Understanding the State Budget Presentation

Understanding the State Budget: The Big Picture Where do our taxes go? State Government Revenue General Fund Budget TABOR Revenue Limit

FY 2016-17 Operating Budget Summary Graphics

New Legislator Orientation Phase II: FY 2016-17 State Operating Budget Overview

Inside a Bill

Colorado's Efforts to Address Suicide (2016)

Colorado was tied for the fifth highest suicide rate in the nation in 2014, the most recent year of nationally available data.  In 2015, there were 1,093 suicides among Colorado residents, which is the highest number ...

Colorado Judges (2016)

Colorado’s state court system is comprised of many different courts, including the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals (COA), and district courts. Colorado law also governs county courts and jurisdiction-specific cour...

Medicaid Trends and Cost Drivers (2016)

This memorandum provides information on recent trends in Medicaid caseload growth and drivers of state Medicaid expenditures. Included in this memorandum is a ten-year history and three years of projections for Colora...

Oversight and Review of Capital Projects (2016)

This memorandum provides information about the oversight and review of capital projects. It defines capital projects and gives a sequential overview of the capital process, including master and program planning requir...

Statutory Revision Committee Annual Report 20161115

Police Officers' and Firefighters' Pension Reform Commission Final Report

Final Report to the Colorado General Assembly by Police Officers' and Firefighters' Pension Reform Commission   

Uniform Law Commission Current Project List by Category

current-ulc-projects-nov-2016.pdf

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...