The act requires each student identification card issued to a public school student to contain the phone number, website, and text talk number for the 24-hour telephone crisis service center (Colorado crisis services) and Safe2Tell. If the school does not issue identification cards, the school shall request and display outreach materials from Colorado crisis services and send that information to parents and guardians at the beginning of each school year. The act requires the department of human services (department) to notify each public and private school in the state about services provided by the behavioral health crisis response system and the possibility of peer-to-peer counseling as part of the offered services. The department shall provide behavioral health crisis response system awareness and educational materials to each public and private school in the state. $267,065 is appropriated from the general fund to the department of human services for use by the behavioral health administration to implement the act. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
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The act permits a person whose driver's license has been revoked for one year or more because of a conviction for DUI, DUI per se, DWAI, or excess BAC, or for 9 months for a first offense, to immediately apply for an early license reinstatement with an interlock-restricted license. The act requires at least 90 days of continuous alcohol monitoring for a person sentenced to probation following a third or subsequent offense, or a felony offense, for DUI, DUI per se, or DWAI. The act adds an exception for any continuous alcohol monitoring if the court finds that ordering monitoring would not be in the interest of justice or if the person's residence is in an area where the person cannot reasonably acquire a monitoring device. The act requires the judicial district's probation department to pay the costs of continuous alcohol monitoring for a person who is unable to pay and clarifies that money in the offender services fund can be used to pay those costs. The bill appropriates $517,292 from the offender services fund to the judicial department and $10,294 from the general fund to the department of revenue, which includes $1,386 reappropriated funds to the office of the governor for use by the office of information technology. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act removes telepharmacies from the definition of "other outlet" under current law and removes the geographic restriction requiring that a telepharmacy outlet be located more than 20 miles from the nearest prescription drug outlet or another telepharmacy. The act requires telepharmacies to be registered as "prescription drug outlets", instead of other outlets, and to be located in an area of need. An "area of need" is any health facility licensed or certified by the department of public health and environment or any area where a demonstration of need is approved by the state board of pharmacy (board). A telepharmacy outlet must have a pharmacist manager and must be under the direct charge or control of the pharmacist manager or licensed pharmacist delegate who provides remote supervision to the telepharmacy outlet. The act authorizes the board to adopt limited rules to specify additional enumerated criteria to facilitate the operation of telepharmacy outlets, including, in part, the number of telepharmacy outlets that may be operated by a central pharmacy. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act creates the Colorado rare disease advisory council (council) in the department of public health and environment (department) to inform state agencies, the public, and the legislature about rare diseases and make recommendations concerning the needs of Coloradans living with rare diseases and their medical providers and caregivers. The council consists of 12 voting members and one nonvoting member representing the office of health equity in the department. The council's 12 voting members include, in part, a researcher, a geneticist, a physician, a professional nurse, a pharmacist, persons living with a rare disease, the parent of a child diagnosed with a rare disease, and representatives of the biotechnology or pharmaceutical industry and of a health insurer. Members of the council are appointed by the speaker and minority leader of the house of representatives and the president and minority leader of the senate. The appointing authorities shall make initial appointments to the council by October 1, 2022. The act specifies the powers of the council and the activities that the council must perform. The activities include, in part: Convening public meetings and soliciting public comment to assist with a state survey of the needs of individuals in the state living with rare diseases; Consulting with experts and developing policy recommendations to improve access to rare disease specialists, clinical trials, timely treatment, and affordable and comprehensive health care; Educating and making recommendations to state agencies and health insurers concerning issues relating to utilization management procedures for treatment of patients with rare diseases; Researching and identifying best practices regarding continuity of care for patients who transition from pediatric to adult care; and Establishing a publicly accessible web page or website to include research, diagnosis, treatment, and other educational materials for providers and patients relating to rare diseases. Unless the council determines that a facilitator is not needed, the council shall contract with a facilitator to provide assistance to the council in carrying out the council's activities. The facilitator's activities may include, in part, conducting meetings, organizing the work of the council, conducting research on issues addressed by the council, conducting public outreach and soliciting expert and public feedback, and publicizing council recommendations. The council and the facilitator may seek, accept, and expend gifts, grants, and donations for the council's activities. The general assembly may appropriate money for the council. The act includes provisions for council meetings, including the number of meetings, notice to the public, and requirements regarding open meetings and public access to council records. The council shall submit an initial report 12 months after the council is established and then report annually to the governor and the health committees of the general assembly concerning the council's activities, funding, and recommendations addressing the needs of people living with rare diseases. The council repeals September 1, 2032, unless extended through the sunset process. For the 2022-23 state fiscal year, the act appropriates $80,567 from the general fund to the department for administration and support to the council. The appropriation is based on the assumption that the department will require and additional 0.4 FTE. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act establishes a study to investigate devices that are capable of assessing cognitive and physical impairment of motorists to detect the presence of drugs other than alcohol during roadside sobriety investigations. The act requires the Colorado department of transportation (department) to issue a request for proposal for a study and report to be conducted and completed not later than June 1, 2023. The department shall submit and present a final report with the findings of the study at the joint transportation committee's "State Measurement for Accountable, Responsive, and Transparent (SMART) Government Act" hearing and to the Colorado task force on drunk and impaired driving. The act sets requirements and standards for the study. The study repeals July 1, 2024. The act appropriates $751,649 from the marijuana tax cash fund to the department for the study. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Under current law, the executive committee of the legislative council committee of the general assembly is permitted to establish policies allowing legislative committees to take remote testimony from one or more centralized remote sites around the state. The act repeals that provision and allows the executive committee of the legislative council to establish policies allowing legislative committees to take testimony from government officials and employees and the public. The act reduces general assembly general fund appropriation in the legislative appropriation act by $10,000 and appropriates $401,709 from the general fund to legislative council to implement the act. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
On September 1, 2022, the state treasurer is required transfer to the capitol complex renovation fund (fund) any amounts credited to state agency capital reserve accounts on June 30, 2022, for annual depreciation-lease equivalent payments that are funded in connection with every appropriation in the capital construction section of the annual general appropriation act. For the 2022-23 fiscal year through the 2028-29 fiscal year, the state controller is required to credit the annual depreciation-lease equivalent payments to the fund rather than to the state agency capital reserve accounts. Each state agency that terminates a lease for private space is required to calculate the annual reduction in its costs for leased space. Beginning in the 2023-24 fiscal year, the general assembly is required to annually transfer an amount equal to each state agency's annual reduction in lease costs to the capital construction fund. Such transfers continue until the state treasurer determines that the amount transferred to the capital construction fund from lease savings equals the amount transferred to the fund from the annual depreciation-lease equivalent payments. The capitol complex renovation fund is created, and the money in the fund is appropriated to the department of personnel for certain capital construction needs for existing state-owned buildings in the capitol complex. Up to $23 million of the money in the fund is set aside for use by the legislative department for improvements to legislative spaces in the capitol complex. The department of personnel is required to submit a quarterly report to the capital development committee regarding the status of the capitol complex renovations funded with money in the fund. Any unexpended and unencumbered money appropriated to a department in a specific line item for utilities in a fiscal year remains available for expenditure in the next fiscal year without further appropriation for the department to purchase utilities conservation equipment or services. $18,600,000 is transferred from the capitol complex master plan implementation fund to the fund. Two floors of the capitol building annex at 1375 Sherman street are included in the spaces over which the general assembly has control and for which the general assembly is responsible for the supervision of maintenance. For the 2022-23 state fiscal year, $26,721,314 is appropriated to the department of personnel from the fund. The department may use the appropriation for capital construction related to capitol complex renovation projects pursuant to the act. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Current law provides that, for bills introduced pursuant to the sunset review process: The speaker of the house of representatives shall assign the proposed bill to a representative for sponsorship in the house of representatives in odd-numbered years; and The president of the senate shall assign the proposed bill to a senator for sponsorship in the senate in even-numbered years. The act requires that before assigning bill sponsors, the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate must consult with their respective minority leaders and receive permission from the sponsor to be named to the sunset bill. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act amends the "Colorado Liquor Code" to eliminate the requirement that a hotel and restaurant, tavern, and lodging and entertainment licensee register a manager with the liquor enforcement division in the department of revenue. The licensees are required to notify and pay a fee to the state and local licensing authority if the licensee changes its manager. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act creates the geothermal energy grant program (grant program) in the Colorado energy office (office) within the office of the governor. The grant program offers 3 types of grants: The single-structure geothermal grant, which is awarded to applicants that are constructing new buildings and that are installing a geothermal system as the primary heating and cooling system for the building; The community district heating grant, which is awarded to support ground-source, water-source, or multisource thermal systems that serve more than one building; and The geothermal electricity generation grant, which is awarded to support the development of geothermal electricity generation and hydrogen generation produced from geothermal energy. The act sets qualifications, limits, and standards for awarding the grants. A grantee is prohibited from using the money for any purpose not specified in statute or in the grant application. Using the grant money for another purpose subjects the grantee to a civil action seeking repayment. The act creates the geothermal energy grant fund (fund).The grant money in the fund is allocated in the following percentages: Up to 40% of the total money in the fund may be awarded in grants for to support the development of geothermal electricity generation and resource development, which may include hydrogen generation produced from geothermal energy; Up to 80% of the total money in the fund may be awarded in grants for constructing new buildings using geothermal heating, and one-fourth of the money must be awarded to eligible entities from or projects in low-income, disproportionately impacted, or just transition communities; and Up to 25% of the total money in the fund may be awarded in grants to support the development of community district heating systems in new construction or to retrofit existing buildings. The money in the fund is continuously appropriated to implement the grant program. The state treasurer will transfer $12 million from the general fund to the fund. The office administers the grant program and, in doing so, must develop and apply criteria for evaluating and awarding grant applications that: Prioritize projects in low-income, disproportionately impacted, or just transition communities; and Maximize the number of additional projects that would otherwise not occur without grant money. Each grantee must submit an annual report to the office for 2 years following receipt of a grant award. By February 1, 2024, and each year thereafter through February 1, 2026, the office must submit a report to the transportation and energy committee of the senate and the energy and environment committee of the house of representatives. The report must include for the preceding calendar year: The total amount of grant money awarded; The total number of grants awarded and the amount of each grant; The total amount of grant money awarded to each grantee; The percentage of the total amount of grant money awarded for each type of grant; The total amount of matching funds that grantees provided to receive a grant; The percentage of the total amount of grant money awarded to and for projects in low-income, disproportionately impacted, or just transition communities; and To the extent available, the effects of the grants on gas use, electricity use, emissions, and energy costs.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)