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Colorado Statutes, Title 25

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Title 25, Public Health and Environment

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-20.5-1001 Making opioid antagonists available - bulk purchasing - immunity
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(1) A person that is not a private entity and that makes a defibrillator or AED, as defined in section 13-21-108.1, available to aid the general public may also make available an opioid antagonist to aid an individual believed to be suffering an opioid-related drug overdose event…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-20.5-102 Definitions
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As used in this article 20.5, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Department" means the department of public health and environment, created pursuant to section 25-1-102. (2) "Division" means the prevention services division created in section 25-20.5-103. (3) "Executive …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-20.5-103 Prevention services division - creation
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(1) There is hereby created within the department of public health and environment a prevention services division. The division shall be headed by the director of prevention services appointed by the executive director of the department of public health and environment in accorda…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-20.5-104 Functions of division

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(1) The division has the following functions: (a) and (b) Repealed. (c) To act as a liaison with communities throughout the state and assist the communities in their efforts to assess their needs with regard to prevention, intervention, and treatment services and to provide infor…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-20.5-1101 Harm reduction grant program - creation - application - permissible uses - department duties

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(1) Subject to available appropriations, the department shall develop and implement a harm reduction grant program, referred to in this section as the "grant program", to prevent overdose deaths and reduce health risks associated with drug use. The department may contract with an…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-20.5-1102 Harm reduction grant program cash fund - creation

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(1) The harm reduction grant program cash fund, referred to in this section as the "fund", is created in the state treasury. The fund consists of money that the general assembly may appropriate or transfer to the fund. (2) The state treasurer shall credit all interest and income …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-20.5-1103 Rules

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The department may promulgate rules as necessary for the implementation of this part 11. Source: L. 2019: Entire part added, (SB 19-008), ch. 275, p. 2598, § 5, effective August 2.

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-20.5-112 Voluntary competency-based community health worker registry - requirements - rules - definition

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(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires, "voluntary competency-based community health worker registry" means the registry in the department that lists individuals who have completed state-approved training and credentialing requirements based on compete…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-20.5-1201 Definitions

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As used in this part 12, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Department" means the department of public health and environment. (2) "Director" means the director of the office of gun violence prevention described in section 25-20.5-1202 (1)(b). (3) "Office" means the offi…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-20.5-1202 Office of gun violence prevention - created - director - staff - collaboration

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(1) (a) There is created in the department the office of gun violence prevention to coordinate and promote effective efforts to reduce gun violence and related traumas and promote research regarding causes of, and evidence-based responses to, gun violence. (b) The executive direc…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-20.5-1203 Gun violence prevention awareness and education - violence intervention grant program - rules

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(1) The office shall increase the awareness of, and educate the general public about, state and federal laws and existing resources relating to gun violence prevention, including the following: (a) The availability of, and the process for requesting, an extreme risk protection or…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-20.5-1204 Resource bank - duties

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(1) The office shall create and maintain a resource bank of regularly updated and accurate materials and resources as a repository for data, research, and statistical information regarding gun violence in Colorado. (2) As part of maintaining the resource bank, the office shall: (…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-20.5-1205 Federal grants - other funds - gifts, grants, and donations

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(1) The office shall identify and apply for available federal grants and other funding to further its work to prevent gun violence. When the office determines it is appropriate, the office may work in collaboration with other state departments and partners to identify and apply f…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-20.5-1206 Rules - report

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(1) The department may promulgate rules as needed for the effective implementation of this part 12. (2) (a) On or before November 30 of each year, the office shall report to the department on the activities it has conducted in the preceding twelve months. The report must include:…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-20.5-1301 Definitions

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As used in this part 13, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Community behavioral health disaster preparedness and response program" or "program" means the community behavioral health disaster preparedness and response program created in section 25-20.5-1302. (2) "Communi…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-20.5-1302 Community behavioral health disaster preparedness and response program - creation - department duties - rules

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(1) Subject to available appropriations, the department shall implement the community behavioral health disaster preparedness and response program using existing initiatives and activities to ensure that behavioral health is adequately represented within disaster preparedness and…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-20.5-1303 Community behavioral health disaster preparedness and response cash fund

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(1) The community behavioral health disaster preparedness and response cash fund, referred to in this section as the "fund", is created in the state treasury. The fund consists of gifts, grants, and donations and any other money that the general assembly may appropriate or transf…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-20.5-1401 Definitions

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As used in this part 14, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Community partners" means health-care providers, health-care provider trade associations, and health-care-focused nonprofit organizations. (2) "Peer support" means programs and services that match a person with …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-20.5-1402 Health-care workforce resilience and retention program - implementation - duties

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(1) Subject to available appropriations, the department shall implement the health-care workforce resilience and retention program, referred to in this section as the "program", using existing initiatives to ensure that Colorado's health-care workforce is supported in order to me…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-20.5-1403 Health-care workforce resilience and retention cash fund

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(1) The health-care workforce resilience and retention cash fund, referred to in this section as the "fund", is created in the state treasury. The general assembly shall appropriate two million dollars to the fund from the economic recovery and relief cash fund created in section…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-20.5-1404 Exemption from the procurement code

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Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the program and the expenditure of money from the fund are not subject to the provisions of the "Procurement Code", articles 101 to 112 of title 24. Source: L. 2022: Entire part added, (SB 22-226), ch. 179, p. 1186, § 2, effective Ma…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-20.5-1601 Overdose detection mapping application program

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On or before January 1, 2023, emergency medical service providers, emergency departments, state and local law enforcement agencies, sheriffs' offices, and coroners may participate in the web-based overdose detection mapping application program to report incidences of fatal and no…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-20.5-1701 Colorado overdose trends review committee - recommendations - report

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(1) The department shall convene interested stakeholders for the purpose of developing recommendations for the establishment of an overdose trends review committee that would be responsible for: (a) Identifying and reviewing certain cases of nonfatal and fatal drug-related overdo…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-20.5-1801 Transfer of functions - employees - property - records

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(1) As of July 1, 2022, the department of public health and environment shall execute, administer, perform, and enforce the rights, powers, duties, functions, and obligations of the community prevention and early intervention programs authorized pursuant to sections 27-80-103 (2)…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-20.5-1901 Economic mobility program - creation - fund - reporting - legislative declaration

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(1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that: (a) The COVID-19 pandemic has had devastating economic and health consequences across the state; (b) The COVID-19 pandemic has specifically disproportionately impacted families and individuals earning low or no income and e…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-20.5-2001 Regional health connector program - creation - third-party contract - department duties - rules - definitions

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(1) As used in this part 20, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "Locally based host organization" means a regional organization chosen to hire and support the regional health connector in the organization's region. (b) "Program" means the regional health connector program…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-20.5-2201 Legislative declaration

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(1) The general assembly finds and declares that: (a) A recent survey found that one in three Coloradans are "food insecure", that is, lacking reliable access to nutritious food; (b) In addition, more than one in three adults living with children have reported regularly cutting b…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-20.5-2202 Healthy food incentives program - creation - nonprofit organization

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(1) There is created the healthy food incentives program in the department to be administered by the division. (2) The division shall partner with a statewide nonprofit organization to provide healthy food incentives that benefit Colorado's low-income populations. The incentives …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-20.5-2301 Definitions

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As used in this part 23, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Behavioral health entity" has the same meaning as set forth in section 27-50-101 (4). (2) "Health-care facility" means a facility licensed or certified by the department pursuant to section 25-1.5-103. (3) "Loca…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-20.5-2302 Establishment of overdose fatality review teams

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(1) County or district public health agencies within the state may establish a multidisciplinary and multiagency overdose fatality review local team. A local team must be created pursuant to this part 23. (2) Two or more counties may agree to jointly establish a single multicount…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-20.5-2303 Composition of overdose fatality review teams - required members - additional members - responsibilities of the chair

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(1) Each local team must consist of at least five of the following individuals, organizations, agencies, and areas of expertise, if available; except that there shall not be more than one representative from law enforcement: (a) The county or district health officer, or the offic…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-20.5-2304 Purposes and duties of overdose fatality review teams

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(1) (a) The purpose of each local team is to: (I) Promote cooperation and coordination among agencies involved in the investigation of drug overdose fatalities; (II) Develop an understanding of the causes and incidence of drug overdose fatalities in the jurisdiction where the loc…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-20.5-2305 Overdose fatality review access to information - fees - disclosure - no liability for sharing records

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(1) The chair of a local team may request information from a person, agency, or entity described in subsection (2) of this section as necessary to carry out the purposes and duties of the local team that are set forth in the order, agreement, or other document establishing the lo…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-20.5-2306 Confidentiality - closed meetings - records not open to inspection - civil liability

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(1) Local team meetings in which confidential information is discussed are exempt from the open meetings provisions of the "Colorado Sunshine Act of 1972", part 4 of article 6 of title 24, and must be closed to the public. (2) (a) Upon request of a local team, a person who is not…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-20.5-2307 Prohibition against any law enforcement use

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Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, law enforcement shall not use information from any overdose fatality review for any law enforcement purpose, including surveillance, increased law enforcement presence, welfare checks, warrant checks, or criminal investigation…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-20.5-301 Definitions

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As used in this part 3, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Health disparities" means an unequal burden of cancer, cardiovascular disease, or chronic pulmonary disease impacting specific populations, including but not limited to racial and ethnic populations, minority pop…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-20.5-302 Program

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(1) There is hereby created, in the prevention services division of the department, the cancer, cardiovascular disease, and chronic pulmonary disease prevention, early detection, and treatment program for the purpose of assisting in the implementation of the state's strategic pla…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-20.5-303 Cancer, cardiovascular disease, and chronic pulmonary disease program review committee

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(1) There is hereby created the cancer, cardiovascular disease, and chronic pulmonary disease program review committee. The review committee is established in the prevention services division of the department. The review committee is responsible for overseeing program strategies…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-20.5-304 Grant program

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(1) The program shall fund programs and initiatives that provide evidence-based education and intervention strategies for cancer, cardiovascular disease, and chronic pulmonary disease prevention, early detection, and treatment through a competitive grant program which shall be ov…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-20.5-305 Evaluation

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Each fiscal year, the state board shall select a grant recipient to evaluate the effectiveness of the program. Costs for the evaluation must be adequately funded from the amount annually appropriated by the general assembly to the division from the prevention, early detection, an…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-20.5-306 Administration - limitation

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(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the prevention services division of the department may receive up to five percent of the moneys annually appropriated by the general assembly to the division from the prevention, early detection, and treatment fund created…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-20.5-401 Short title

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This part 4 shall be known and may be cited as the "Child Fatality Prevention Act". Source: L. 2005: Entire part added, p. 974, § 1, effective June 2.

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-20.5-402 Legislative declaration

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(1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that protection of the health and welfare of the children of this state is an important goal of the citizens of this state, and the injury and death of infants and children are serious public health concerns that require legislat…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-20.5-403 Definitions

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As used in this part 4, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "County department" means the county or district department of human or social services. (2) "Local or regional review team" means a local or regional child fatality prevention review team established pursuant to …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-20.5-404 Local and regional review teams - creation - membership - authority

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(1) On or before January 1, 2015, each county or district public health agency established pursuant to section 25-1-506 shall establish, or arrange to be established, subject to available appropriations, a local child fatality prevention review team. County or district public hea…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-20.5-405 Local review teams - duties - authority

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(1) The local or regional review team shall conduct individual, case-specific reviews of fatalities of children from birth through seventeen years of age occurring in the jurisdiction of the local or regional review team for the purpose of identifying prevention recommendations r…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-20.5-406 State review team - creation - membership - vacancies

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(1) There is hereby created the Colorado state child fatality prevention review team in the department of public health and environment. (2) (a) The governor shall appoint eighteen voting members of the state review team specified in this subsection (2)(a) as follows: (I) Two mem…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-20.5-407 State review team - duties - definitions

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(1) The state review team shall: (a) Form committees to review a child fatality case, if a local or regional child fatality review team has not conducted such a review of the case, if the child fatality occurred in the state of Colorado and was related to one or more of the follo…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-20.5-408 Access to records

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(1) Review team access to records. (a) Notwithstanding any other state law to the contrary but subject to the requirements of applicable provisions of federal law, the state review team and the local or regional review teams have access to all records and information in the posse…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-20.5-409 Administration - funding - cash fund

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(1) To the extent moneys are available, the state review team and the local or regional review teams may hire staff or consultants to assist them in completing their duties. (2) Staff and consultants of the state review team or the local or regional review teams shall receive rei…