authorities) to determine whether the district will become active. The appointing authorities include representatives from the judicial district, the local CASA program, the district attorney's office, the child advocacy center in the judicial district, and the counties and municipalities in which the district is located. The appointing authorities meet and adopt a resolution by a majority vote declaring that the district will become active; and The board of directors of the local CASA program files the resolution with specified entities. A district that is activated by a vote of the appointing authorities is governed by a board of directors (board) consisting of 9 members. The bill specifies the eligibility criteria to serve on the board, the process by which board directors are appointed, a rotation of appointing authorities, and the powers and duties of the board. Once appointed, a board is authorized to present to the registered electors of the district a question of whether the district is authorized to levy and collect a sales and use tax, a property tax, or both, in amounts determined by the board. The bill directs the board to distribute the proceeds of any district tax revenue to essential services providers that provide services to at-risk youth. After deductions for administrative expenses, a board is required to distribute 60% of the tax revenue to the local CASA program in the district and to the child advocacy center in the district as determined by the board. The board is required to distribute the remaining 40% of the tax revenue to other essential services providers through a grant program. An essential services provider that receives a distribution of tax revenue is required to use the money for one or more of the following purposes: Programs that address the health, safety, wellness, and mental health of at-risk youth; Programs that provide services for unhoused at-risk youth; Programs that support at-risk youth in the judicial system; Programs that provide forensic support, including the administration costs of providing such support; or The construction of capital facilities for the provision of essential services. An essential services provider that receives a distribution of tax revenue is prohibited from using the revenue for day care, data collection, school-based education, or fitness and recreational programming. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
The bill: Requires the state treasurer to transfer $1.1 billion from the general fund to the unemployment compensation fund (fund) to restore the balance of the fund to the fund's pre-pandemic level; and Requires the director of the division of unemployment insurance to repay the federal government for $1.014 billion of advances received from the federal government in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
The bill removes language limiting the naturopathic formulary to nonprescription classes of medicines, including only biological substances such as vitamins, minerals, nutritive substances, extracts, and their products and residues. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
The bill expands the state sales and use tax exemption for food, which currently exempts most food for domestic home consumption, by also exempting from state sales and use tax most food that is not for domestic home consumption and is instead prepared for on-site consumption at a restaurant, grocery store, or other establishment or to be carried out and consumed without additional cooking or preparation.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
Current law prohibits the operation of a motorboat by a person who is less than 16 years of age; except that, a person who is at least 14 years of age but less than 16 years of age may operate a motorboat if the person has completed a boating safety course approved by the division of parks and wildlife and possesses a boating safety certificate issued by the boating safety course provider. The bill raises the minimum age requirement from 16 to 18 years of age and retains the existing exceptions for certain persons who are at least 14 years of age.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
The bill creates the Colorado critical infrastructure resiliency initiative and the Colorado resilient infrastructure board (board). The board consists of 10 members, 9 of whom are appointed by the executive director of the department of public safety. The board is required to: Provide oversight of Colorado's infrastructure enhancement program; Identify electric grid, water, oil and natural gas, and telecommunications infrastructure needs and provide recommendations on infrastructure improvements; Oversee efforts to prevent or reduce the severity of damage to the electric grid due to a natural disaster or human-caused emergency; Monitor and implement best practices for critical infrastructure protection; Ensure compliance of the state's publicly owned or commercially owned utilities associated with the state's power, oil and natural gas, water, and telecommunications sectors; Attempt to secure funding from various sources; Coordinate with the Colorado electric transmission authority; and Assess the capacity and availability of existing resources for resiliency of critical infrastructure sectors. The board is required to report its findings to the general assembly no later than 30 days after the general assembly convenes in the 2025 legislative session and no later than 30 days after the general assembly convenes in the regular legislative session in subsequent years. The board is scheduled to repeal on September 1, 2027. Before the repeal, the board is subject to sunset review by the department of regulatory agencies. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
Legislative Oversight Committee Concerning the Treatment of Persons with Mental Health Disorders in the Criminal and Juvenile Justice Systems. The bill establishes and expands programs within the division of housing in the department of local affairs (division) to build the capacity of communities across the state to provide supportive housing services to individuals with behavioral, mental health, or substance use disorders who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless and who have contact with the criminal or juvenile justice system, including: Expanding statewide training and technical assistance to help communities develop and implement supportive housing programs for individuals who have behavioral, mental health, or substance use disorders who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless and who have contact with the criminal or juvenile justice system. The program must be targeted to communities that currently face barriers to accessing existing state and federal funding for supportive housing programs. Establishing a predevelopment grant program that provides funding to entities working to develop supportive housing interventions for individuals who have behavioral, mental health, or substance use disorders who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless and who have contact with the criminal or juvenile justice system. The grant money can be used to add new or additional staff capacity to allow the development and implementation of such programs. The division is required to prioritize applicants that will serve rural or frontier communities and to provide hands-on technical assistance to grant recipients. The division is required to consult with the office of behavioral health in the department of human services in implementing the grant. Establishing a supportive housing services and homelessness prevention grant program. Grant money can be used to cover the costs of providing supportive housing services that are currently not eligible for reimbursement through the state's medical assistance program. It can also be used to fund homelessness prevention projects for individuals who have behavioral, mental health, or substance use disorders who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless and who have contact with the criminal or juvenile justice system. The division is required to prioritize applicants that will serve rural or frontier communities and provide hands-on technical assistance to grant recipients. The division is required to consult with the office of behavioral health in implementing the grant. Developing a plan to increase participation in regional homeless data systems, support accurate data reporting, and assess housing-related needs. The division must work with regional continuums of care to evaluate how to increase participation in data systems in communities across the state, identify technical needs and associated costs for doing so, and work with the office of behavioral health and other stakeholders to integrate or develop an integrated user interface for various data systems related to housing and supportive services. It must also enhance information about best practices and training materials available to communities across the state.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
The bill authorizes the attorney general to require a cable provider and regional sports network to submit to nonbinding arbitration when negotiation for the renewal of a contract to broadcast professional sporting events continues for at least 6 weeks after the contract has expired. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
Under current law, attorneys are not subject to the reasonable fee guidelines when requesting medical records on behalf of a client. The bill includes attorneys among the individuals who can request medical records on behalf of a patient and subjects them to the same reasonable fee limitations for the costs associated with obtaining copies of medical records. The bill caps the amount that can be paid as a reasonable fee at the maximum limit allowed under the federal "Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act". (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
Currently, "United States Mountain Standard Time" (MST) is the standard time within Colorado, except during the period of daylight saving time (i.e., the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November) when time is advanced one hour. If the registered electors of the state approve the bill at the November 2022 general election, the entire state will be exempt from observing daylight saving time in the future, beginning in 2023, and MST will be the year-round standard time in the state.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
There is currently a property tax exemption for an owner-occupied residence of a qualifying senior or veteran with a disability (homestead exemption) that is equal to 50% of the first $200,000 of the actual value of the property. For property tax years commencing on or after January 1, 2023, the concurrent resolution: Increases the maximum amount of actual value of the owner-occupied residence of a qualifying senior or veteran with a disability that is exempt from property taxation from $200,000 to $300,000 for the 2023 property tax year and to $300,000 plus cumulative inflation for each property tax year thereafter; and Makes the homestead exemption portable by allowing a senior who qualifies for the exemption to move and continue to claim the exemption without meeting the 10-year ownership and occupancy requirement, so long as the senior has continuously owned residential real property since qualifying for the exemption. The concurrent resolution also makes a conforming amendment so that the change in the actual value of which 50% is exempt does not affect the general assembly's ability to raise or lower this amount. (Note: This summary applies to this concurrent resolution as introduced.)
The bill reclassifies private passenger motor vehicle insurance and homeowner's insurance as type I kinds of insurance for rate filing increases, thereby requiring insurers to file and obtain prior approval of requests for rate increases before implementing increased rates for those lines of insurance. The rate filings remain on file for 60 days and must not be approved or disapproved, and must not become effective, during the 60-day period except after a public hearing. If the commissioner of insurance fails to make a determination on the rate filing within the 60-day period, the rate filing is deemed approved as of 12:01 a.m. on the sixty-first day, unless during the 60-day period the commissioner determines that a public hearing is in the public interest.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
