The act precludes the department of labor and employment from accepting applications for, awarding, or issuing grants under the "Skilled Worker Outreach, Recruitment, and Key Training Act", also known as the "WORK Act", on or after the effective date of the act. The grant review committee is directed to submit a final report on the WORK Act grant program to the governor and specified legislative committees by August 31, 2021. The state treasurer is directed to transfer any balance in the WORK fund as of September 1, 2020, and September 1, 2021, to the general fund. The program is repealed on September 30, 2021. The act adjusts the 2020 long bill by eliminating the $3.3 million general fund appropriation for the WORK Act grant program. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
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The act repeals the pilot programs in the division of youth services that were created to aid in the establishment of a division-wide therapeutic and rehabilitative culture, including the use of trauma-responsive principles and practices. The act makes the following appropriations: The general fund appropriations made in the annual general appropriation act for the 2020-21 state fiscal year to the department of human services for use by the division of youth services are adjusted as follows: The appropriation for personal services related to institutional programs is decreased by $406,545, and the related FTE is decreased by 4.0 FTE; and The appropriation for operating expenses related to institutional programs is decreased by $204,309.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act repeals the Colorado advisory council for persons with disabilities and the disabled parking education program. The general fund appropriation made in the annual general appropriation act for the 2020-21 state fiscal year to the department of human services for use by the special purpose division for the Colorado advisory council for persons with disabilities is decreased by $238,497 and the related FTE is decreased by 1.0 FTE. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act suspends for 3 years transfers to the child welfare prevention and intervention services cash fund of unspent general fund appropriations to the child welfare services line item. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act repeals several statutory provisions that allow for unexpended money in programs operated by the department of human services (department) to remain in the program fund rather than reverting to the general fund. The act repeals other statutory provisions that require the general assembly to appropriate money to a department program. The affected programs and funds include the: Aid to the needy disabled program; Child support collection fund; Child care services and substance use disorder treatment pilot program; and High-risk families cash fund. The act makes the following appropriations: (1) Appropriations made in the annual general appropriation act for the 2020-21 state fiscal year to the department of human services for use by adult assistance programs are adjusted as follows: (a) The general fund appropriation for administration is decreased by $165,149, and the related FTE is decreased by 0.1 FTE; and (b) The general fund appropriation for the disability benefits application assistance program is decreased by $3,589,850. (2) The general fund appropriation made in the annual general appropriation act for the 2020-21 state fiscal year to the department of human services for use by the office of early childhood for the child care services and substance use disorder treatment pilot program is decreased by $500,000 and the related FTE is decreased by 0.6 FTE. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act repeals the requirement that amounts appropriated to the division of criminal justice in the department of public safety for the law enforcement assistance grant program that are unexpended and unencumbered remain available for expenditure by the division in the next fiscal year without further appropriation. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Under current law, a child is neglected or dependent if the child's environment is injurious to the child's welfare. The bill clarifies that the child's environment is injurious to the child's welfare because the child's parent has placed the child in or failed to remove the child from a situation that a reasonable person would realize requires judgment or actions beyond the child's level of maturity, physical condition, or mental ability and that results in bodily injury or a substantial risk of immediate and grave harm as a result of a blatant disregard of parent or caretaker responsibilities. A child is not neglected or dependent if a child who is of sufficient maturity, physical condition, and mental ability is left by the child's parent, guardian, or legal custodian, under conditions that are reasonably deemed safe and secure sufficient to avoid substantial risk of physical harm, to engage in independent activities specified in the bill. The bill amends the criminal code to reflect that a person does not commit child abuse if the person is exercising reasonable judgment in allowing a child to engage in independent activities as described in language added to the dependency or neglect statute in the bill. The bill amends the definition of neglect in the children's code to state that a child is not neglected when allowed to participate in independent activities specified in the bill that a reasonable and prudent parent would consider safe given the child's maturity, condition, and abilities. (Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.) (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)
Current law allows for the reinstatement of parental rights that were terminated if certain conditions are met and the child has not been adopted. The act expands that to allow for reinstatement of parental rights in cases where a parent voluntarily relinquished parental rights and the same conditions are met. The act clarifies the court procedures to be followed if a respondent parent with a pending dependency and neglect case seeks to voluntarily relinquish parental rights. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Current law allows a sanitation district, a water and sanitation district, or a metropolitan district with a population of 2,500 or less that is located in a county with a population of 25,000 or less to provide for the collection and transportation of solid waste. The act removes the population restriction, allowing a sanitation district, water and sanitation district, or metropolitan district to provide for the collection and transportation of solid waste regardless of the population in the district or the county. The act specifies that the district may provide the waste services itself or by contracting with a third-party service provider through a public bidding process. The district is prohibited from providing waste services within a municipality or county without the consent of the municipality or county. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act requires the state treasurer to transfer $7,466,648 from the general fund to the information technology capital account within the capital construction fund on April 1, 2020. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)