As used in this part 2, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) Behavioral health administration means the behavioral health administration established in section 27-50-102.
(1.5) Repealed.
(2) Colorado commission on higher education means the Colorado commission on higher education created in section 23-1-102, C.R.S.
(3) Colorado energy office means the Colorado energy office created in section 24-38.5-101, C.R.S.
(4) Continuous process improvement system means a system based on lean government principles or another widely accepted business process improvement system by which a department engages in specific activities that have the purpose of increasing efficiency and eliminating waste in the processes used to deliver goods and services to taxpayers and customers of state government. A continuous process improvement system includes measuring the outcomes of such improvements and may involve some or all of the following strategies:
(a) The development of a process map that describes the procedures by which a department produces goods or serves its customers;
(b) Specific activities to rapidly improve a department's processes that will increase value or decrease staff time, inventory, defects, overproduction, complexity, delays, or excessive movement;
(c) The involvement of department employees at all levels in mapping a department's processes and in making recommendations for improvements, with specific importance placed on the involvement of department employees closest to the customer or end user of the state government product or service;
(d) Providing the means to measure each process in order to demonstrate the effectiveness of each process or process improvement; and
(e) The training of department employees for purposes of mentoring and training other department employees in continuous process improvement methodologies.
(5) (a) Department means the judicial department, the office of state public defender, the office of alternate defense counsel, the office of the child's representative, the office of the child protection ombudsman, the public employees' retirement association, the Colorado energy office, the office of economic development, the behavioral health administration, and the principal departments of the executive branch of state government as specified in section 24-1-110, including any division, office, agency, or other unit created within a principal department.
(b) For purposes of the requirements of section 2-7-203 (4), department means the principal departments of the executive branch of state government as specified in section 24-1-110, C.R.S., including any division, office, agency, or other unit created within a principal department.
(6) Departmental regulatory agenda means a document prepared by each principal department of the executive branch of state government and submitted to the general assembly and made available to the public as described in section 2-7-203 (4). The departmental regulatory agenda contains the following information:
(a) A list of new rules or revisions to existing rules that the department expects to propose in the next calendar year;
(b) The statutory or other basis for adoption of the proposed rules;
(c) The purpose of the proposed rules;
(d) The contemplated schedule for adoption of the rules;
(e) An identification and listing of persons or parties that may be affected positively or negatively by the rules; and
(f) Commencing with departmental regulatory agendas submitted on and after November 1, 2013, a list and brief summary of all permanent and temporary rules actually adopted since the previous departmental regulatory agenda was filed.
(7) Joint budget committee means the joint budget committee established in section 2-3-201.
(8) Legislative audit committee means the legislative audit committee created in section 2-3-101 (1).
(9) Legislative council or executive committee of the legislative council means the legislative council or executive committee of the legislative council created in section 2-3-301.
(10) Office of alternate defense counsel means the office of alternate defense counsel created in section 21-2-101, C.R.S.
(11) Office of economic development means the Colorado office of economic development created in section 24-48.5-101, C.R.S.
(12) Office of state planning and budgeting means the office of state planning and budgeting created in section 24-37-102, C.R.S.
(13) Office of state public defender means the office of state public defender created in section 21-1-101, C.R.S.
(13.5) Office of the child protection ombudsman means the office of the child protection ombudsman created in section 19-3.3-102, C.R.S.
(14) Office of the child's representative means the office of the child's representative created in section 13-91-104, C.R.S.
(15) Performance evaluation means a regular review of a department's outcomes as compared to its published performance goals. The performance evaluation shall be based on actual historical information.
(16) Performance goal means a specific, quantifiable goal related to a performance measure adopted by a department.
(17) Performance management system means a formal system of managing the processes and operations of departments.
(18) Performance measure means a quantitative indicator used to assess the operational performance of a department pursuant to a published performance plan. A performance measure should apply to activities directly under the influence of a department and should demonstrate the department's efficiency and effectiveness in delivering goods or services to customers and taxpayers. Performance measures should be reasonably understandable to the public.
(19) Performance plan means a document prepared by a department as part of a performance management system. A performance plan must incorporate the impact of management strategies and continuous process improvement activities on the costs and efficiency of delivering goods and services to taxpayers and customers of state government.
(20) Process map means a written or visual presentation that describes the steps involved in producing a product or service from beginning to end.
(21) Public employees' retirement association means the public employees' retirement association created in article 51 of title 24, C.R.S.
(22) State auditor means the state auditor described in section 2-3-102.
Source: L. 2010: (2) amended and (2.5) added, (HB 10-1404), ch. 405, p. 2003, � 3, effective June 10; entire part R&RE, (HB 10-1119), ch. 340, p. 1565, � 3, effective August 11. L. 2011: (3.5), (11.5), (13)(c) and (14) added and (9) amended, (HB 11-1212), ch. 174, pp. 657, 658, �� 2, 3, effective May 13. L. 2012: (2) amended and (2.3) added, (HB 12-1008), ch. 182, p. 692, � 3, effective May 17. L. 2013: Entire part R&RE, (HB 13-1299), ch. 382, p. 2233, � 1, effective June 5. L. 2014: (11) amended, (HB 14-1363), ch. 302, p. 1261, � 3, effective May 31. L. 2015: (5)(a) amended and (13.5) added, (SB 15-204), ch. 264, p. 1030, � 11, effective June 2. L. 2022: (1) and (5)(a) amended and (1.5) added, (HB 22-1278), ch. 222, p. 1487, � 3, effective July 1. L. 2024: (1.5) repealed, (HB 24-1450), ch. 490, p. 3404, � 7, effective August 7.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former � 2-7-202 as it existed prior to 2013.
2-7-203. Departmental presentations to legislative committees of reference - departmental regulatory agendas - legislative declaration. (1) The speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate shall assign each department to a house and senate committee of reference for their respective houses. In making the assignments, the speaker and the president shall ensure that the primary functions and responsibilities of the department are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the committees of reference to which it is assigned.
(2) (a) Each joint committee of reference shall conduct at least one but not more than three hearings in the first two weeks of the regular legislative session, during which hearings the joint committee shall hear a presentation from each department that is assigned to such committee pursuant to subsection (1) of this section regarding:
(I) The department's performance plan developed pursuant to section 2-7-204 (3);
(II) The department's regulatory agenda required pursuant to subsection (4) of this section; and
(III) The department's budget request and associated legislative agenda for the current regular legislative session.
(a.5) and (b) Repealed.
(c) Each joint committee of reference shall allow time for public testimony regarding each such department presentation.
(d) Repealed.
(3) (a) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2015.)
(b) The chair of the joint budget committee shall assign one member of the joint budget committee to serve as a liaison for each department. The joint budget committee liaison shall inform the joint committee of reference regarding the department's performance management system and performance plan.
(c) The executive director of each department, or the executive director's designee, and any appropriate staff of the department shall work with the joint budget committee liaisons as necessary.
(4) On November 1, 2013, and each November 1 thereafter, each department shall file a departmental regulatory agenda with the staff of the legislative council, who shall distribute the departmental regulatory agenda to the applicable committee of reference prior to the departmental presentations to the committee of reference. On November 1, 2013, and each November 1 thereafter, each department shall also post its departmental regulatory agenda on the department's website and shall submit its departmental regulatory agenda to the secretary of state for publication in the Colorado register.
(5) All local government entities are encouraged to attend the hearings described in subsection (2) of this section to provide testimony or to submit an official position letter to the joint committees of reference regarding any local impact of a department's performance management system and performance plan.
(6) Repealed.
Source: L. 2010: Entire part R&RE, (HB 10-1119), ch. 340, p. 1567, � 3, effective August 11. L. 2012: (2)(a)(IV) added, (HB 12-1008), ch. 182, p. 693, � 4, effective May 17. L. 2013: Entire part R&RE, (HB 13-1299), ch. 382, p. 2236, � 1, effective June 5. L. 2015: IP(2)(a) and (3) amended, (2)(a.5) added, and (2)(b) repealed, (HB 15-1308), ch. 180, p. 588, � 1, effective August 5. L. 2019: IP(2)(a), (2)(a)(III), and (2)(d) amended and (2)(a.5) repealed, (SB 19-252), ch. 254, p. 2451, � 1, effective August 2. L. 2021: (6) added, (HB 21-1003), ch. 2, p. 5, � 2, effective January 20. L. 2024: (2)(d) repealed, (HB 24-1450), ch. 490, p. 3405, � 8, effective August 7.
Editor's note: (1) This section is similar to former � 2-7-203 as it existed prior to 2013.
(2) Subsection (6)(c) provided for the repeal of subsection (6), effective September 1, 2021. (See L. 2021, p. 5.)