The act authorizes a state payment to qualified hospice providers, as defined in the act, that provide hospice services in a licensed hospice facility to persons enrolled in the medical assistance program who are eligible for care in a nursing facility but who are unable to secure a bed in a nursing facility due to the presence of COVID-19 in the state or for other reasons described in the act. The eligible patient, as defined in the act, must have a hospice diagnosis.To receive a payment, the qualified hospice provider must provide residential services to an eligible patient during the fourth quarter of the 2020-21 fiscal year or during the 2021-22 fiscal year. The state payment to a qualified hospice provider is limited to not more than 28 days for each eligible patient. The state payment is an amount equal to one-half of the statewide average per diem rate for nursing facilities.The department of health care policy and financing shall administer the state payment and shall seek input from qualified hospice providers concerning the administration of the payment and the allocation of available appropriations.For the 2020-21state fiscal year, the act appropriates $684,000 of general fund to the department of health care policy and financing to implement the act. Unexpended money is further appropriated for the 2021-22 state fiscal year for the same purpose.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
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All money in the Colorado avalanche information center fund (CAIC fund) has been subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly to the department of natural resources (DNR) for the direct and indirect costs associated with the Colorado avalanche information center (CAIC). Pursuant to an intergovernmental agreement between the DNR and the Colorado department of transportation (CDOT), state highway fund money that is continuously appropriated to CDOT is credited to the CAIC fund to provide funding to the CAIC for work associated with the highway avalanche safety program that reduces avalanche risk on state highways. Beginning with state fiscal year 2021-22, the act continuously appropriates to the DNR for CAIC's costs associated with the highway avalanche safety program all money that is credited to the CAIC fund from the state highway fund and all interest or income derived from the deposit and investment of that money.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The economic gardening pilot project, which was administered by the office of economic development and international trade, was created in 2013 and repealed on July 1, 2017. At the time of the repeal, there was money remaining in the related economic gardening pilot project fund. Additionally, the public school energy efficiency fund was created in 2007 and repealed on July 1, 2017. At the time of the repeal, there was money remaining in the fund.On July 1, 2021, the act requires the state treasurer to transfer to the general fund the money from the repealed cash funds and any related interest and income.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Under current law, revenue from an assessment on employers' unemployment insurance premiums, not to exceed $10 million per year and not to exceed cumulative revenue of $100 million, is allocated to the employment and training technology fund (technology fund) in the division of unemployment insurance (division) in the department of labor and employment to fund employment and training automation initiatives established by the director of the division. Any amount of revenues from the assessment that exceeds the $10 million annual cap or the $100 million cumulative revenue cap is allocated to the unemployment compensation fund. Additionally, if the balance in the unemployment compensation fund falls below $100 million, the balance in the technology fund is allocated to the unemployment compensation fund.The act:Eliminates the allocation of the technology fund balance to the unemployment compensation fund when the unemployment compensation fund balance falls below $100 million; Eliminates the $10 million cap on annual allocations to the technology fund and adds a new $7 million annual cap starting July 1, 2023; Adds a cap of $31 million on cumulative revenue to the technology fund until June 30, 2023; Transfers any amounts credited to and remaining in the technology fund between July 1, 2020, and the effective date of the act to the unemployment compensation fund; and Repeals the assessment for the technology fund on June 30, 2031.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act requires the owner or operator of a carpooling service internet application (internet application) to register annually with the department of transportation. Owners or operators are also required to disclose to users of the internet application that carpooling service companies are not regulated by the state; that the state does not conduct medical examinations, vehicle inspections, or insurance verification in relation to the provision of carpooling service; and that background checks on drivers might not be conducted. The act also requires that the amount that can be charged to a user through the internet application be reasonably calculated to cover the direct and indirect costs of providing carpooling service and limits the number of passengers that a driver providing carpooling service through the internet application may transport at any one time.The act also limits each driver providing carpooling service to one trip per day and defines "carpooling service" as a trip that is at least 23 miles between pick-up and drop-off points or a trip to or from a ski area, regardless of distance.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The 2020 general appropriation act is amended to balance and make adjustments to the total amount appropriated to the department of corrections. The general fund portion of the appropriation is increased and the cash funds, reapproprated funds and federal funds portions are decreased.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act directs the state treasurer to transfer $30,800,000 from the general fund to the Colorado firefighting air corps fund to support the following purposes:The purchase by the division of fire prevention and control (division) in the department of public safety of a fire hawk helicopter (helicopter) configured for wildfire mitigation; and The leasing by the division of a type 1 helicopter or other available and appropriate aviation resource configured for wildfire mitigation in advance of the 2021 wildfire season and for the operational costs associated with the leased and purchased aviation resources. In addition to any other purpose for the use of money in the wildfire emergency preparedness fund (WEPF), the act permits the division of fire prevention and control in the department of public safety to use money in the WEPF to provide wildfire suppression assistance to county sheriffs, municipal fire departments, or fire protection districts throughout the state at no cost to such entities pursuant to annual guidelines published by the division in the wildfire preparedness plan.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The 2020 general appropriation act is amended to balance and make adjustments to the total amount appropriated to the department of public safety. The general fund, cash funds, and reappropriated funds portions of the appropriation are increased.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The 2020 general appropriation act is amended to balance and make adjustments to the total amount appropriated to the judicial department. The general fund and cash funds portions of the appropriation are decreased.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The 2020 general appropriation act is amended to balance and make adjustments to the total amount appropriated to the department of health care policy and financing. The general fund and cash funds portions of the appropriation is decreased and the reapproprated funds and federal funds portions are increased.The 2019 general appropriation act is amended to balance and make adjustments to the total amount appropriated to the department of health care policy and financing. A footnote is amended to extend the time money is to remain available for the single tool assessment project.Restrictions on funds for the department in the 2019-20 fiscal year for the payment of overexpenditures of line item appropriations are released in accordance with section 24-75-109 (4)(a).(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)