State Education Fund Report (2011)

The forecast for the State Education Fund and the level of General Fund appropriations have changed from when the General Assembly adjourned in May 2010. The ongoing economic recession is affecting forecasts for prope...

State Education Fund Report (2010)

The forecast for the State Education Fund and the level of General Fund appropriations necessary to meet the funding requirements of Amendment 23 have changed from when the General Assembly adjourned in May 2009. The ...

State Education Fund Report (2009)

The forecast for the State Education Fund and the level of General Fund appropriations necessary to meet the funding requirements of Amendment 23 is significantly changed from when the General Assembly adjourned in Ma...

2015 Cost of Living Study - Pacey Economics

2015 Colorado School District Cost of Living Analysis

Medicaid Waiver Programs Part II - Home-And Community-Based Services Medicaid Waivers for Adults (2016)

Colorado currently administers 11 Home-and Community-Based Services Medicaid (HCBS) Waivers. This issue brief discusses the six waivers available to adults. An issue brief entitled Medicaid Waiver Programs Part I – Ho...

Meeting Agenda - Committee on Legal Services - 20161117

Proposed Recommended Changes to Retention of Records Policy for Records of the Office of Legislative Legal Services - Addendums F & G

Excerpt from September 29, 2016, COLS meeting packet addendums-fg.pdf

Summary of OLLS Recommendations Regarding Legislative 'Member' Files

Presented to the Committee on Legal Services November 17, 2016  summary-of-olls-recommendations-re-member-files.pdf

Rule Review Memorandum re: 5 CCR 1002-61 (LLS Docket No. 160425; SOS Tracking No. 2016-00302)

MEMORANDUM TO: Committee on Legal Services FROM: Thomas Morris, Office of Legislative Legal Services DATE: November 4, 2016 SUBJECT: Rules of the Water Quality Control Commission, Department of Public Health and Envir...

Rule Review Memorandum re: 7 CCR 1101-14 (LLS Docket No. 160373; SOS Tracking No. 2016-00307)

MEMORANDUM TO: Committee on Legal Services FROM: Thomas Morris, Office of Legislative Legal Services DATE: November 4, 2016 SUBJECT: Rules of the Director, Division of Oil and Public Safety, Department of Labor and Em...

Rule Review Memorandum re: 9 CCR 2503-7 (LLS Docket No. 160136; SOS Tracking No. 2015-00854)

MEMORANDUM TO: Committee on Legal Services FROM: Richard Sweetman, Office of Legislative Legal Services DATE: November 9, 2016 SUBJECT: Rules of the State Board of Human Services, Department of Human Services, concern...

Overview of Colorado Campaign Finance and Disclosure Requirements

This memorandum provides an overview of Colorado campaign finance and disclosure requirements for political office candidates.  Specifically, this memorandum provides information on: candidacy and candidate affidavit...

Colorado's Adult Protective System (2016)

Colorado's Adult Protective Services (APS) system, first established in 1983, protects at-risk adults who, because of mental or physical ability, are unable to obtain services or otherwise protect their own health, sa...

Section 14-10-115, C.R.S., pre-2014

Section 14-10-115 (5)(a)(I)(D), (5)(a)(I)(O), (5)(a)(I)(W), (6)(b)(I), (7)(a)(II)(B), (7)(a)(II)(C), (7)(a)(II)(D), (7)(b), and (16), C.R.S., were amended in 2013 by HB13-1058, effective January 1, 2014. These version...

Section 14-10-114, C.R.S., pre-2014

Section 14-10-114, C.R.S., was amended in 2013 by HB13-1058, effective January 1, 2014. This version of section 14-10-114, C.R.S., was effective until January 1, 2014.

Colorado's Unemployment Insurance Program (2016)

Unemployment insurance (UI) provides temporary, partial wage replacement to workers who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own. The state program is administered by the Division of Employment and Training ...

Forecast March 2014

Focus Colorado presents forecasts for the economy and state government revenue through FY 2015-16. Implications of the forecast for the state's General Fund budget and spending limit are described in the report's high...

Respite Care in Colorado (2016)

Respite care provides temporary relief to a caregiver from the physical and emotional impacts of caring for a person with special needs who is unable or needs assistance to care for himself or herself. It can be provi...

Capital Development Committee Fiscal Year 2015-16 Annual Report (2016)

Final report of the Capital Development Committee for FY 2015-16.  

The Medicaid Appeals Process (2016)

Federal and state laws allow Medicaid applicants and clients who have their benefits denied, terminated, or reduced to appeal the decision. This issue brief provides an overview of the Medicaid appeals process in Colo...

Colorado Juvenile Justice Systems (2013)

Juvenile justice systems were created in the late 19th century under the philosophy that juveniles are different than adults and may have different rehabilitation needs. Colorado has two separate systems for the deten...

Smart Government Act

The State Measurement for Accountable, Responsive, and Transparent Government Act (SMART Act) was adopted in 2010 by House Bill 10-1119. This bill established a performance-based budgeting program. In 2013, House Bill...

Academic Standards and The Common Core (2013)

Academic standards provide a broad outline for what students are expected to know and be able to do at the end of each grade level, and for what students should know in order to be prepared to enter college or the wor...

Colorado Conservation Easement Tax Credit Program

The federal and state governments each provide tax incentives for landowners who designate their land as a conservation easement, foregoing certain use rights in order to preserve the land in perpetuity. This memorand...

Hospital Provider Fee

The Health Care Affordability Act of 2009, House Bill 09-1293, authorized the collection of a provider fee from most Colorado hospitals. Senate Bill 17-267 created the Colorado Healthcare Affordability and Sustainabil...