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...

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 Health Insurance Market (2016)

Health insurance is a method of paying for health care services that spreads the risk and costs across a group of covered persons. In exchange for premiums and other cost-sharing mechanisms, such as deductibles and co...

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 ...

Resident and Nonresident Tuition in Colorado (2016)

State-supported institutions of higher education rely on tuition revenue and public funding to pay for operating expenses.  State funding for higher education is provided to the institutions based partly on each insti...

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.  

Water Resources Review Committee Final Report (2016)

Submitted herewith to the Colorado General Assembly is the final report of the Water Resources Review Committee. This committee was created pursuant to Article 98 of Title 37, Colorado Revised Statutes. The purpose of...

School Discipline Policies (2016)

This memorandum responds to your request for information on school discipline policies.  Specifically, you were contacted by a constituent expressing concern about several incidents at her granddaughter’s elementary s...