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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…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-20.5-501 Legislative declaration

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(1) The general assembly finds that: (a) Access to school-based primary health care for children and adolescents has been shown to increase the use of primary care, reduce the use of emergency rooms, and result in fewer hospitalizations; (b) High-risk students who use school-base…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-20.5-502 Definitions

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As used in this part 5, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Grant program" means the school-based health center grant program created in section 25-20.5-503 (1). (1.5) "Local education provider" means a school district, a charter school authorized by a school district pur…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-20.5-503 School-based health center grant program - creation - funding - grants

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(1) There is hereby created, in the prevention services division of the department of public health and environment, the school-based health center grant program for the purpose of assisting the establishment, expansion, and ongoing operations of school-based health centers in Co…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-20.5-800.3 Definitions

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As used in this part 8, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Grant program" means the community crime victims grant program created in section 25-20.5-801 (1). Source: L. 2025: Entire section added, (SB 25-275), ch. 377, p. 2080, § 221, effective August 6.

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-20.5-801 Community crime victims grant program - created - cash fund

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(1) Subject to available appropriations, on and after July 1, 2018, the department shall develop and implement the community crime victims grant program to provide funding to eligible entities that provide support services to crime victims, as defined in section 24-4.1-302 (5), a…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-20.5-802 Repeal of part - sunset review

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This part 8 is repealed, effective September 1, 2028. Before the repeal, this part 8 is scheduled for review in accordance with section 24-34-104. Source: L. 2018: Entire part added, (HB 18-1409), ch. 244, p. 1514, § 2, effective May 24. L. 2023: Entire section amended, (SB 23-16…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-20.5-901 Short title

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The short title of this part 9 is the "Colorado Child Abuse Response and Evaluation Network (CARENetwork) Act". Source: L. 2019: Entire part added, (HB 19-1133), ch. 259, p. 2471, § 2, effective May 23.

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-20.5-902 Definitions

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As used in this part 9, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Colorado child abuse response and evaluation network" or "CARENetwork" means a network composed of a resource center, designated providers, and other community partners, including children's advocacy centers, tha…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-20.5-903 CARENetwork - structure - resource center

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(1) There is created in the department of public health and environment the Colorado child abuse response and evaluation network to provide medical exams and behavioral health assessments to children under six years of age for suspected cases of physical or sexual abuse or neglec…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-21.5-101 Short title

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This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Colorado Oral Health Community Grants Program Act". Source: L. 97: Entire article added, p. 1127, § 1, effective May 28. L. 2013: Entire section amended, (SB 13-261), ch. 404, p. 2367, § 2, effective June 5.

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-21.5-102 Legislative declaration

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(1) The general assembly finds and declares that: (a) Statewide, students miss seven million eight hundred thousand school hours each year due to oral pain. Nationwide, workers miss one hundred sixty-four million work hours each year due to dental issues. (a.5) Untreated dental d…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-21.5-103 Definitions

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As used in this article 21.5, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Department" means the department of public health and environment. (2) "Department of education" means the department of education created in section 24-1-115. (3) "Local education provider" means a school …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-21.5-104 Oral health community grants program - oral health screening pilot program - rules - repeal

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(1) Subject to available appropriations, the department shall administer a grant program to assist communities with: (a) Screening public schoolchildren in kindergarten and third grade for dental decay pursuant to the oral health screening pilot program; (b) Implementing populati…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-27.5-101 Legislative declaration

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(1) In order to promote the public health and welfare of the people of Colorado, it is declared to be in the public interest to establish minimum standards and rules for home care agencies in the state of Colorado and to provide the authority for the administration and enforcemen…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-27.5-102 Definitions

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As used in this article 27.5, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Certified home care agency" means an agency that is certified by either the federal centers for medicare and medicaid services or the Colorado department of health care policy and financing to provide skill…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-27.5-103 Home care agency license required - home care placement agency registration required - civil and criminal penalties

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(1) On or after June 1, 2009, it is unlawful for any person, partnership, association, or corporation to conduct or maintain a home care agency that provides skilled home health services without having submitted a completed application for licensure as a home care agency to the d…