The bill gives the state licensing authority rule-making authority to address conditions under which a medical or retail marijuana licensee is authorized to transfer marijuana fibrous waste to a person for the purpose of producing only industrial fiber products. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) , Read More
Colorado Commission on Uniform State Laws. Under current law, the administration of trusts is generally governed by certain provisions within the probate code. The bill repeals many of these provisions and creates a new Colorado uniform trust code (code) outside the probate code to address trust administration. The new code includes provisions concerning: Judicial proceedings; Representation; Creation, validity, modification, and termination of trusts; Duties and powers of trustees; and Liabilities of trustees and rights of persons dealing with trustees. The bill also makes conforming amendments. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) , Read More
Sunset Process - House Health, Insurance, and Environment Committee. Sections 1 and 2 of the bill continue the regulation of people who modify the weather until 2033. Section 3 repeals a provision that prohibits weather modification that benefits another state if the other state prohibits weather modification that benefits Colorado.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) , Read More
The bill establishes that leases of public lands by the state board of land commissioners (board) may be assigned by the lessee upon notice to the board and that the board cannot deny an assignment. The board may charge a fee, but the fee must approximate the board's costs in processing the assignment and cannot be used to generate revenue. If the assignment is part of a transaction involving the transfer of other lands or interests, the board does not have authority to examine documents other than those specifically related to the assignment of the lease. In addition, the bill eliminates the requirement that an applicant for a lease give evidence of his or her responsibility to fulfill the terms of the lease. The board is also prohibited from requiring lessees or applicants for leases to report yields, production, income, expenses, or other specific data related to the use of leased or private lands. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) , Read More
Current law authorizes the department of revenue (department) to register motor vehicles biennially. The bill requires the department to promulgate rules offering motor vehicle owners the option to register motor vehicles biennially. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) , Read More
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Section 2 of the bill requires an off-campus location of a hospital to apply for, obtain, and use on claims for reimbursement for health care services provided at the off-campus location a unique national provider identifier, commonly referred to as 'NPI'. The off-campus location's NPI must be used on all claims related to health care services provided at that location, regardless of whether the claim is filed through the hospital's central billing or claims department or through a health care clearinghouse. Section 3 requires all medicaid providers that are entities to obtain and use a unique NPI for each site at which they deliver services and for each provider type that the department of health care policy and financing has specified. Entity medicaid providers must use on all claims the unique NPI that identifies both the site where the services were provided and the provider type rendering the services, regardless of whether the claim is filed through the entity's central billing or claims department or through a health care clearinghouse.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) , Read More
The bill creates a new public school funding distribution formula to replace the existing formula (1994 formula). The new distribution formula is effective for the second budget year following voter approval of a ballot measure that increases state revenue for funding preschool through high school public education, which is not included in the bill. The new public school funding distribution formula: Calculates a school district's (district's) total program funding by starting with statewide base per pupil funding and adding additional funding for student and district characteristics in the form of district factor funding as follows: Size factor funding; Poverty factor funding for students eligible for free or reduced-price meals; English language learner factor funding, adjusted for district size; Gifted child factor funding, adjusted for district size; Special education factor funding, adjusted for disability and district size; and Cost of living factor funding, limited to a percentage of statewide cost of living factor funding. In calculating district total program funding, the new formula: Counts kindergarten students as half-day or full-day pupils depending on the length of the kindergarten program; Counts preschool students as half-day pupils, anticipating conforming changes to the Colorado preschool program, following enactment of the bill, to remove limits on the number of 4- and 5-year-old pupils attending state-funded preschool and the pupil eligibility criteria for 4- and 5-year-old pupils; Differentiates between pupils with specified disabilities for purposes of determining the new special education factor funding, anticipating conforming changes to categorical funding programs, following enactment of the bill, to use special education categorical funding only for high-cost disability reimbursement grants; and Applies English language learner factor funding for up to 7 years to all English language learners, except for those students with no English proficiency, anticipating conforming changes to categorical funding programs, following enactment of the bill, to use categorical funding only for students with no English proficiency. The bill creates a hold-harmless provision if a district's total program funding under the new public school funding distribution formula is less than it was under the 1994 formula without the budget stabilization reduction in funding. The bill takes effect only if voters approve a ballot measure no later than the 2022 statewide general election that increases funding for preschool through high school public education. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) , Read More
The bill establishes that family protection safeguards for a parent or prospective parent with a disability are critical to family preservation and the best interests of the children of Colorado. These safeguards include: That a parent's disability must not serve as a basis for denial or restriction of parenting time or parental responsibilities in a domestic law proceeding pursuant to title 14, without a clear nexus to the parent's ability to meet the needs of the child; in a minor guardianship proceeding pursuant to title 15, without a clear nexus to the parent's ability to meet the needs of the child; or a dependency and neglect proceeding pursuant to title 19, except when it impact the health or welfare of the child; That a parent's disability must not serve as a basis for denial of participation in a public or private adoption, or for denial of foster care or guardianship, when it is otherwise determined to be in the best interest of the child; and That the benefits of providing supportive parenting services must be considered by a court when determining parental responsibilities, parenting time, adoption placements, foster care, and guardianship, and the court may require that such supportive parenting services be provided or implemented, given the resources of the family.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) , Read More
The bill requires podiatrists, physicians, physician assistants, advanced practice nurses, and optometrists, starting July 1, 2021, and dentists and practitioners serving rural communities or in a solo practice, starting July 1, 2022, to prescribe schedule II, III, or IV controlled substances only via a prescription that is electronically transmitted to a pharmacy unless a specified exception applies. Prescribers are required to indicate on license renewal questionnaires whether they have complied with the electronic prescribing requirement. Pharmacists need not verify the applicability of an exception to electronic prescribing when they receive an order for a controlled substance in writing, orally, or via facsimile transmission and may fill the order if otherwise valid under the law. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) , Read More
The bill requires a provider of commercial mobile radio service in Colorado to make network-level distraction control technology available to the provider's customers so that, at the customer's request, the provider can limit distracting content on an authorized user's mobile electronic device from the network level while the authorized user is driving. The bill specifies that the public utilities commission does not have the authority to regulate, enforce, or promulgate rules regarding the bill. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) , Read More
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