Second Regular Session | 74th General Assembly
Colorado General AssemblyThis issue brief provides an overview of federal and state family, medical, and sick leave laws.
Colorado’s workers’ compensation law provides various benefits to employees who suffer work-related injuries and illnesses. This issue brief provides an overview of the employer obligations to the program, workers’ compensation benefits, and how the program is administered.
This memorandum addresses patient access to experimental treatments, including access to clinical trials, participation in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Expanded Access (Compassionate Use) Program, and access to treatments under Colorado’s Right to Try Act. Additionally, this...
This issue brief addresses the state’s emergency mental health hold procedure, which allows for a person to be involuntarily held for a 72-hour period of treatment and evaluation if he or she appears to have a mental illness and, due to the mental illness, appears to be an imminent danger to...
During the 2017 legislative session, the General Assembly considered measures related to affordable housing, landlord-tenant agreements, construction defects, and homelessness.
Federal law requires employers to pay their employees a minimum hourly wage. States are allowed to set different pay standards than the federal minimum wage requirement; however, if the state and federal law differ, such as in Colorado, the higher wage prevails. This issue brief provides an...
This memorandum presents the impact of Senate Bill 17-267 on special districts that previously assessed sales taxes on retail marijuana transactions.
Presented to the Opioid and Other Substance Use Disorders Interim Study Committee at its September 2017 meeting.
Presented to the Opioid and Other Substance Use Disorders Interim Study Committee at its September 2017 meeting.
Presented to the Opioid and Other Substance Use Disorder Interim Study Committee at its September 2017 meeting.
Presented to the Opioid and Other Substance use Disorders Interim Study Committee at its September 2017 meeting.
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