(1) Any person who performs electroconvulsive treatment in the state of Colorado shall file a report with the department of public health and environment setting forth the data required by subsection (2) of this section. An institution in which electroconvulsive treatment is performed shall be the reporting entity for all electroconvulsive treatments performed at that institution.
(2) Such reports shall be made to the department of public health and environment on forms prescribed by the department within thirty days after January 1 and July 1 of each year on a semiannual basis and shall contain the following detailed information for each reporting period:
(a) The total number, broken down by inpatient and outpatient and exclusive of substance abuse, of adult psychiatric admissions, minor children psychiatric admissions, and readmissions of both;
(b) The number of patients within each category of paragraph (a) of this subsection (2) who received electroconvulsive treatment;
(c) Statistical information on each patient receiving electroconvulsive treatment including, but not limited to, the following:
(I) Diagnosis;
(II) Number of electroconvulsive treatments;
(III) Age;
(IV) Sex;
(V) Ethnicity;
(VI) Whether such patient was voluntary or involuntary;
(VII) Whether or not such patient was capable of giving his written informed consent;
(VIII) Whether or not any complications resulted from such electroconvulsive treatment, such as cardiac arrest, fracture, apnea, memory loss, or death (including autopsy results with particular attention to the brain);
(IX) The method of payment for such electroconvulsive treatment and, if applicable, the name of the insurance company making such payments.
(3) The name of the patient receiving electroconvulsive treatment shall remain confidential information and shall not be disclosed to the department, any other agency or individual. The forms prescribed by subsection (2) of this section shall not require any information which would disclose, directly or indirectly, the identity of the patient.
Source: L. 79: Entire section added, p. 613, � 2, effective June 22. L. 94: (1) and IP(2) amended, p. 2749, � 402, effective July 1.
Cross references: For the legislative declaration contained in the 1994 act amending subsection (1) and the introductory portion to subsection (2), see section 1 of chapter 345, Session Laws of Colorado 1994.
25-2-121. Fee adjustments - vital statistics records cash fund created - definition - repeal. (1) This section shall apply to all activities of the office of the state registrar in the department of public health and environment.
(2) (a) The office of the state registrar shall propose, as part of its annual budget request, an adjustment in the amount of each fee that the office of the state registrar is authorized by law to collect. The budget request and the adjusted fees for the office of the state registrar shall reflect its direct and indirect costs and the direct and indirect costs necessary to maintain and operate the Colorado responds to children with special needs program.
(b) (I) Based upon the appropriation made and subject to the approval of the executive director of the department of public health and environment, the office of the state registrar shall adjust its fees so that the revenue generated from said fees approximates its direct and indirect costs and the direct and indirect costs necessary to maintain and operate the Colorado responds to children with special needs program. Such fees shall remain in effect for the fiscal year for which the budget request applies. All fees collected by the office of the state registrar shall be transmitted to the state treasurer, who shall credit the same to the vital statistics records cash fund, which fund is hereby created. All moneys credited to the vital statistics records cash fund and all interest earned thereon shall be subject to appropriation by the general assembly to be used as provided in this section and shall not be deposited in or transferred to the general fund of this state or any other fund.
(II) For those services required by this article and those services provided by the Colorado responds to children with special needs program, each office designated or established pursuant to section 25-2-103 shall charge fees as specified by the state registrar. Such fees shall be used for the purpose of paying the direct and indirect costs of the office and the office of the state registrar for compliance with the provisions of this article and the direct and indirect costs necessary to maintain and operate the Colorado responds to children with special needs program.
(c) Beginning July 1, 1985, and each July 1 thereafter, whenever moneys appropriated to the office of the state registrar for its activities for the prior fiscal year are unexpended, said moneys shall be made a part of the appropriation to the office of the state registrar for the next fiscal year, and such amount shall not be raised from fees collected by the office of the state registrar. If a supplemental appropriation is made to the office of the state registrar for its activities and the services provided by the Colorado responds to children with special needs program, the fees of the office of the state registrar, when adjusted for the fiscal year following that in which the supplemental appropriation was made, shall be adjusted by an additional amount that is sufficient to compensate for the supplemental appropriation. Moneys appropriated to the office of the state registrar in the annual general appropriation act shall be designated as cash funds and shall not exceed the amount anticipated to be raised from fees collected by the office of the state registrar.
(d) For purposes of this section, Colorado responds to children with special needs program means the program established within the department of public health and environment under the authority of section 25-1.5-105.
(3) and (4) Repealed.
(5) (a) Notwithstanding any provision of subsection (2)(b)(I) of this section to the contrary, on June 30, 2025, the state treasurer shall transfer one million eight hundred thousand dollars from the vital statistics records cash fund to the general fund.
(b) This subsection (5) is repealed, effective July 1, 2026.
Source: L. 84: Entire section added, p. 750, � 15, effective July 1. L. 94: (1) and (2)(b)(I) amended, p. 2750, � 403, effective July 1. L. 2003: (3) added, p. 458, � 18, effective March 5. L. 2008: (2) amended, p. 2065, � 1, effective June 3. L. 2010: (2)(b)(II) amended, (SB 10-006), ch. 341, p. 1578, � 3, effective June 5. L. 2020: (4) added, (HB 20-1406), ch. 178, p. 812, � 12, effective June 29. L. 2022: (3) and (4) repealed, (SB 22-212), ch. 421, p. 2979, � 60, effective August 10. L. 2025: (5) added, (SB 25-264), ch. 129, p. 505, � 32, effective April 25.
Cross references: For the legislative declaration contained in the 1994 act amending subsections (1) and (2)(b)(I), see section 1 of chapter 345, Session Laws of Colorado 1994. For the legislative declaration in the 2010 act amending subsection (2)(b)(II), see section 1 of chapter 341, Session Laws of Colorado 2010.
25-2-122. Heirloom birth and marriage certificates - funds created - report - rules - definitions. (1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) Heirloom birth certificate means a birth certificate that is suitable for display and may bear the seal of the state and be signed by the governor.
(b) Heirloom marriage certificate means a marriage certificate that is suitable for display and may bear the seal of the state and be signed by the governor.
(2) (a) In addition to any other birth certificate issued pursuant to section 25-2-112, the state registrar shall issue, upon request and upon payment of a fee established by rule of the state board of health, an heirloom birth certificate representing the birth of the individual named on the original birth certificate. The state registrar may establish procedures for issuing heirloom birth certificates; except that an heirloom birth certificate shall be issued in a form consistent with the need to protect the integrity of vital records, including secure measures designed to prevent tampering, counterfeiting, or otherwise duplicating the birth certificate for fraudulent purposes, pursuant to the federal Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, 5 U.S.C. sec. 301.
(b) An heirloom birth certificate shall have the same status as evidence as that of an original birth certificate.
(c) The fee established pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection (2) shall be sufficient to cover the direct and indirect costs of producing and issuing the heirloom birth certificate, plus an additional ten dollars. The state registrar shall transmit moneys generated pursuant to this subsection (2), along with an explanation of the number of heirloom birth certificate sales that correspond to such moneys, to the state treasurer, who shall credit:
(I) For each sale of an heirloom birth certificate, ten dollars to the immunization fund created in section 25-4-1708; and
(II) The remainder of such moneys to the vital statistics records cash fund created in section 25-2-121.
(3) (a) In addition to any other marriage certificate issued pursuant to section 25-2-106, the state registrar shall issue, upon request and upon payment of a fee established by rule of the state board of health, an heirloom marriage certificate representing the marriage of the persons named on the original marriage certificate recorded in the county clerk and recorder's office. The state registrar may establish procedures for issuing the heirloom marriage certificates; except that an heirloom marriage certificate shall be issued in a form consistent with the need to protect the integrity of vital records.
(b) An heirloom marriage certificate shall have the same status as evidence as that of an original marriage certificate.
(c) The fee established pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection (3) shall be sufficient to cover the direct and indirect costs of producing and issuing the heirloom marriage certificate, plus an additional ten dollars. The state registrar shall transmit moneys generated pursuant to this subsection (3), along with an explanation of the number of heirloom marriage certificate sales that correspond to such moneys, to the state treasurer, who shall credit:
(I) For each sale of an heirloom marriage certificate, ten dollars to the Colorado domestic abuse program fund created in section 39-22-802, C.R.S.; and
(II) The remainder of such moneys to the vital statistics records cash fund created in section 25-2-121.
Source: L. 2006: Entire section added, p. 943, � 1, effective August 7. L. 2007: (2)(c)(I) amended, p. 654, � 1, effective April 26.
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