The act corrects defects in the definitions of "bulk transfer and terminal system" and "gasoline", which defects resulted from legislation enacted in 2021. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Section 1 of the act removes autocycle from the definition of motorcycle. The definition of motorcycle is changed to add that a motorcycle has handlebars to steer and a seat the rider sits astride. The definition of autocycle is also changed to classify it as a motor vehicle and to clarify that an autocycle may use handlebars to steer. In removing autocycle from the definition of motorcycle, the act makes the following clarifications and changes: Section 2 clarifies that the driver of an autocycle need not have a motorcycle endorsement regardless of the autocycle's maximum speed and that all 3-wheel motorcycle drivers need a general or limited motorcycle endorsement; Colorado law requires all motorcycle drivers to wear eye protection unless the motorcycle has 3 wheels, has a maximum speed of no more than 25 miles per hour, has a windshield, and has seatbelts. Section 3 clarifies that this exception applies to drivers of autocycles, not motorcycles, fitting that description. Colorado law requires a motorcycle driver who is under 18 years of age to wear a helmet unless the motorcycle has 3 wheels, has a maximum speed of no more than 25 miles per hour, has a windshield, and has seatbelts. Section 4 clarifies that this exception applies to autocycles, not motorcycles, fitting that description. Colorado law imposes a fee of $4 to register motorcycles for motorcycle operator safety training. Redefining autocycles as not being motorcycles in section 1 means that autocycle owners will not pay the fee. Section 5 removes the authorization for 2 autocycles to drive abreast in one lane; and Section 8 clarifies that the department of revenue will continue to issue a motorcycle license plate for an autocycle. Section 33 appropriates $15,976 from the general fund for use by the division of motor vehicles to implement the act. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act implements the recommendations of the department of regulatory agencies (department), as specified in the department's sunset review of the "Speech-language Pathology Practice Act", as follows: Continues the practice act for 11 years, until September 1, 2033; Allows the director of the division of professions and occupations in the department to extend a provisional certification beyond 24 months; and Specifies that insurance fraud and abuse are grounds for discipline.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act adds mental health professional to the list of individuals and entities that are not held liable for dispensing an opiate antagonist in accordance with the law and updates the definition of "mental health professional" by clarifying that the term includes unlicensed psychotherapists. In the legislative declaration of the mental health practice act, the act adds clinical social worker candidates and addiction counselor candidates to the list of mental health licensee candidates who are subject to disciplinary actions and injunctions by their respective regulatory boards. For the purposes of the practices acts regulating mental health providers, the act updates the definition of "registrant" to include marriage and family therapist candidates and addiction counselor candidates. The act also adds unlicensed psychotherapists to the list of mental health professionals who cannot administer or prescribe drugs or practice medicine. Current law prohibits a person who practices religious ministry from publicly claiming to be any of certain licensed, certified, or registered mental health professional unless the person possesses the proper credentials. The act adds certified addiction specialists and certified addiction technicians to the list of such mental health professionals. Obsolete language is deleted from the social worker practice act, the marriage and family therapist practice act, the licensed professional counselor practice act, and the addiction counselor practice act concerning the initial appointment of members to their respective regulatory boards. The act replaces the term "psychotherapists" with the term "mental health professionals" in the definition of "marriage and family therapy practice". (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act repeals the municipal bond supervision advisory board. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act strikes references in a common health-care provision in title 12 of the Colorado Revised Statutes to "applicable licensing board" and "board" and replaces those references with the term "regulator", which is defined, for purposes of the regulation of professions and occupations under title 12, as the entity with regulatory authority concerning a particular profession or occupation. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act makes technical changes to the "Colorado Corporations and Associations Act" and the "Colorado Business Corporation Act" as follows: Changes references to "owners' interest" to "owner's interest"; Repeals a provision exempting certain domestic entities from a provision allowing reinstatement of an entity after an administrative dissolution upon compliance with certain conditions; and Makes clarifying changes to the provision requiring notification of ratification of defective corporate actions to holders of valid and putative shares.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act excludes a special district director (director) who begins service as a director on or after July 1, 2022, from becoming eligible for membership in the public employees' retirement association (PERA) due to the director's service as a director. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The bill requires a 5-minute high-definition ultrasound video demonstration showing each stage of human development as a requirement of comprehensive human sexuality education. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)
