Rep. Stephanie Luck

The bill specifies that: A physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice registered nurse with prescriptive authority may prescribe and dispense, and a pharmacist may dispense, therapeutic drugs for off-label use, including hydroxychloroquine sulfate and ivermectin, to provide prophylaxis or outpatient (at-home) and inpatient (hospital) treatment to an individual with COVID-19; and This practice is not unprofessional conduct or otherwise grounds for discipline.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)

The bill requires a federal government employee who is not designated as a peace officer in Colorado to receive permission from the sheriff, or the sheriff's designee, before executing an arrest or search warrant within the sheriff's jurisdiction, with exceptions. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)

The bill requires health-care providers that perform induced terminations of pregnancies to report specified information concerning the women who obtain the procedure to the state registrar of vital statistics in the department of public health and environment in an electronic format as prescribed by the state registrar. The reported information must not include information that could identify the women who obtained induced terminations of pregnancies. The bill requires the state registrar to annually create a summary report of the information reported by health-care providers and to make the report available to the public. The bill places limitations on how and to whom the state registrar may release the information reported to the state registrar. A physician or physician assistant who falsifies or fails to submit the required information engages in unprofessional conduct pursuant to the "Colorado Medical Practice Act". An advanced practice registered nurse who falsifies or fails to submit the required information is subject to discipline pursuant to the "Nurse and Nurse Aide Practice Act". (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)

The bill requires the office of legislative legal services (office) to publish drafts on the general assembly's website (website) of any bills that may be introduced as one of a legislator's 5 bills by right (covered bills). Specifically, the bill establishes the following requirements for the office: 40 days prior to the 1st day of a regular legislative session, the office is required to publish the current draft of a returning member's covered bill; 30 days prior to the 1st day of a regular legislative session, the office is required to publish the subject of a new member's request for a covered bill; 10 days prior to the 1st day of a regular legislative session, the office is required to publish the current draft of a new member's covered bill; If there is no draft as of the deadline, the office is required to publish the subject of the request for the covered bill and then publish the draft as soon as it has been completed; A redraft of the covered bill is required to be published; and The office is required to publish a notice of any covered bill that is withdrawn after the bill subject or draft has been published on the website. To accommodate the deadlines for publishing the bill drafts and subjects on the website, the bill establishes the following bill request deadlines for covered bills: 70 days prior to the 1st day of a regular legislative session for a returning member; and 33 days prior to the 1st day of a regular legislative session for a new member.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)

The act creates concurrent legislative jurisdiction between the state of Colorado and the United States over specified real property constituting the United States Army Pueblo chemical depot.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

The bill specifies that: A physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice registered nurse with prescriptive authority may prescribe and dispense, and a pharmacist may dispense, therapeutic drugs for off-label use, including hydroxychloroquine sulfate and ivermectin, to provide prophylaxis or outpatient (at-home) and inpatient (hospital) treatment to an individual with COVID-19; and This practice is not unprofessional conduct or otherwise grounds for discipline.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)

The bill provides that only an elector who has provided proof of citizenship can vote in an election. Registered electors who have presented a county clerk and recorder with proof of citizenship receive regular mail ballots. All other registered electors receive provisional mail ballots. Electors who receive provisional mail ballots must present those ballots at the county clerk and recorder's office and must provide proof of citizenship at the county clerk and recorder's office. The bill also ensures that only voters who have provided proof of citizenship can cast a regular in-person ballot. Finally, the bill requires the computerized statewide voter registration list maintained by the secretary of state to note whether an elector has shown proof of citizenship. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)