HB22-1065
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Emergency Mental Health Treatment And Evaluation Standard
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Votes all Legislators | | | | 01/14/2022 | Concerning the standard for emergency mental health treatment and evaluation. | Bill History | | - Health Care & Health Insurance
| Bill Documents | House: J. Amabile (D) Senate:
| Fiscal Notes : 05/23/2022 | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | cMonitor | | | | Legislative Oversight Committee Concerning the Treatment
of Persons with Mental Health Disorders in the Criminal and Juvenile Justice Systems. The bill changes the standard for an emergency 72-hour mental health commitment for treatment and evaluation to include when a person appears to have a mental health disorder or be gravely disabled and, as a result of such mental health
disorder or being gravely disabled, appears to present an imminent or substantial risk of harm to self or others. Substantial risk is defined.
| J. Amabile (D) | | Judiciary | | House Committee on Appropriations Lay Over Unamended - Amendment(s) Failed: 05/12/2022 | |
HB22-1095
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Physician Assistant Collaboration Requirements
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Votes all Legislators | | | | 01/20/2022 | Concerning an expansion of a physician assistant's ability to practice, and, in connection therewith, changing the relationship between a physician assistant and a physician or podiatrist from supervision to collaboration for physician assistants with less experience or who are working in a new specialty, establishing the collaboration requirements, and requiring physician assistants with more experience to consult with the physician assistant's health-care team. | Bill History | | - Professions & Occupations
| Bill Documents | House:
Senate: F. Winter (D) C. Simpson (R) | Fiscal Notes : 05/18/2022 | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | bSupport | | | | The bill modifies the relationship between a physician assistant
and a physician or podiatrist by removing the requirement that a physician assistant be supervised by a physician or podiatrist. Instead:
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A physician assistant who has completed fewer than 3,000 hours of post-graduate clinical practice experience or who is beginning practice in a new specialty must enter into a collaborative plan with a physician; and
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A physician assistant who has completed fewer than 3,000 hours of post-graduate clinical practice must enter into a collaborative plan with a podiatrist before practicing podiatry.
A physician assistant who has completed 3,000 or more practice
hours or, for a physician assistant practicing a new specialty, has completed 2,000 practice hours in the new specialty and at least 3,000 total practice hours, is no longer required to maintain a collaborative plan and is instead required to consult with and refer to appropriate members of the physician assistant's health-care team based on a patient's condition; the physician assistant's education, experience, and competencies; and the standard of care. The bill specifies the requirements of the collaborative plan.
| | F. Winter (D) C. Simpson (R) | Health and Insurance | | House Second Reading Lost with Amendments - Committee, Floor: 03/15/2022 | |
HB22-1127
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Income Tax Deduction For Rent
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Votes all Legislators | | | | 01/21/2022 | Concerning the creation of an income tax deduction for rent paid. | Bill History | | - Fiscal Policy & Taxes
| Bill Documents | House:
Senate:
| Fiscal Notes : 03/22/2022 | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | cMonitor | | | | The bill creates an income tax deduction of up to $17,500 for
tenants with taxable income under $40,000 for an individual or under $80,000 for a head-of-household or a married couple for rent paid on a rental residence in Colorado.
| | | Finance | | House Committee on Finance Postpone Indefinitely: 03/24/2022 | |
HB22-1143
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State Auxiliary Services Program
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Votes all Legislators | | | | 02/04/2022 | Concerning the continuation of the state auxiliary services program to provide auxiliary services to state agencies. | Bill History | | - Human Services
| Bill Documents | House: M. Bradfield (R) Senate: J. Ginal (D) | Fiscal Notes : 06/01/2022 | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | cMonitor | | | | There is a state auxiliary services pilot program that arranges for
the provision of auxiliary services for state departments and agencies that employ or serve individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing, and deafblind. The bill requires the Colorado commission for the deaf, hard of hearing, and deafblind (commission) to continue the operations of the state
auxiliary services program (program) indefinitely.
The commission is required to perform the following functions: •
Coordinate on a statewide basis the day-to-day scheduling for auxiliary services;
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Create and manage efficient and consistent processes through which an auxiliary services provider may submit required documentation and receive payment for auxiliary services provided;
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Create and manage a process for the intake and fulfillment of requests by state departments and agencies for auxiliary services;
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Resolve any issues that may arise with regard to auxiliary services;
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Communicate with auxiliary services users, auxiliary services providers, and appointing authorities; and
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Establish, monitor, and publish a list of CART providers and qualified interpreters.
The bill requires the commission to convene an advisory council
to make recommendations concerning the provision of auxiliary services.
The bill requires the commission to include data on the functions
of the program in its annual report to the governor and the general assembly.
| M. Bradfield (R) | J. Ginal (D) | Public and Behavioral Health & Human Services | | House Committee on Appropriations Lay Over Unamended - Amendment(s) Failed: 05/12/2022 | |
HB22-1158
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Establish Substance Use Counseling Center Colorado Springs
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Votes all Legislators | | | | 02/04/2022 | Concerning the establishment of a center at the Colorado Springs campus of the university of Colorado to provide accessible community services related to substance use. | Bill History | | - Health Care & Health Insurance - Public Health
| Bill Documents | House: M. Snyder (D) Senate:
| Fiscal Notes : 05/20/2022 | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | cMonitor | | | | The bill establishes the CARE center in the Colorado Springs
campus of the university of Colorado (center). The purpose of the center is to provide accessible substance use prevention and treatment services
to the community, train competent and culturally responsive substance use counselors, and collect data that will contribute to research regarding the efficacy of substance use interventions. The center shall submit a report on its work and data collected to the health and human services committee of the senate and the public and behavioral health and human services committee of the house of representatives, or any successor committees, on or before December 30, 2027.
| M. Snyder (D) | | Public and Behavioral Health & Human Services | | House Committee on Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Postpone Indefinitely: 04/19/2022 | |
HB22-1199
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Visitation Requirements Health-care Facilities
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Votes all Legislators | | | | 02/07/2022 | Concerning visitation requirements for health-care facilities. | Bill History | | - Public Health
| Bill Documents | House:
Senate:
| Fiscal Notes : 03/03/2022 | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | cMonitor | | | | The bill requires each health-care facility to permit patients and
residents in the health-care facility to receive visitors to the fullest extent permitted under the least restrictive of any applicable state laws or local ordinances.
The bill authorizes the department of public health and
environment (department) to issue a warning to a health-care facility if
the department finds that the health-care facility has violated an applicable state law or local ordinance. The department may fine the health-care facility for a violation of the state law or local ordinance.
If circumstances require the complete closure of a health-care
facility to visitors, the health-care facility is required to use its best efforts to develop alternate visitation protocols that would allow visitation to the greatest extent and as safely as possible.
A health-care facility is required to provide notice of its patient
and resident visitation rights and to allow compassionate care visits.
Notwithstanding other provisions of law to the contrary, each
health-care facility is required to allow compassionate care visits if specific circumstances apply. A health-care facility may require compassionate care visitors to pass a health screening and wear personal protective equipment.
| | | Health and Insurance | | House Committee on Health & Insurance Postpone Indefinitely: 03/23/2022 | |
HB22-1219
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Veterans Resource Information Clearinghouse Online Portal
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Votes all Legislators | | | | 02/09/2022 | Concerning establishing an online portal within the veterans resource information clearinghouse. | Bill History | | - Military & Veterans
| Bill Documents | House: M. Duran (D) D. Ortiz (D) Senate:
| Fiscal Notes : 06/13/2022 | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | bSupport | | | | Under existing law, the division of veterans affairs (division)
within the department of military and veterans affairs operates a veterans resource information clearinghouse (clearinghouse) to provide information concerning support, services, and other assistance available to veterans and their families.
The bill requires the division to create and maintain an online
portal to assist veterans with accessing information provided through the clearinghouse, allow users to maintain a personalized health record in the portal, and offer secure care coordination and personalized care tools that help veterans be more engaged in their health. The division is permitted to enter into an agreement with a third party to create and maintain the online portal or, if the third party maintains an existing, similar portal, to expand and maintain that existing portal.
| M. Duran (D) D. Ortiz (D) | | State, Civic, Military and Veterans Affairs | | House Committee on Appropriations Lay Over Unamended - Amendment(s) Failed: 05/12/2022 | |
HB22-1239
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Regulate Community Association Managers
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Votes all Legislators | | | | 02/16/2022 | Concerning the regulation of community association managers by the division of real estate in the department of regulatory agencies. | Bill History | | - Professions & Occupations
| Bill Documents | House: B. Titone (D) Senate: J. Bridges (D) | Fiscal Notes : 03/18/2022 | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | aStrongly Support | | | | The bill establishes licensure requirements for business entities
that perform community association management for common interest communities in the state. The division of real estate (division) in the department of regulatory agencies (department) is tasked with administering the regulatory program for community association
managers (CAMs). To be licensed, a business entity must:
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Demonstrate compliance with insurance requirements specified by the director of the division (director) by rule;
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Designate an individual as the business entity's controlling manager who is responsible for the community association management activities of the business entity and its employees;
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Pay a fee based on the number of individuals who perform community association management on behalf of the business entity; and
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Obtain criminal history record checks for its controlling manager and each individual that performs community association management on behalf of the business entity.
A business entity licensed as a CAM must ensure that its
controlling manager and each individual performing community association management on behalf of the licensed entity is credentialed by the Community Association Managers International Certification Board or the Community Associations Institute and complies with periodic continuing education requirements.
The bill sets forth various grounds for disciplining a licensed entity
and directs the director to establish a points-based disciplinary system for determining the appropriate level of discipline to impose on a licensed entity based on the level of violation.
The bill repeals the licensure of CAMs on September 1, 2029, and
directs the department to conduct a sunset review of the licensure program before that date.
| B. Titone (D) | J. Bridges (D) | Transportation and Local Government | | House Committee on Finance Postpone Indefinitely: 03/21/2022 | |
HB22-1271
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Rights Of Persons Protected By Legal Guardian
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Votes all Legislators | | | | 02/25/2022 | Concerning ensuring personal rights of protected persons through required duties of guardians. | Bill History | | - Probate, Trusts, & Fiduciaries
| Bill Documents | House:
Senate:
| Fiscal Notes : 06/15/2022 | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | cMonitor | | | | The bill establishes certain rights for a person who is protected
through a legal guardianship relationship (protected person) and duties of a guardian or conservator (guardian). With certain exceptions, a guardian shall notify within 7 days one or more of the protected person's close family members and any person designated by the protected person when the protected person:
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Changes place of residence;
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Resides at a location other than the protected person's residence for more than 48 hours;
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Is admitted to a medical facility for acute care or emergency care; or
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Dies.
The guardian, in conjunction with the protected person and any
close family members, shall develop an initial care plan, to be updated annually. The care plan must include why the guardianship is necessary, any necessary restrictions placed on visitation or access to reporting, how the protected person's finances will be handled, and how the protected person and close family members can obtain answers to questions that arise.
| | | Public and Behavioral Health & Human Services | | House Committee on Appropriations Lay Over Unamended - Amendment(s) Failed: 05/12/2022 | |
HB22-1357
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Rate Increases homeowner's And Auto Insurance
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Votes all Legislators | | | | 04/01/2022 | Concerning the oversight of insurance rates, and, in connection therewith, requiring insurers who issue private passenger motor vehicle insurance or homeowner's insurance to file requested rate increases with the commissioner of insurance for approval prior to implementing the rates. | Bill History | | - Health Care & Health Insurance - Insurance
| Bill Documents | House: M. Weissman (D) Senate:
| Fiscal Notes : 06/06/2022 | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | bSupport | | | | The bill reclassifies private passenger motor vehicle insurance and
homeowner's insurance as type I kinds of insurance for rate filing increases, thereby requiring insurers to file and obtain prior approval of requests for rate increases before implementing increased rates for those lines of insurance. The rate filings remain on file for 60 days and must not be approved or disapproved, and must not become effective, during the 60-day period except after a public hearing. If the commissioner of insurance fails to make a determination on the rate filing within the 60-day period, the rate filing is deemed approved as of 12:01 a.m. on the sixty-first day, unless during the 60-day period the commissioner determines that a public hearing is in the public interest.
| M. Weissman (D) | | Finance | | House Committee on Finance Postpone Indefinitely: 04/25/2022 | |
SB22-060
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Limit Home Owners' Association Fee Increases For Common Elements
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Votes all Legislators | | | | 01/18/2022 | Concerning limiting increases in fees associated with the use of common elements in a common interest community. | Bill History | | - Housing
| Bill Documents | Senate: J. Bridges (D) House:
| Fiscal Notes : 05/18/2022 | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | bSupport | | | | The bill prohibits the unit owners' association of a common interest
community from increasing by more than 10% in any 12-month period the amount of any fee that is charged on a regular and ongoing basis for the use, rental, or operation of one or more common elements unless a majority of the unit owners of the common interest community approve the fee increase.
| | J. Bridges (D) | | Local Government | Senate Committee on Local Government Postpone Indefinitely: 02/15/2022 | |
SB22-072
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Grants To Incentivize Home Use For Renters
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Votes all Legislators | | | | 01/19/2022 | Concerning the creation of a grant program to make grant awards to home owners who make residential space in their homes available for individuals seeking housing on a long-term rental basis. | Bill History | | - State Government
| Bill Documents | Senate: P. Lundeen (R) House:
| Fiscal Notes : 02/10/2022 | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | cMonitor | | | | The bill creates the grants to homeowners to make residential
space available to renters grant program (grant program) as a 3-year pilot program in the division of housing (division) within the department of
local affairs (DOLA). The grant program is established to provide state assistance in the form of a one-time grant award of $500 to eligible recipients who make residential space available within their homes for the use of individuals seeking long-term rental housing. The grant program must operate for 3 consecutive state fiscal years, commencing with the 2023-24 state fiscal year through the 2025-26 state fiscal year.
The division administers the grant program. The division is
required to create a process by which grant awards are made.
In order to be eligible to receive a grant award under the bill, an
individual must:
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Be the owner of record of residential real property that the individual occupies as the individual's primary residence (owner-occupier);
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Be at least 55 years of age as of the date of an application submitted by the individual for a grant award;
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Make residential space available within the owner-occupier's home for use by an individual seeking housing on a rental basis for a period of not less than 180 consecutive days.
The bill creates the grants to homeowners to make residential
space available to renters grant program fund (fund) in the state treasury. The fund funds grant awards under the grant program and the administrative costs of the division in administering the grant program.
The division is required to publish on an annual basis a report
summarizing the use of the money that was awarded under the grant program in the preceding fiscal year. The bill specifies minimum contents of the report, and the report must be posted on DOLA's and the division's websites. The division is also required to prepare educational materials concerning the grant program and to display such materials on its page on DOLA's website.
Each county treasurer is required to include general information
about the grant program in the notice the assessor sends concerning the property tax exemption for qualifying seniors. The division is required to provide information to the county treasurers about the grant program for inclusion in the notice.
| | P. Lundeen (R) | | Local Government | Senate Committee on Local Government Postpone Indefinitely: 03/08/2022 | |
SB22-093
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Expand Senior And Veteran Property Tax Exemptions
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Votes all Legislators | | | | 01/28/2022 | Concerning expansion of existing property tax exemptions for certain owner-occupied primary residences, and, in connection therewith, increasing the exempt amount of actual value of the owner-occupied primary residence of a qualifying senior or veteran with a disability and preserving the exemption of a senior who changes primary residences due to medical necessity. | Bill History | | - Fiscal Policy & Taxes
| Bill Documents | Senate: L. Liston (R) House:
| Fiscal Notes : 02/08/2022 | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | aStrongly Support | | | |
For property tax years commencing on or after January 1, 2022, the
bill:
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Increases the maximum amount of actual value of the owner-occupied residence of a qualifying senior or veteran with a disability that is exempt from property taxation from $200,000 to $400,000; and
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Specifies that a senior is deemed to be a 10-year owner-occupier of a primary residence that the senior has owned and occupied for less than 10 years and therefore qualifies for the senior property tax exemption for the residence if: •
The senior would have qualified for the senior property tax exemption for the senior's former primary residence but for the fact that medical necessity required the senior to stop occupying the former primary residence;
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The senior has not previously received the exemption for a former primary residence on the basis of medical necessity; and
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The senior has not owned and occupied another primary residence since the senior first stopped occupying his or her former primary residence due to medical necessity.
Medical necessity is defined as a medical condition of a senior that a physician licensed to practice medicine in Colorado has certified, on a form developed by the state property tax administrator, as having required the senior to stop occupying the senior's prior primary residence.
When applying for an exemption on the basis of medical necessity,
a senior must provide the form establishing proof of medical necessity.
| | L. Liston (R) | | State, Veterans and Military Affairs | Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Postpone Indefinitely: 02/10/2022 | |
SB22-111
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Infection Prevention Grants To Nursing Facilities
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Votes all Legislators | | | | 02/03/2022 | Concerning the ability of a nursing facility to be awarded a grant from the nursing home penalty cash fund for projects related to infection prevention and control. | Bill History | | - Health Care & Health Insurance
| Bill Documents | Senate: J. Smallwood (R) House:
| Fiscal Notes : 02/15/2022 | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | bSupport | | | | Current law directs the departments of public health and
environment and health care policy and financing to consider allocating money in the nursing home penalty cash fund for grants to be approved for measures that will benefit residents of nursing facilities by fostering innovation and improving the quality of life and care at the facilities. The
bill adds to the list of possible measures eligible for grant funding projects aimed at infection prevention and control.
Awards for infection prevention and control are limited to
education support, workforce support, and physical enhancements for infection control.
| | J. Smallwood (R) | | State, Veterans and Military Affairs | Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Postpone Indefinitely: 02/17/2022 | |
SB22-189
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Colorado Geriatric Provider Pipeline Program
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Votes all Legislators | | | | 03/29/2022 | Concerning creating the Colorado multidisciplinary geriatric provider pipeline program to support the health care of medically compromised older Coloradans. | Bill History | | - Higher Education - Human Services
| Bill Documents | Senate: J. Danielson (D) House: M. Duran (D) B. Titone (D) | Fiscal Notes : 04/14/2022 | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | cMonitor | | | | The bill creates the Colorado multidisciplinary geriatric provider
pipeline program (program) in the university of Colorado Anschutz medical campus. The program coordinates and expands geriatric training
opportunities for clinical graduate students enrolled in participating institutions of higher education who study in the health-care fields of medicine, medicine with a focus on training to be a physician assistant, dentistry, pharmacy, nursing, psychology, and social work.
The bill creates the geriatric training executive advisory committee
(committee) to ensure that the training for the program is consistent and collaborative across the health-care fields of study. The committee is required to:
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Set the program's standards for training and delivery of medical care to the most frail and medically complex, costly, and compromised older Coloradans;
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Collaborate with participating institutions of higher education across Colorado to select clinical graduate students who have an interest in geriatric care to participate in the program;
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Analyze data collected by the program;
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Build relationships, collaborate, and create a multidisciplinary team that provides opportunities for clinicians to work together in teams to better understand the roles of each discipline and better place clinical graduate students for experiential training opportunities; and
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Coordinate with graduates of the program for opportunities to become trainers to future clinical graduate students once practicing in the graduate's field of study.
| M. Duran (D) B. Titone (D) | J. Danielson (D) | | Health and Human Services | Senate Committee on Appropriations Postpone Indefinitely: 05/10/2022 | |
SB22-SCR002
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Homestead Property Tax Exemption Expansion
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Votes all Legislators | | | | 04/11/2022 | Submitting to the registered electors of the state of Colorado an amendment to the Colorado constitution concerning the expansion of the existing property tax exemption for certain owner-occupied primary residences, and, in connection therewith, increasing the exempt amount of actual value of the owner-occupied primary residence of a qualifying senior or veteran with a disability and allowing a senior who qualifies for the exemption to move and still claim the exemption without meeting the ten-year ownership and occupancy requirement, so long as the senior has continuously owned residential real property since qualifying for the exemption. | Bill History | | - Fiscal Policy & Taxes - Local Government
| Bill Documents | Senate: L. Liston (R) J. Ginal (D) House:
| Fiscal Notes : 04/22/2022 | Full Text of Bill | Lobbyists | cMonitor | | | | There is currently a property tax exemption for an owner-occupied
residence of a qualifying senior or veteran with a disability (homestead exemption) that is equal to 50% of the first $200,000 of the actual value of the property. For property tax years commencing on or after January 1, 2023, the concurrent resolution:
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Increases the maximum amount of actual value of the owner-occupied residence of a qualifying senior or veteran with a disability that is exempt from property taxation from $200,000 to $300,000 for the 2023 property tax year and to $300,000 plus cumulative inflation for each property tax year thereafter; and
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Makes the homestead exemption portable by allowing a senior who qualifies for the exemption to move and continue to claim the exemption without meeting the 10-year ownership and occupancy requirement, so long as the senior has continuously owned residential real property since qualifying for the exemption.
The concurrent resolution also makes a conforming amendment so
that the change in the actual value of which 50% is exempt does not affect the general assembly's ability to raise or lower this amount.
| | L. Liston (R) J. Ginal (D) | | State, Veterans and Military Affairs | Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Postpone Indefinitely: 04/26/2022 | |