Title 8, Labor and Industry

As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Department means the department of labor and employment created in section 24-1-121, C.R.S. (2) Person with a disability means a person who has a physical or mental impairment that constitutes or results in a sub…

In carrying out the provisions of this article, the department shall coordinate and strengthen the programs of rehabilitation for persons with disabilities to the end that they may attain or maintain their maximum potential in employment, self-sufficiency, and independent living.…

Subject to the availability of duly appropriated funds, the executive director of the department may appoint necessary personnel to administer rehabilitation programs in accordance with this article. Source: L. 2015: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 15-239), ch. 160, p.…

(1) The department shall manage, control, and supervise all rehabilitation programs provided in this article, including: (a) Repealed. (b) All duties and functions previously assigned to the division of rehabilitation for the blind; (c) All duties and functions regarding vocation…

(1) The department shall: (a) Adopt rules governing personnel standards, the protection of records and confidential information, the manner and form of filing applications, eligibility, the investigation and determination of eligibility for vocational rehabilitation services, pro…

(1) Except as otherwise provided by law, the department shall provide rehabilitation services to persons with disabilities who the department determines are eligible for the services. (2) The department shall: (a) Cooperate with other departments, agencies, and institutions, both…

The department shall cooperate with the federal government in carrying out the purposes of any federal statutes pertaining to the purposes of this article, including the licensing of blind persons to operate vending stands on federal property. The department may adopt by rule met…

(1) (a) On and after July 1, 2016, the powers, duties, and functions of the department of labor and employment include the powers, duties, and functions regarding vocational rehabilitation programs, including the business enterprise program, that were formerly vested in the depar…

This part 2 shall be known and may be cited as the Business Enterprise Program Act. Source: L. 2015: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 15-239), ch. 160, p. 484, � 2, effective July 1, 2016. Editor's note: This section is similar to former � 26-8.5-100.1 as it existed pri…

As used in this part 2, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Person who is blind means a person who has not more than 20/200 central visual acuity in the better eye with correcting lenses or an equally disabling loss of the visual field as evidenced by a limitation to the f…

The department shall issue licenses to persons who are blind and who are qualified to operate vending facilities, in accordance with the criteria used for the licensing of operators of vending facilities on federal property pursuant to section 8-84-107 and the federal Randolph-Sh…

(1) (a) A department or agency of the state of Colorado shall not construct, acquire by ownership, rent, lease, or other means, or undertake to substantially alter or renovate, in whole or in part, a building unless, after consultation with the department of labor and employment,…

One hundred percent of all commission income from vending machines on state property accrues to the department of labor and employment, which shall disburse the income in accordance with the rules of the department. The office of state planning and budgeting shall notify the depa…

(1) The heads of all state departments and agencies shall negotiate and cooperate in good faith to accomplish the purposes of this article relating to vending facilities and other businesses operated by persons who are blind. (2) If the department determines that the operation of…

This part 2 does not extend to existing contracts until the expiration of those contracts. Source: L. 2015: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 15-239), ch. 160, p. 487, � 2, effective July 1, 2016. Editor's note: This section is similar to former � 26-8.5-106 as it existe…

There is hereby created in the state treasury the business enterprise program cash fund, referred to in this section as the fund, which consists of moneys accruing to the department from assessments against the net proceeds of each vending facility operator consistent with this p…

C.R.S. 8-84-209Statutes current through Chapter 65 of the 2026 Regular Session, effective as of April 20, 2026. The text of this section is not final. It will not be final until compared to, and updated from, the text provided by the Colorado Office of Legislative Legal Services …

As used in this part 3, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Agency partners means the department, the department of health care policy and financing, the department of education, the department of higher education, the department of human services, the Colorado office of e…

(1) Pursuant to its statutory authority and available appropriations, the department shall: (a) Review and make recommendations for amendments, if necessary, to Colorado's combined plan for execution of workforce development activities developed in accordance with the federal Wor…

(1) The employment first advisory partnership is hereby established as a partnership of existing entities including the state rehabilitation council, established by the department, the state work force development council, created in article 46.3 of title 24, C.R.S., and the empl…

(1) (a) After considering the duties set forth in subsection (2) of this section, the employment first advisory partnership shall develop a strategic plan to expand competitive integrated employment outcomes for persons with disabilities through employment first policies and prac…