Rep. Donald Valdez

House Bill 19-1279, concerning the use of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, requires manufacturers of class B firefighting foam that contains intentionally added polyfluoroalkyl substances to notify, in writing, sellers of their products about the state's new regulations of these products "no less than one year prior to the effective date of section 25-5-1303", which is impossible because the notice requirements did not exist prior to the bill's effective date on August 2, 2019. The act addresses this error by modifying the effective date of the required notice to prior to August 2, 2020. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

The state treasurer is required to execute up to $500 million of lease-purchase agreements in each of the 2020-21 and 2021-22 state fiscal years for the purpose of funding transportation projects. A statewide ballot issue will be referred to the voters at the 2020 general election as required by Senate Bill 19-263 (SB 263) and will, if approved, authorize the state to issue up to $1.837 billion of transportation revenue anticipation notes (TRANs) for the purpose of funding transportation projects. When enacting SB 263, the general assembly intended that, upon approval of the ballot issue, the TRANs authorized would replace the lease-purchase agreements as a source of funding for transportation projects. However, due to an error in the effective date clause of SB 263, if the TRANs are approved, the state treasurer will still be required to execute the lease-purchase agreements. The act corrects the error and thereby ensures that approval of the ballot issue stops the issuance of the lease-purchase agreements. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

A commercial motor vehicle fleet owner that wishes to apply for an annual fleet overweight permit has been required to apply for separate annual fleet permits for vehicles that have a quad axle grouping for divisible vehicles or loads, and vehicle combinations with a trailer that have 2 or 3 axles for divisible vehicles or loads. The act allows a fleet owner that has a fleet consisting of vehicles from both of these categories to apply for a single annual fleet overweight permit. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

Under current law, for an Amber alert, the Colorado bureau of investigation (CBI) sends notice to the federal communication's designated state emergency system broadcaster. Instead, the act requires the CBI to send the alert using technological applications that promote the largest reach of community notifications. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

The act corrects the reimbursement rate specified in law that a health insurance carrier is required to reimburse an out-of-network health care provider who provides either emergency services to a covered person or covered nonemergency services to a covered person at an in-network facility so that the law accurately states the reimbursement rate as the greater of: 110% of the carrier's median in-network rate of reimbursement; or The sixtieth percentile of the in-network rate of reimbursement for the same service in the same geographic area for the prior year based on claims from the all-payer health claims database.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

The act repeals language requiring each health facility license issued by the department of public health and environment to include the signature of the president of the state board of health, the attestation of the secretary of the state board, and the state board's seal. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

The bill prohibits each state agency or instrumentality from approving or assisting any project that diverts water from water division 3, which consists of the Rio Grande river basin, for export to another basin in Colorado or export to any portion of another state unless the state engineer determines, after due consideration of all findings provided by the Colorado water conservation board, that the project will not: Increase the costs or negatively affect operation of the federal closed basin project; Adversely affect the purposes of any national wildlife refuge or federal wildlife habitat area withdrawal located in water division 3; Adversely affect the purposes of the Great Sand Dunes national park and Great Sand Dunes national preserve; or Increase the costs or negatively affect operation of any state parks, state wildlife areas, or lands administered by the state board of land commissioners located in water division 3.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)

A pilot program (program) created in 2017 authorized third-party transportation associations or organizations approved by the chief of the Colorado state patrol to perform vehicle identification number (VIN) verification inspections for commercial vehicles. The statute authorizing the program repealed, in accordance with its provisions as enacted, effective January 1, 2020. The act recreates the program as a permanent program. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)