The act extends the date by which the department of health care policy and financing shall administer the reproductive health-care program from January 1, 2022, to July 1, 2022. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Under current law, money in the ARPA account in the healthcare affordability and sustainability fee cash fund as a result of fund savings and federal matching dollars must be used in accordance with the federal "American Rescue Plan Act of 2021" (ARPA) to implement or supplement the implementation of home- and community-based services. The act authorizes money in the ARPA account to be used for a purpose that is ineligible for a federal match but otherwise authorized pursuant to the ARPA if the general assembly appropriates the money for that purpose. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act makes an appropriation and requires the department of health care policy and financing to distribute the money appropriated for supplemental, state-only payments to urban Indian organizations to address health-care disparities among the urban Indian community. For the 2021-22 state fiscal year, the act appropriates $70,825 from the general fund to the department of health care policy and financing for use for other medical services for state-only payments to urban Indian organizations. For the 2022-23 state fiscal year, the act appropriates $48,025 from the general fund to the department of health care policy and financing for use for other medical services for state-only payments to urban Indian organizations. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Current law requires the state department of health care policy and financing to obtain a vendor to provide a comprehensive care coordination and treatment training model (model) for persons who work with persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities and co-occurring behavioral health needs by January 1, 2022. The act removes that deadline. Current law requires case-management agencies, mental health centers, and other program-approved service agencies in the state to nominate providers to participate in the model training designed and provided by the selected vendor no later than March 1, 2022. The act removes that deadline and requires that providers be nominated to participate in the model training no later than 60 days after a vendor is obtained to provide the model training. Current law requires providers participating in the model training to complete the training no later than March 30, 2023. The act removes that deadline and requires that the model training be completed no later than one calendar year after a provider is nominated to participate in the model training. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act directs the state treasurer to transfer $2 million from the coal transition workforce assistance program account (account) to the just transition cash fund (fund) on March 7, 2022, and directs the general assembly to appropriate $150,000 from the fund to the department of higher education for allocation to the Colorado school of mines to expand the Carbon Ore, Rare Earth, and Critical Minerals Initiative for U.S. Basins (CORE-CM initiative) in the Greater Green river and Wind river basins. Additionally, the act modifies the account as follows: Removes the requirement that the department of labor and employment (department) expend specified percentages of money in the account by specified fiscal years; and Removes the prioritization of account expenditures first for programs that directly support coal transition workers, thereby allowing the department to also expend money in the account for programs that support coal transition workers' family members and other household members. The act also: Repeals the $7,000,000 appropriation from the account to the department, made pursuant to House Bill 21-1290, concerning funding to provide just transition for coal transition workers and coal transition communities, for the 2020-21 state fiscal year; Appropriates from the account to the department, for the coal transition workforce assistance program, $500,000 for the 2021-22 state fiscal year and $2 million for the 2022-23 state fiscal year; Appropriates from the fund to the department, for authorized investments in just transition programs for communities, $1,295,000 for the 2021-22 state fiscal year and $555,000 for the 2022-23 state fiscal year; and Appropriates $150,000 to the department of higher education for allocation to the Colorado school of mines to expand the CORE-CM initiative.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The 2021 general appropriations act is amended to balance and make adjustments to the total amount appropriated to the offices of the governor, lieutenant governor, and state planning and budgeting. The general fund portion of the appropriation is increased. Amends House Bill 21-1289, concerning broadband deployment, to extend the time in which money remains available for specific purposes. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The 2021 general appropriations act is amended to balance and make adjustments to the total amount appropriated to the department of education. The general fund portion of the appropriation is increased. Amends Senate Bill 21-268, concerning the financing of public schools, to extend the time in which money remains available for specific purposes. Amends Senate Bill 21-274, concerning a sustainable model that is not embedded in the child welfare system for serving facility students, to further appropriate unexpended money. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The 2021 general appropriations act is amended to balance and make adjustments to the total amount appropriated to the department of the treasury. The general fund and cash funds portions of the appropriation are increased. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The 2021 general appropriations act is amended to balance and make adjustments to the total amount appropriated to the department of natural resources. The cash funds portion of the appropriation is increased. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The 2021 general appropriations act is amended to balance and make adjustments to the total amount appropriated to the department of public safety. The general fund and cash funds portions of the appropriation are increased. Amends Senate Bill 21-292, concerning the allocation of fifteen million dollars from the economic relief and recovery cash fund under the federal "American Rescue Plan Act of 2021" for purpose of funding victim's services programs to assist persons disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 public health emergency, to further appropriate the unexpended amount through the 2022-23 fiscal year. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
