The act directs the state department of health care policy and financing (department) 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. The selected vendor must be able to provide the model using teleconferencing formats to better reach rural areas of the state. Case management agencies, mental health centers, and program-approved service agencies shall nominate up to 20 providers to receive the training. The department may select an additional 10 providers from underserved areas of the state to receive the training.For the 2021-22 state fiscal year, $67,680 is appropriated to the department of health care policy and financing for use by the executive director's office. This appropriation is from the general fund. The office may use this appropriation for general professional services and special projects to implement the provisions of the bill.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
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The act allows the forest service to issue forest restoration and wildfire risk mitigation grants for projects on federal lands, so long as the project maintains continuity across a landscape including federal lands and the area of federal lands does not exceed the combined area of the nonfederal lands involved in the project.The act increases the amount that the forest service may use for the direct and indirect costs in administering the forest restoration and wildfire risk mitigation grant program from 3% to 7% of any amounts appropriated in any fiscal year.The act allows for the technical advisory panel that evaluates the proposals for forest restoration and wildfire risk mitigation grants to scale up and down in size.The act expands the allowable uses of the forest restoration and wildfire risk mitigation grant program by allowing the grant program to fund capacity-building efforts to provide local governments, community groups, and collaborative forestry groups with the resources and staffing necessary to plan and implement forest restoration and wildfire risk mitigation projects, including community and partner outreach and engagement, identifying priority project areas, prescription planning, and acquiring community equipment for use by landowners.The act allows for the forest service to hire nontemporary additional field capacity to support the implementation and monitoring of fuels mitigation grant awards and wildfire risk mitigation program grant awards and to hire full-time, nontemporary staff for developing, revising, and implementing community wildfire protection plans and collaborative landscape level prioritization plans; developing and implementing risk mitigation and watershed restoration plans; strengthening the responsible use of prescribed fire; and supporting economically beneficial uses of woody biomass.The act also creates 2 funds. First, the act creates the wildfire mitigation capacity development fund. Money from the wildfire mitigation capacity development fund is continuously appropriated to the department of natural resources to support a number of wildfire related areas administered by the department. Second, the act creates the hazard mitigation fund to assist local jurisdictions in obtaining the matching funds required for certain federal hazard mitigation grants.Finally, the act requires the following immediate transfers:$5 million from the general fund to the healthy forests and vibrant communities fund; $2.5 million from the general fund to the wildfire risk mitigation revolving fund for loans issued by the wildfire risk mitigation loan program; $17.5 million from the general fund to the wildfire mitigation capacity development fund; $3 million from the wildfire preparedness fund to the hazard mitigation fund; and $600,000 from the wildfire preparedness fund and $1.2 million from the Colorado firefighting air corps fund to the wildfire emergency response fund for both the 2020-2021 fiscal year and the 2021-2022 fiscal year.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Colorado law requires a driver or operator of certain types of motor vehicles or equipment to, in certain circumstances, stop at a railroad crossing at a safe place, look for trains at the crossing, proceed safely through the crossing, not block the train's crossing, and obey signals. The act amends these safety provisions to apply to, in addition to trains, any equipment that operates on railroad tracks.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act continues the forest health advisory council for 5 years, until 2026.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act requires each animal shelter and pet animal rescue to:Provide each dog and cat held in its custody with timely veterinary care to address and prevent unnecessary or unjustifiable pain and suffering; and Address the behavioral needs of each dog and cat held in its custody to ensure that the dog or cat is not housed or kept in a manner that fosters stereotypic or self-mutilating behavior. The act also makes it unlawful for a person to import or cause to be imported any dog or cat for the purpose of sale by a pet animal facility, unless the dog or cat has a certificate of veterinary health and, if the dog or cat is over 6 months old, proof of a rabies vaccination.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
An individual or entity must generally notify the statewide notification association of all owners and operators of underground facilities of its intent to engage in excavation so that any underground facilities that the excavation might affect, such as water and sewer pipes, gas lines, and electric or cable lines, can be located and marked before excavation begins. Underground facilities are often located beneath the right-of-way of county gravel and dirt roads, normally at a depth of at least 18 inches below the road surface. Counties maintain the profile and surface condition of county roads and such county road rights-of-way by engaging in routine and emergency maintenance activities that do not disturb more than 6 inches in depth. Before the passage of the act, these maintenance activities triggered the excavation notification requirement, and the related requirement that the location of underground facilities be marked, even though they occur above the levels where underground facilities are located. The act specifies that excavation that is routine or emergency maintenance of the right-of-way of a county-maintained gravel or dirt road and is performed by county employees does not require notification of the notification association or location marking unless the excavation will:Lower the existing grade or elevation of the road or any adjacent shoulder or the designed and constructed elevation of any adjacent ditch flowline; or Disturb more than 6 inches in depth as it is conducted.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act creates the "Traveling Animal Protection Act" (Act), which prohibits a person from causing the performance of specified animals, such as whales, dolphins, wild cats, marsupials, nonhuman primates, rhinoceroses, seals, elephants, large birds, penguins, and bears, in a traveling animal act. The Act exempts the use of livestock and alternative livestock.The Act also exempts the use of the specified animals by or at:Wildlife sanctuaries; Nonmobile, permanent institutions, facilities, zoos, and aquariums; Environmental education programs; Universities, colleges, laboratories, and other research facilities conducting research; Film and television productions; Rodeos; and County fairs. A person who violates the act commits a misdemeanor and is subject to a fine ranging from $250 to $1,000 per violation.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act makes the following modifications to the regulations of factory-built structures, manufactured housing, and installers and sellers of manufactured housing:Clarifies that the division of housing (division) has enforcement powers over the installation and sale of manufactured homes and over the safety of hotels and multi-family structures where no other construction standards exist; Clarifies that a manufacturer who violates applicable law is subject to registration revocation or any other measures prescribed by the division or applicable law; Clarifies that a local government may enforce local rules governing the installation of factory-built housing that are approved by the division of housing; Clarifies that authority granted to the division is over work related to factory-built structures that is completed offsite or completed onsite with components shipped with the factory-built structure; Clarifies that a local government's authority is over work completed onsite and is not over work performed offsite or work that is completed onsite using components shipped with the factory-built structure; Allows the division to authorize a local government to inspect and charge fees related to work that is completed onsite using components shipped with a factory-built structure; Clarifies that a factory-built structure bearing an insignia of approval issued by the division complies with applicable state codes and local government installation requirements approved by the division; Clarifies that an insignia of approval affixed to the factory-built structure does not expire unless the design and construction of the factory-built structure has been modified by approved plans; Clarifies that a homeowner who installs a manufactured home for their own personal use is not required to register with the division; Allows the division to set the surety bond, insurance, and educational requirements for a registered installer of a manufactured home by rule-making; Creates disclosure requirements relating to financial instruments and legal actions for installation contracts; Requires installers to contact the division if the installer is not able to strictly comply with the manufacturer's instructions; Clarifies that a manufacturer must receive an installation authorization unless the installation is occurring in a jurisdiction where a local government is acting as an independent contractor; Clarifies that an installation insignia must be affixed to the manufactured home by the division or the local government independent contractor upon the completion of the installation; Clarifies what costs the installer may be required to pay if a manufactured home was not completely installed; Requires an insurer or financial institution to pay the division the amount of a claim against the letter of credit, certificate of deposit, or surety bond filed with the division by a registered installer if there has been a finding that the installer failed to perform as required by applicable law; Clarifies that a local government may only enact installation rules related to geographic or climatic conditions and any such rules cannot federal law; Allows a local government to require onsite mitigation addressing public safety requirements applicable to manufactured homes that comply with the federal manufactured home construction and safety standard; Clarifies that a person who is employed by a registered seller to negotiate for the sale of manufactured homes is not considered a seller for purposes of the applicable registration requirements; Allows the division to set escrow requirements and the minimum amount of a financial instrument filed by a registered seller of a manufactured home through rule-making; Removes the requirement that the division send the attorney general a monthly list of all persons registered and bonded with the division; Removes the restriction that any financial instrument filed with the division is only revocable upon the written consent of the attorney general; Clarifies the disclosures that are required to be made in contracts for the sale of manufactured homes; Clarifies that any fines paid to the division by a seller must be credited by the state treasurer to the building regulation fund; Clarifies the types of homes that may not be excluded by counties and municipalities; and Clarifies that a county or municipality must comply with the state requirements for local installation standards when enacting building code provisions for a manufactured home.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
The act creates the "Colorado Surrogacy Agreement Act" (act). The act:Establishes eligibility requirements for entering into surrogacy agreements (agreements) and required elements of agreements; Contains provisions governing the termination of agreements and the effect of a death or a change in marital status of any of the parties to such agreements; Authorizes court orders recognizing and enforcing agreements; Specifies the duties of persons under agreements; Authorizes court orders determining parentage; and Creates new definitions for agreements.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Current law states that a common paymaster is not a single employing unit for purposes of considering the services performed by another employing unit subject to a single or common payroll. The act creates an exception for an employee leasing company or other employing entity that is owned by one or more persons who have a medical or retail marijuana license and who own at least 50% of an entity that shares the employee leasing company's or other employing entity's services. The employee leasing company or other employing entity is not considered a common paymaster for the purposes of the "Colorado Employment Security Act".(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)