The department of human services licenses addiction programs that compound, administer, or dispense a controlled substance. The bill adds a fingerprint-based criminal background check for license applicants. Applicants must also submit to the department information on programs operated in other states and any regulatory action taken by another state against the applicant. The department must facilitate posting on a public website licensee locations, hours, and contact information. The department must report in writing to the general assembly by January 1, 2019, the program name, location, license type, license status, license expiration date, and contact information of all licensees. These requirements are repealed on September 1, 2019, to coincide with the scheduled sunset of the act. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)
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The bill creates a technical demonstration forum consisting of eight members to study and document how advanced technologies can improve transportation access for people with disabilities. The forum consists of the following agency officers or their designees: The executive director of the department of labor and employment, who serves as chair of the forum; The executive director of the department of health care policy and financing, who serves as vice-chair of the forum; The director of the public utilities commission; The chief information officer of the office of information technology; The executive director of the department of human services; The director of the division of veterans affairs; The superintendent of the Colorado school for the deaf and the blind; and The executive director of the department of transportation. To demonstrate the transportation access needs of people with disabilities in both urban and rural areas of the state, the forum is directed to study the transportation access needs of people with disabilities in El Paso and Teller counties and explore technological and transportation business solutions that could increase transportation access for people with disabilities in those areas. The forum may recommend that the executive director of the department of labor and employment enter into a contract with a technology developer or transportation business to conduct one or more pilot projects in El Paso County, Teller County, or both counties to demonstrate the efficacy of a certain technology or transportation business product to improve transportation access for people with disabilities. On or before December 31, 2017, the forum is required to publish a report of its research and findings, including the results of any pilot projects and any legislative recommendations developed, and to furnish copies of the report to the governor, members of the general assembly's majority and minority leadership, and the members of the joint budget committee. The forum and its responsibilities are repealed, effective July 1, 2018. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)
Supplemental appropriations are made for capital construction projects. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)
Supplemental appropriations are made to the department of personnel. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)
Supplemental appropriations are made to the department of public safety. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)
Supplemental appropriations are made to the department of revenue. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)
Supplemental appropriations are made to the department of transportation. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)
Supplemental appropriations are made to the department of state. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)
Supplemental appropriations are made to the judicial department. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)
Supplemental appropriations are made to the department of military and veterans affairs. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)