Sen. Larry Crowder

Foster care - bill of rights for sibling youth in foster care. The act establishes certain rights for sibling youth in foster care, unless the rights are not in the best interests of either sibling, regardless of whether the parental rights of one or more of the foster youth's parents have been terminated.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More

Colorado brain injury program - Colorado brain injury trust fund - board - appropriation. The act makes revisions to the Colorado traumatic brain injury program (program) and the program board, including: Renaming the program, the trust fund board, and the trust fund to remove "traumatic" from the titles and making conforming amendments in other statutes to reflect the new names; Defining "brain injury" to replace the definition of "traumatic brain injury"; Requiring the trust fund board to include members who have experienced a brain injury, family members of persons who have experienced a brain injury, and those with specific personal or professional experience with brain injuries; Removing obsolete dates relating to trust fund board appointments; Removing the specific statutory listing of potential services under the program and clarifying that all persons served by the program receive service coordination and skills training and may receive other services as determined by the trust fund board; Allowing the trust fund board to prioritize services and eligibility for services while ensuring fidelity to the program's original intent to serve individuals with brain injuries; Removing a restriction on the use of general fund money for the program trust fund; Removing general provisions relating to the administration of the program; and Removing the fee collected by municipalities for speeding traffic offenses and increasing fees currently collected for other offenses for the benefit of the trust fund. For the 2019-20 state fiscal year, the act appropriates $450,000 from the general fund to the Colorado brain injury trust fund and reappropriates money from the trust fund for use in the Colorado brain injury program. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More

Colorado student leaders institute - extension - appropriation. The act extends the Colorado student leaders institute to June 30, 2024. For the 2019-20 state fiscal year, $218,825 is appropriated from the general fund to the department of higher education for the implementation of the act. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More

Current law requires counties to give an indigent deceased person final disposition. The county may be reimbursed for this cost so long as the cost does not exceed $2,500, but if the cost exceeds $2,500, the county is not reimbursed. The bill: Raises this amount to $3,000; and Allows the county to be reimbursed, up to $3,000, when the cost exceeds $3,000.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) Read More

Republican river water conservation district - expansion of boundaries - board of directors - composition and meeting schedule. The boundaries of the Republican river water conservation district are currently established by statute as certain counties and portions of counties that are within the Republican river basin. The act expands the boundaries by including the district areas where groundwater pumping depletes the flow of the Republican river as contemplated by applicable United States supreme court case law. The composition of the district's board of directors is adjusted accordingly. Current law requires the Republican river water conservation district board of directors to conduct regular quarterly meetings in January, April, July, and October. The act changes these months to February, May, August, and November. The act requires that each director of the board of directors, at the time of the director's appointment, must be a resident of Colorado; a resident of a county that is, in whole or in part, within the boundaries of the district; and an owner of real property that is within the boundaries of the district from which the director is appointed, as well as within the county or ground water management district from which the director is appointed. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More

Current law requires a county to bury an unclaimed dead body after following certain procedures. The bill authorizes the county to also cremate the body or use any lawful method of final disposition. The bill also harmonizes conflicts in existing law to the standards required by the final disposition statute. Current law gives a coroner or other governmental official who has control over an unclaimed dead body between 24 and 48 hours to find any relatives or friends of the deceased. The bill extends this deadline to 5 days. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) Read More

Income tax- military service - reacquisition of residency. Under current law, an individual in active duty military service whose home of record is Colorado and whose state of residence is a state other than Colorado is allowed to reacquire residency in Colorado and not pay Colorado state income tax on his or her military income. The act creates a presumption that the individual acquired residence in a state other than Colorado if the individual was stationed in another state and provides certain documentation to demonstrate that the other state was the individual's residence. If an individual is presumed to have acquired a state of residence other than Colorado, the presumption may only be overcome with a preponderance of specific evidence that clearly establishes that the individual did not intend to change his or her residence to a state other than Colorado. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.) Read More

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The bill requires Colorado's program of medical assistance to pay rural critical access hospitals and sole community hospitals for outpatient hospital services pursuant to a cost-based reimbursement methodology using 100% of actual cost. Prior to implementing the cost-based reimbursement methodology for outpatient hospital services, the department of health care policy and financing (state department) shall convene a stakeholder group consisting of representatives of the affected hospitals and other persons or entities to consult with the state department on the elements of the cost-based reimbursement methodology and its implementation. The bill makes a conforming amendment. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.) Read More