University of Colorado

C.R.S. tit. 23, art. 20
in effect

C.R.S. § 23-20-101 University of Colorado - role and mission - all campuses

23-20-101. University of Colorado - role and mission - all campuses. (1) The role and mission of the several campuses of the university of Colorado are as follows: (a) The Boulder campus of the university of Colorado shall be a comprehensive graduate research university with selective admission standards. The Boulder campus of the university of Colorado shall offer a comprehensive array of undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degree programs. The Boulder campus of the university of Colorado has exclusive authority to offer graduate programs in law. The Colorado commission on higher education, in consultation with the board of regents, shall designate those graduate level programs that are the primary responsibility of the Boulder campus of the university of Colorado. The university has the responsibility to provide on a statewide basis, utilizing when possible and appropriate the faculty and facilities of other educational institutions, those graduate level programs. The commission shall include in its funding recommendations a level of general fund support for these programs. (b) The Denver campus of the university of Colorado shall be an urban comprehensive undergraduate and graduate research university with selective admission standards. The Denver campus shall offer baccalaureate, master's, and a limited number of doctoral degree programs, emphasizing those that serve the needs of the Denver metropolitan area. The Denver campus has statewide authority to offer graduate programs in public administration and exclusive authority in architecture and planning. (c) The Colorado Springs campus of the university of Colorado shall be a comprehensive baccalaureate and specialized graduate research university with selective admission standards. The Colorado Springs campus shall offer liberal arts and sciences, business, engineering, health sciences, and teacher preparation undergraduate degree programs, and a selected number of master's and doctoral degree programs. (d) The health sciences center campus of the university of Colorado shall offer specialized baccalaureate, first-professional, master's, and doctoral degree programs in health-related disciplines and professions. It is affiliated with the university of Colorado hospital and other health-care facilities that offer settings for education, clinical practice, and basic and applied research. Except for degree programs in osteopathic medicine described in section 23-40-101 (4), it has exclusive authority in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, and physical therapy.

C.R.S. § 23-20-102 Regents - election and term

23-20-102. Regents - election and term. (1) The university shall be governed by a board of nine regents, who shall be elected for terms of six years each as provided in this section. (2) (a) (I) At the general election held in 1974, and each six years thereafter through the general election held in 2016, three regents shall be elected, one of whom shall be a qualified elector of, and elected by the qualified electors of, the first congressional district; one of whom shall be a qualified elector of, and elected by the qualified electors of, the fourth congressional district; and one of whom shall be a qualified elector of this state and elected at large by the qualified electors of this state. (II) At the general election held in 2022, and each six years thereafter, three regents shall be elected, one of whom shall be a qualified elector of, and elected by the qualified electors of, the first congressional district; one of whom shall be a qualified elector of, and elected by the qualified electors of, the fourth congressional district; and one of whom shall be a qualified elector of, and elected by the qualified electors of, the eighth congressional district. (b) At the general election held in 1976, and each six years thereafter, three regents shall be elected, one of whom shall be a qualified elector of, and elected by the qualified electors of, the third congressional district; one of whom shall be a qualified elector of, and elected by the qualified electors of, the fifth congressional district; and one of whom shall be a qualified elector of this state and elected at large by the qualified electors of this state. (c) (I) At the general election held in 1978, and each six years thereafter through the general election held in 1996, three regents shall be elected, one of whom shall be a resident of, and elected by the qualified electors of, the second congressional district, one of whom shall be a resident of, and elected by the qualified electors of, the sixth congressional district, and one of whom shall be a qualified elector of this state and elected at large by the qualified electors of this state. (II) At the general election held in 2002, and each six years thereafter, three regents shall be elected, one of whom shall be a resident of, and elected by the qualified electors of, the second congressional district, one of whom shall be a resident of, and elected by the qualified electors of, the sixth congressional district, and one of whom shall be a resident of, and elected by the qualified electors of, the seventh congressional district.

C.R.S. § 23-20-103 Oath or affirmation of regents

23-20-103. Oath or affirmation of regents. The members of the board of regents shall take an oath or affirmation in accordance with section 24-12-101.

C.R.S. § 23-20-104 Meetings - quorum

23-20-104. Meetings - quorum. The meetings of the board of regents shall be held at such times and places as the board may appoint; but not less than two meetings per annum shall be held at the university. The president of the board may call special meetings where he deems it expedient, or special meetings may be called by any three members of the board. A majority of the regents shall constitute a quorum and be competent for the transaction of business.

C.R.S. § 23-20-105 Governor to fill vacancies

23-20-105. Governor to fill vacancies. (1) The governor of the state shall fill all vacancies that may occur in the board of regents. The persons so appointed shall hold their offices until the next general election and until their successors are elected and duly qualified according to law. (2) The governor shall appoint, effective July 1, 1973, three persons to fill vacancies on the board of regents which will exist as of said date by virtue of section 12 of article IX of the state constitution, one such appointment to be of a qualified elector of the state for a term expiring on the second Tuesday in January, 1975, one qualified elector of the state for a term expiring on the second Tuesday in January, 1977, and one qualified elector of the state for a term expiring on the second Tuesday in January, 1979. Their respective successors in office shall be elected from the state at large, as provided in section 23-20-102.

C.R.S. § 23-20-106 President - election

23-20-106. President - election. The regents of the university shall elect a president of the university, who shall be an employee-at-will pursuant to section 24-19-104, C.R.S., and whose employment shall be subject to the restrictions imposed by article 19 of title 24, C.R.S. The president shall be the principal executive officer of the university and a member of the faculty thereof and shall carry out the policies and programs established by the board of regents.

C.R.S. § 23-20-107 President to report - contents

23-20-107. President to report - contents. The president of the university shall make a report on the first day of September of each year to the board of regents. The report shall exhibit the condition and progress of the institution in its several departments, the different courses of study pursued therein, the branches taught, the means and methods of instruction adopted, the number of students with their names, classes, and residences, and such other matters as he may deem proper to communicate.

C.R.S. § 23-20-108 Secretary - duties

23-20-108. Secretary - duties. The board of regents shall elect a secretary, who shall hold the office during the pleasure of the board. The secretary shall record all the proceedings of the board of regents in a visual text format that may be transmitted electronically and carefully preserve all its books and papers. The secretary's books shall show how the permanent fund of the university has been invested; the amount of each kind of securities, if any, with the date thereof, and when due; the interest thereon, and when and where payable; the amount of each loan, if any, when made and payable to whom, how secured, at what rate of interest, and when and where payable. The secretary shall countersign and register all warrants and checks. The treasurer shall not pay a warrant or a check for money unless the same is drawn by the president and countersigned by the secretary.

C.R.S. § 23-20-109 Treasurer - duties - bond

23-20-109. Treasurer - duties - bond. The board of regents shall elect a treasurer of the university, who shall hold his or her office at the pleasure of the board. The treasurer shall keep a true and faithful account of all money received and paid out by him or her and shall pay all warrants and checks as presented. The treasurer shall take an oath or affirmation in accordance with section 24-12-101. He or she shall also give a bond in the penal sum of not less than twenty-five thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful discharge of his or her duties as treasurer, that he or she will at all times keep and render a true account of all money and other valuables received by him or her as treasurer and of the disposition he or she has made of the same, and that he or she will at all times be ready to discharge himself or herself of the trust and to deliver up when required by said board all money, notes, bonds, and other valuables entrusted to him or her. The bond shall have two or more sureties and be approved as to its form and the sufficiency of its sureties by the board of regents, the attorney general, and the secretary of state, who shall endorse their approval on the same. The bond shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state.

C.R.S. § 23-20-110 Attorney general legal advisor

23-20-110. Attorney general legal advisor. The attorney general of the state is the legal advisor of the president and board of regents of the university, and he or she shall institute and prosecute or defend all suits in behalf of the same.

C.R.S. § 23-20-111 Supervisory powers of board

23-20-111. Supervisory powers of board. The board of regents has general supervision of the university and control and direction of all funds of and appropriations to the university.

C.R.S. § 23-20-112 General powers of the board - definitions

23-20-112. General powers of the board - definitions. (1) The board of regents shall enact laws for the government of the university; appoint the requisite number of professors, tutors, and all other officers; and determine the salaries of such officers and the amount to be paid for tuition in accordance with the level of cash fund appropriations set by the general assembly for the university pursuant to section 23-1-104 (1)(b)(I). It shall remove any officer connected with the university when in its judgment the good of the institution requires it. (2) Repealed. (3) (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, an institution governed by the board of regents may use funding provided pursuant to section 23-18-303.5 as financial assistance for in-state students to reduce the student's share of in-state tuition, as defined in section 23-18-102. (b) For purposes of parts 1 and 2 of article 18 of this title, for an institution governed by the board of regents, "student's share of in-state tuition" has the same meaning as set forth in section 23-18-102 less the amount of any financial assistance awarded to the student pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection (3).

C.R.S. § 23-20-113 Board to fix salaries

23-20-113. Board to fix salaries. The board of regents shall determine the compensation of the secretary and the treasurer of the university, and the regents are ineligible to the office of treasurer.

C.R.S. § 23-20-114 Employment of medical personnel

23-20-114. Employment of medical personnel. (1) The board of regents of the university of Colorado has authority to employ medical personnel who are not citizens of the United States at the university of Colorado health sciences center, the university of Colorado psychiatric hospital, and the medical division of the graduate school of the university of Colorado. Medical personnel who are not citizens of the United States are exempt from the licensure requirements of the "Colorado Medical Practice Act", article 240 of title 12, with respect to services performed in the course of such employment, but such personnel shall first comply with all other requirements of said act, which includes the taking and passing of examinations approved by the Colorado medical board and by the National Board of Medical Examiners, the National Board of Examiners for Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons, or the Federation of State Medical Boards, or their successor organizations, on subjects relating to the basic sciences as provided by law within three months after the date of employment unless such examinations are not required by section 12-240-110 (1)(b). Such exemptions from licensure or provisions in this section provided for such personnel who are not citizens of the United States shall continue only during the minimum period of time within which the particular individual can become a citizen according to the laws of the United States and the regulations of the immigration and naturalization service of the United States, department of justice, or any successor agency, or such additional time as may be granted by such boards. The exemptions in this section are limited to services performed in the course of employment with the university of Colorado as limited in this section and shall terminate when such employment terminates. (2) (a) The board of regents may arrange for the billing, collection, and disbursement for professional services rendered by physicians and other faculty members of the health sciences schools through a nonprofit corporation or through a contractual arrangement with a profit or nonprofit corporation or through such other mechanism as may be authorized by the board of regents. Any mechanism employed under the authority of this subsection (2) shall be self-supporting. Any such mechanism shall allow for contracting with the board of regents or the state of Colorado for reimbursement of physician services provided for the medically indigent. (b) The fees collected under this subsection (2) shall be used for the remuneration and support of the professional, research, and educational activities of the members of the faculty of the health sciences schools and shall also be used for the administrative costs of such activities, in accordance with rules to be adopted by the board of regents. (c) The board of regents, at the request of the general assembly, the joint budget committee, or the state auditor, shall provide a report of the financial status of any funds maintained pursuant to this subsection (2), including but not limited to expenditures, revenues, and the number of staff and faculty involved. (d) Nothing in this subsection (2) shall be construed to give the board of regents any control over or power to arrange for the billing, collection, and disbursement of hospital fees of the university of Colorado hospital authority operating the university of Colorado university hospital pursuant to the provisions of part 5 of article 21 of this title, any control over how such hospital fees are spent in the operation of the hospital, or any control over the hospital's gross income, the budget and spending of the hospital, or the hospital's authority to borrow money or incur debt.

C.R.S. § 23-20-115 Departments - degrees - diplomas

23-20-115. Departments - degrees - diplomas. The university shall include a classical, philosophical, normal, scientific, law, physical sciences, and preparatory department and such other departments, with courses of instruction and elective studies, as the board of regents may determine. The board has authority to confer such degrees and grant such diplomas and other marks of distinction as are usually conferred and granted by other universities. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require the regents to establish the several departments until such time as in their judgment the wants and necessities of the people require it. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the authority of the Colorado commission on higher education to direct the board of regents to discontinue an academic or vocational degree program area pursuant to section 23-1-107 (2).

C.R.S. § 23-20-116 Claims against university

23-20-116. Claims against university. Except with respect to claims coming within the provisions of article 10 of title 24, C.R.S., the board of regents shall audit all claims against the university, and the president shall draw all warrants and checks for approved claims; but before payment such warrants and checks shall be countersigned by the secretary, who shall keep a specific and complete record of all matters involving the expenditure of money, which record shall be submitted to the board of regents at each regular meeting of the same.

C.R.S. § 23-20-117 Power and authority of regents to invest

23-20-117. Power and authority of regents to invest. (Repealed)

C.R.S. § 23-20-117.5 University of Colorado fund - creation - control - use

23-20-117.5. University of Colorado fund - creation - control - use. (1) There is hereby created in the state treasury the university of Colorado fund that shall be under the control and administration of the board of regents of the university of Colorado in accordance with the provisions of this part 1. The board of regents shall have authority and responsibility for all university funds. The board of regents shall designate, pursuant to its statutory authority, those moneys whether received by appropriation, grant, contract, gift, or any other means that shall be credited to said fund together with all interest derived from the deposit and investment of moneys in the fund. The moneys in the fund shall remain under the control of the regents of the university of Colorado and shall not be transferred or revert to the general fund of the state at the end of any fiscal year. (2) The moneys in the university of Colorado fund shall be used by the board of regents of the university of Colorado for the payment of salaries and operating expenses of the board and the institutions it governs, as well as for the payment of any other expenses incurred by the board in carrying out its statutory powers and duties. (3) Moneys in the university of Colorado fund may be invested by the state treasurer in investments authorized by sections 24-36-109, 24-36-112, and 24-36-113, C.R.S., any public-private initiatives with the department of transportation, as defined in section 43-1-1201 (3), C.R.S., and bonds issued for turnpikes in accordance with part 2 of article 3 of title 43, C.R.S. The board shall determine the amount of moneys to be credited in the fund. Until the board of regents withdraws the moneys from the fund, the state treasurer shall invest the moneys on behalf of the board of regents. (4) The board of regents shall establish an investment advisory committee consisting of at least five members to make recommendations to it regarding investments. The investment committee shall include the university of Colorado treasurer, the state treasurer, a member of the board of regents, and two representatives of the financial community.

C.R.S. § 23-20-118 Investments in consolidated funds

23-20-118. Investments in consolidated funds. Unless otherwise restrained by the terms of a will, trust agreement, or other instrument of gift, the regents of the university of Colorado are authorized to hold investments in one or more consolidated investment funds in which the participating trusts or accounts have undivided interests.

C.R.S. § 23-20-119 Corporate stock in name of nominee authorized - report

23-20-119. Corporate stock in name of nominee authorized - report. (1) In order to facilitate the investment, reinvestment, sale, and disposition of corporate stocks, the regents of the university of Colorado are authorized to hold certificates of stock in the name of a nominee of their selection without disclosing the fact that certificates are held by the regents or are held in a fiduciary capacity, if: (a) The records of the regents and all reports or accounts rendered by them clearly show the ownership of the stock by the regents and the facts regarding their holding; and (b) The nominee deposits with the regents a signed statement showing the trust ownership, endorses the stock certificate in blank, and does not have possession of the stock certificate or access thereto except under the immediate supervision of the treasurer of the university or such other person as the regents designate. (2) Notwithstanding section 24-1-136 (11)(a)(I), a report shall be made by the regents of the university of Colorado, to the general assembly at each regular session, of the investments made and the interest derived therefrom under the provisions of this section and section 23-20-118.

C.R.S. § 23-20-120 Donations - invested

23-20-120. Donations - invested. All donations of money, securities, or other property shall be conveyed to the regents of the university and invested as other funds of the university. Donations may be made to, and for the sole use of, any of the departments of the university, and donations so made shall be kept in a separate fund for the use of such department.

C.R.S. § 23-20-121 Money from university lands

23-20-121. Money from university lands. All moneys which arise from the sale of public lands belonging to the university of Colorado, or from the leasing of lands belonging to the said university, or from interest arising on the investment of such funds are placed under the exclusive control of the regents of the said university. The treasurer of the state of Colorado is instructed to turn over to the said regents all the moneys, warrants, bonds, and other securities of any nature that have come from the sale of said public lands belonging to said university.

C.R.S. § 23-20-122 Raising funds for university student memorial center

23-20-122. Raising funds for university student memorial center. (1) For the purpose of raising funds from time to time for erecting, purchasing, otherwise acquiring, reconstructing, improving, adding to, extending, bettering, equipping, and furnishing, or any combination thereof, a student memorial center consisting of one or more buildings on the campus of the university of Colorado, the board of regents thereof, designated as the "regents of the university of Colorado" (in this section sometimes designated as the "board"), is authorized to enter into contracts with persons or corporations advancing money for such purposes, under which contracts the board is authorized to pledge the net income from the student memorial center, its facilities, and special student fees assessed for the purpose of financing the student memorial center or any part of such net income to the repayment of any sums so advanced and interest thereon. (2) The board shall not pledge the general income of the university or create any mortgage upon property belonging to such institution or obligate the state of Colorado for the purpose of repaying or receiving any funds raised or advanced under the provisions of this section. (3) For the purpose of evidencing any such loan, the board may issue, in its name and on its behalf, notes, debentures, bonds, or other evidences of indebtedness, in this section sometimes designated as "obligations". (4) Any obligations may be refunded by the board, subject to provisions concerning their payment and any other contractual limitations in any proceedings authorizing the issuance of the obligations or otherwise appertaining thereto, by the issuance of obligations to refund, pay, and discharge all or any part of outstanding obligations for the purpose of avoiding or terminating any default, reducing interest costs or effecting other economies, or modifying or eliminating restrictive contractual limitations concerning the outstanding obligations of the student memorial center, or any combination thereof. (5) Any obligations issued for refunding purposes either may be delivered in exchange for the outstanding obligations being refunded or may be publicly or privately sold. (6) No obligations may be refunded under this section unless the holders thereof voluntarily surrender them for exchange or payment or unless they either mature or are callable for prior redemption under their terms within ten years from the date of issuance of the refunding obligations. Provision shall be made for paying the obligations within said period of time. The principal amount of the refunding obligations may exceed the principal amount of the refunded obligations if the aggregate principal and interest costs of the refunding obligations do not exceed such unaccrued costs of the obligations refunded. The principal amount of the refunding obligations may also be less than or the same as the principal amount of the obligations being refunded so long as provision is duly and sufficiently made for the payment of the refunded obligations. he refunded obligations if the aggregate principal and interest costs of the refunding obligations do not exceed such unaccrued costs of the obligations refunded. The principal amount of the refunding obligations may also be less than or the same as the principal amount of the obligations being refunded so long as provision is duly and sufficiently made for the payment of the refunded obligations. (7) The proceeds of refunding obligations shall either be immediately applied to the retirement of the obligations to be refunded or placed in escrow in any state or national bank within the state which is a member of the federal deposit insurance corporation to be applied to the payment of the obligations being refunded upon their presentation therefor. To the extent any incidental expenses have been capitalized, such refunding obligation proceeds may be used to defray such expenses. Any accrued interest and any premium appertaining to a sale of refunding obligations may be applied to the payment of the interest thereon, the principal thereof, or both interest and principal or deposited in a reserve therefor as the board may determine. Any such escrow shall not necessarily be limited to proceeds of refunding obligations but may include other moneys available for its purpose. Any proceeds in escrow, pending such use, may be invested or reinvested in securities meeting the investment requirements established in part 6 of article 75 of title 24, C.R.S. Such proceeds and investments in escrow, together with any interest to be derived from any such investment, shall be in an amount at all times sufficient as to principal, interest, any prior redemption premium due, and any charges of the escrow agent payable therefrom to pay the obligations being refunded as they become due at their respective maturities or due at any designated prior redemption date in connection with which the board exercises a prior redemption option. Any purchaser of any obligation issued under this section shall in no manner be responsible for the application of the proceeds thereof by the board or any of its officers, agents, or employees. (8) Refunding obligations may be made payable from any net revenues derived from the student memorial center, or any portion thereof, notwithstanding that the pledge of such revenues for the payment of the outstanding obligations being refunded is thereby modified. (9) Obligations for refunding and obligations for any other purpose authorized may be issued separately or in combination in one series or more. (10) The board shall establish a maximum net effective interest rate for obligations issued under this section. Such obligations shall bear interest at a rate or rates such that the net effective interest rate of the issue of obligations does not exceed the maximum net effective interest rate established ny other purpose authorized may be issued separately or in combination in one series or more. (10) The board shall establish a maximum net effective interest rate for obligations issued under this section. Such obligations shall bear interest at a rate or rates such that the net effective interest rate of the issue of obligations does not exceed the maximum net effective interest rate established. Such interest shall be payable semiannually or annually and evidenced by one or two sets of coupons, if any, executed with the facsimile or manually executed signature of any official or officials of the board; except that the first coupon or coupons appertaining to any obligation may evidence interest not in excess of one year, and such obligations may be in one series or more, may bear such date or dates, may mature at such time or times not exceeding forty years from their respective dates, may be designated or redesignated, may be in such denomination or denominations, may be payable in such medium of payment, at such place or places within or without the state, may carry such registration privileges, may be subject to such terms of prior redemption in advance of maturity in such order or by lot or otherwise at such time or times with or without a premium, may be executed in such manner, may bear such privileges for reissuance in the same or other denominations, may be so reissued without modification of maturities and interest rates, and may be in such form, either coupon or registered, as may be provided by resolution of the board. (11) The obligations shall never be sold at a price such that the net effective interest rate of the issue of obligations exceeds the maximum net effective interest rate established. (12) Obligations may be issued with privileges for conversion or registration, or both, for payment as to principal or interest, or both. If interest accruing on the obligations is not represented by interest coupons, the obligations may provide for the endorsing of payments of interest thereon. The obligations generally shall be issued in such manner, in such form, either coupon or registered, with such recitals, terms, and provisions for subordination of subsequently issued obligations and such covenants and conditions, and with such other details as may be provided by the board, except as otherwise provided in this section. (13) All obligations and the income therefrom shall be exempt from taxation, except inheritance, estate, and transfer taxes. (14) All moneys received from the issuance of any obligations authorized in this section shall be used solely for the purpose for which issued and the cost of any project designated by the board and authorized in this section, including interest or discount on obligations, or both; cost of issuance of obligations; architectural, engineering, and inspection costs and legal expenses; costs of financial, professional, and other estimates and advice; contingencies; any administrative, operating, and other expenses of the board appertaining to a student memorial center prior to and during such acquisition or improvement and equipment, and additionally during a period of not exceeding one year after the completion thereof, as may be estimated and determined by the board in any resolution authorizing the issuance of any obligations or other instrument appertaining thereto, and all such other expenses as may be necessary or incident to the financing, acquisition, improvement, equipment, and completion of said center or part thereof, the placing of the same in operation, and also any provision or reserves for working capital, operation, maintenance, or replacement expenses, or for payment or security of principal of or interest on any obligations during or after such acquisition or improvement and equipment as the board may determine, and also reimbursements to the board, any bank, other corporation, or any other person of any moneys previously expended for the purposes of said c vision or reserves for working capital, operation, maintenance, or replacement expenses, or for payment or security of principal of or interest on any obligations during or after such acquisition or improvement and equipment as the board may determine, and also reimbursements to the board, any bank, other corporation, or any other person of any moneys previously expended for the purposes of said center; except that any accrued interest and any premium appertaining to a sale of obligations may be applied to the payment of the interest thereon and the principal thereof, or both interest and principal, or may be deposited in a reserve therefor, as the board may determine. (15) The powers conferred by this section shall be in addition and supplemental to and not in substitution for, and the limitations imposed by this section shall not affect, the powers conferred by any other law. Obligations may be issued under this section without regard to the provisions of any other law. Insofar as the provisions of this section are inconsistent with the provisions of any other law, the provisions of this section shall be controlling.

C.R.S. § 23-20-123 Rents or charges for buildings and facilities for research

23-20-123. Rents or charges for buildings and facilities for research. The regents of the university of Colorado are authorized to contract for or impose and collect rents or charges for the use of university buildings and facilities for research, including research conducted by or under the auspices of the university of Colorado. Such rents or charges shall be at a level reasonably calculated to return or amortize the cost of such buildings and facilities within a reasonable period not exceeding the life of such buildings and facilities; but such user charges or rents may not be imposed and collected in such a manner as to require payment directly or indirectly from the state general fund, tuition receipts, or student fees.

C.R.S. § 23-20-124 Research building revolving fund - appropriation of fund

23-20-124. Research building revolving fund - appropriation of fund. There is established in the office of the treasurer of the university a fund to be known as the university of Colorado research building revolving fund. There shall be credited to said fund the user charges or rents authorized by section 23-20-123 and imposed by the board of regents of the university of Colorado, specific appropriations or grants or gifts made to said fund, and the proceeds of the sale of anticipation warrants authorized by sections 23-20-123 to 23-20-125. No payments from student fees, tuition receipts, or general funds shall be deposited in the research building revolving fund or used for said programs; except that the board of regents is authorized, pursuant to sections 23-5-102 and 23-5-103, to pledge the revenues and net income of any other designated enterprise auxiliary facilities in connection with bonds or other obligations secured by the research building revolving fund. All interest accumulated in this fund shall follow the fund. All such moneys so credited to said fund are appropriated to the university of Colorado for the payment of maintenance and operating costs for its research buildings and facilities and for the planning, construction, and equipping of additional research buildings and facilities for the university of Colorado; except that the board of regents is authorized, pursuant to sections 23-5-102 and 23-5-103, to pledge the research building revolving fund in connection with bonds or other obligations issued by or on behalf of any other designated enterprise auxiliary facilities.

C.R.S. § 23-20-125 Anticipation warrants

23-20-125. Anticipation warrants. The state treasurer is authorized to issue anticipation warrants in such amounts as requested by the board of regents of the university of Colorado, the total amount of which shall not exceed four million dollars, to be repaid exclusively from the user revenues accruing to the university of Colorado research building revolving fund as provided in sections 23-20-123 to 23-20-125 or from revenues and net income of any other designated enterprise auxiliary facilities that are pledged to the repayment of such anticipation warrants pursuant to sections 23-5-102 and 23-5-103, or any combination thereof; such anticipation warrants shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding four percent per annum except those issued on or after February 15, 1968, which shall bear interest not exceeding six percent per annum, and shall not be sold at a price less than the face value thereof. Disbursements from said fund shall be only by warrant upon vouchers certified by the board of regents of the university of Colorado.

C.R.S. § 23-20-126 Purchase of anticipation warrants

23-20-126. Purchase of anticipation warrants. It is lawful for any public entity, as defined in section 24-75-601 (1), C.R.S., to purchase anticipation warrants issued in pursuance of section 23-20-125 if such warrants satisfy the investment requirements established in part 6 of article 75 of title 24, C.R.S.; but not to exceed twenty percent of the total of any specific fund of such public entity shall be invested in such warrants.

C.R.S. § 23-20-127 Warrants as security - when

23-20-127. Warrants as security - when. Anticipation warrants issued in pursuance of sections 23-20-123 to 23-20-129 may be used as security for any depository bond or obligation where any kind of bonds or other securities shall or may, by law, be deposited as security.

C.R.S. § 23-20-128 Tax exemption

23-20-128. Tax exemption. Any anticipation warrants issued pursuant to the provisions of section 23-20-125 by the regents of the university of Colorado shall be exempt from taxation for state, county, school district, special district, municipal, or other purposes in the state of Colorado.

C.R.S. § 23-20-129 Bonds

23-20-129. Bonds. (1) The regents of the university of Colorado are hereby authorized to issue bonds as provided in this section for the purpose of obtaining funds for the planning, construction or other acquisition, and equipping of research buildings and facilities, wherever located in the state of Colorado, for the university of Colorado. Any such buildings and facilities shall be related to the research mission of the university. (2) Such bonds shall be in such amount, shall mature at such time or times, shall bear interest at such rate or rates, and shall otherwise be sold and issued in such manner and on such terms as provided by the regents of the university of Colorado. (3) Such bonds shall be payable from, and shall be secured by a pledge of, the university of Colorado research building revolving fund created in section 23-20-124, or the revenues and net income of any other designated enterprise auxiliary facilities that are pledged to the repayment of such bonds pursuant to sections 23-5-102 and 23-5-103, or any combination thereof. (4) The authority contained in this section shall be in addition to the authority granted the regents of the university of Colorado to issue anticipation warrants pursuant to section 23-20-125; except that nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize the issuance of such bonds if by such issuance the obligation of any contract entered into with respect to any outstanding anticipation warrants would thereby be impaired. (5) Any bonds issued pursuant to this section shall be exempt from taxation for state, county, school district, special district, municipal, or other purposes in the state of Colorado. (6) Bonds issued pursuant to the provisions of this section shall not constitute a debt or an indebtedness of the state within the meaning of any applicable provision of the state constitution or state statutes.

C.R.S. § 23-20-129.5 Enterprise auxiliary facility bonds

23-20-129.5. Enterprise auxiliary facility bonds. (1) The board of regents shall establish policies and procedures to determine and monitor the ability of the university of Colorado: (a) To pay principal, interest, and any other costs due in connection with any revenue bonds issued pursuant to section 23-5-102; (b) To establish and maintain the necessary reserves required to pay the principal, interest, and other costs due in connection with any revenue bonds issued pursuant to section 23-5-102; (c) To pay costs of operation and maintenance of the auxiliary facility or group of auxiliary facilities on behalf of which revenue bonds are issued pursuant to section 23-5-102; and (d) To satisfy all covenants and agreements set forth in any resolution, indenture, or other document authorizing or executed in connection with the issuance of revenue bonds pursuant to section 23-5-102. (2) The policies and procedures adopted pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall include, but need not be limited to, the following requirements: (a) That, upon issuance of revenue bonds pursuant to section 23-5-102, the university shall identify the primary revenue sources for payment of principal and interest on the bonds from among those revenues and other moneys pledged for payment of principal and interest on the revenue bonds; (b) That, upon issuance of revenue bonds pursuant to section 23-5-102, the university shall perform a financial analysis, based upon assumptions approved by the board of regents and the state auditor, that demonstrates that revenues expected to be annually available from the sources identified under paragraph (a) of this subsection (2) will be sufficient to pay at least one hundred twenty-five percent of the annual principal and interest on the revenue bonds; (c) That the university shall annually review the revenue sources identified under paragraph (a) of this subsection (2) to determine if the financial analysis required in paragraph (b) of this subsection (2) shows sufficient revenues for payment of principal and interest on the revenue bonds and, if the revenues are not sufficient, take such action as the board of regents and the state auditor shall require to assure that adequate revenues are available to pay the principal and interest on the revenue bonds; (d) That the maximum annual debt service on all revenue bonds issued pursuant to section 23-5-102, except as provided for in sections 23-5-101.8 and 23-5-103, outstanding at any time for the university shall not exceed ten percent of the university's unrestricted current fund expenditures plus mandatory transfers; (e) That the university shall establish and maintain such debt service reserves and such reserves for repair and replacement of any auxiliary facility or group of auxiliary facilities on behalf of which revenue bonds are issued pursuant to section 23-5-102 and as may be required by the terms of the resolution, indenture, or other document authorizing or executed in connection with the issuance of the revenue bonds and subject to review and approval by the state auditor; and (f) That the university shall annually report to the state auditor regarding compliance with the requirements specified in this subsection (2) and any additional requirements that may be imposed by the board of regents. (3) The policies and procedures required under this section shall be established no later than January 1, 1995, and shall apply to any revenue bonds issued pursuant to section 23-5-102 on or after such date.

C.R.S. § 23-20-130 Disposition of natural specimens

23-20-130. Disposition of natural specimens. All specimens of natural history and geological and mineralogical specimens which are collected by the state geologist of Colorado, appointed by the state to investigate its natural history, belong to and are the property of the university and form a part of its cabinet.

C.R.S. § 23-20-131 Free pupil from each county

23-20-131. Free pupil from each county. Each county is entitled to send one pupil under the age of seventeen years to said university, tuition free, said pupil to be selected by competitive examination before the county superintendent of such county and given to the highest scholarship.

C.R.S. § 23-20-132 When tuition fee charged

23-20-132. When tuition fee charged. The university shall charge a reasonable tuition fee for all out-of-state students, as provided in article 7 of this title.

C.R.S. § 23-20-133 Religious societies not to control

23-20-133. Religious societies not to control. The university shall never be under the control of any religious or irreligious denomination or society.

C.R.S. § 23-20-134 No loans to board or faculty - exception

23-20-134. No loans to board or faculty - exception. No funds of the university shall ever be, directly or indirectly, loaned to the president or any of the regents, professors, or other officers of the said university; except that the board of regents may make loans secured by an equity interest in real estate in Colorado from funds not appropriated by the general assembly to full-time faculty members if such secured loans are made pursuant to a faculty housing assistance plan promulgated and approved by the board of regents.

C.R.S. § 23-20-135 Contracting debt forbidden, when

23-20-135. Contracting debt forbidden, when. The board of regents is prohibited from creating any debt against the university, in any manner encumbering the same, or incurring any expense beyond its ability to pay from the annual income of the university for the current year.

C.R.S. § 23-20-136 Fitzsimons trust fund - creation - legislative declaration - repeal

23-20-136. Fitzsimons trust fund - creation - legislative declaration - repeal. (1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that the university of Colorado health sciences center will be moving to the former Fitzsimons Army base over the next several decades; that the health sciences center can expect a major portion of the move to take place in the next ten to fifteen years; that creation of a trust fund would allow the state to set aside funds over a period of years in order to have moneys available at the time the most costly capital construction requests would be expected to occur; and that, in addition to the state moneys to be dedicated to the trust fund, other sources of funding for the move are being sought from the federal government, private and public sources, and the health sciences center and university hospital. (2) In light of the projected amounts of state revenues that will be available over the next six years, the general assembly hereby finds and declares that a stable, predictable, and consistent source of revenues for the university of Colorado health sciences center's move to the former Fitzsimons Army base will better allow the state to help fund such a move. In order to provide a consistent source of revenues, the general assembly further finds and declares that it is appropriate to create a trust fund that will be provided with an annual amount of principal and that will generate an annual amount of interest that is dedicated to the university of Colorado health sciences center's move to the former Fitzsimons Army base. (3) (a) There is hereby created in the state treasury the university of Colorado health sciences center at Fitzsimons trust fund, referred to in this section as the "Fitzsimons trust fund", the principal of which shall consist of those general fund revenues that may be transferred to the capital construction fund as provided in section 24-75-302 (2), C.R.S., and then appropriated from the capital construction fund to the Fitzsimons trust fund and of moneys appropriated to the Fitzsimons trust fund from the capital construction fund pursuant to subsection (3.5) of this section. The principal and interest of the Fitzsimons trust fund shall not be expended or appropriated for any purpose other than that stated in subsection (5) of this section. The state treasurer may, in the state treasurer's discretion, deposit, redeposit, invest, and reinvest moneys accrued or accruing to the Fitzsimons trust fund in the types of deposits and investments authorized in sections 24-36-109, 24-36-112, and 24-36-113, C.R.S. (b) Repealed. (c) Notwithstanding any provision of paragraph (a) of this subsection (3) to the contrary, on May 5, 2010, the state treasurer shall deduct five million fifty-four thousand nine hundred eighteen dollars from the Fitzsimons trust fund and transfer such sum to the general fund. (d) Notwithstanding any provision of paragraph (a) of this subsection (3) to the contrary, on July 1, 2010, the state treasurer shall deduct three million four hundred forty-eight thousand five hundred thirty-seven dollars from the Fitzsimons trust fund and transfer such sum to the general fund. (3.5) (a) For the 2016-17 fiscal year and for each fiscal year thereafter in which the state receives money pursuant to the master settlement agreement, and in which money is due to a lessor under a financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreement authorized pursuant to section 3 of House Bill 03-1256, enacted in 2003, the state treasurer shall transfer to the capital construction fund and the state controller shall transfer from the capital construction fund to the Fitzsimons trust fund, except as otherwise provided in section 24-75-1104.5 (5), eight percent of the total amount received by the state pursuant to the master settlement agreement, other than attorney fees and costs, during the preceding fiscal year. he state treasurer shall transfer to the capital construction fund and the state controller shall transfer from the capital construction fund to the Fitzsimons trust fund, except as otherwise provided in section 24-75-1104.5 (5), eight percent of the total amount received by the state pursuant to the master settlement agreement, other than attorney fees and costs, during the preceding fiscal year. (b) As used in this subsection (3.5), unless the context otherwise requires, "master settlement agreement" means the master settlement agreement, the smokeless tobacco master settlement agreement, and the consent decree approved and entered by the court in the case denominated State of Colorado, ex rel. Gale A. Norton, Attorney General v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.; American Tobacco Co., Inc.; Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.; Liggett &Myers, Inc.; Lorillard Tobacco Co., Inc.; Philip Morris, Inc.; United States Tobacco Co.; B.A.T. Industries, P.L.C.; The Council For Tobacco Research--U.S.A., Inc.; and Tobacco Institute, Inc., Case No. 97 CV 3432, in the district court for the city and county of Denver. (4) On September 1, 1998, and on September 1 of each year thereafter, the state treasurer shall certify to the general assembly the amount of interest actually earned on the principal of the Fitzsimons trust fund during the previous fiscal year and shall provide an estimate of the interest expected to be earned on such principal during the current fiscal year. (5) Money in the Fitzsimons trust fund may be appropriated to pay for capital construction projects for the university of Colorado health sciences center at the former Fitzsimons Army base that have received the prior approval of the board of regents of the university of Colorado, the Colorado commission on higher education, the capital development committee, the general assembly, and the joint budget committee or for payments on any financed purchase of an asset or certificate of participation agreement authorized pursuant to section 3 of House Bill 03-1256, as enacted at the first regular session of the sixty-fourth general assembly. (6) The creation of the Fitzsimons trust fund shall in no way reduce or eliminate the opportunity of the university of Colorado health sciences center to seek funding for capital and controlled maintenance projects through the normal annual capital development committee prioritization process. (7) All interest derived from the deposit and investment of moneys in the Fitzsimons trust fund shall be credited to said fund. At the end of any fiscal year, all unexpended and unencumbered moneys in the Fitzsimons trust fund shall remain therein and shall not be credited or transferred to the general fund or any other fund. (8) This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2032.

C.R.S. § 23-20-137 Health sciences center - disposition of property - use of proceeds

23-20-137. Health sciences center - disposition of property - use of proceeds. (1) On or before June 30, 2004, the university of Colorado shall develop a master plan for the development, sale, and use of the campus at ninth avenue and Colorado boulevard and the university of Colorado hospital. (2) On or before June 30, 2006, the university of Colorado shall enter into an agreement with a third-party master developer to carry out the development, sale, or use of the real estate interests of the university of Colorado in the campus at ninth avenue and Colorado boulevard, including, but not limited to, the university's real estate interests in the ground leased to the university of Colorado hospital, that will maximize the moneys available for the move of the Colorado health sciences center to the former Fitzsimons Army base. (3) (a) For purposes of this subsection (3), unless the context otherwise requires, "net proceeds from ninth avenue and Colorado boulevard" means the proceeds from the sale, ground lease, or other disposition of the real estate interest of the university of Colorado in the ninth avenue and Colorado boulevard campus, including, but not limited to, the university's interests in the ground leased to the university of Colorado hospital, less actual and reasonable costs of completing the transaction and less any unsatisfied debt or other obligation relating to such real estate interests. (b) Of the net proceeds from ninth avenue and Colorado boulevard, up to fifteen million dollars shall be deposited into the general fund. Any net proceeds from ninth avenue and Colorado boulevard in excess of fifteen million dollars shall be divided equally with one-half being deposited into the general fund and one-half being retained by the university of Colorado for the development of the Fitzsimons campus.

C.R.S. § 23-20-138 Health sciences center - definitions - accountable student program - creation

23-20-138. Health sciences center - definitions - accountable student program - creation. (1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "Accountable student" means a person who, as of the date of his or her selection for admission into a university of Colorado at Denver and health sciences center professional health care program, will not be receiving funding from the state of Colorado or a cooperative state for any portion of the costs incurred in participating in a university of Colorado at Denver and health sciences center professional health care program. (b) "Board" means the board of regents of the university of Colorado. (c) "Cooperative state" means a state that has entered into a cooperative agreement with the state of Colorado pursuant to section 24-60-601, C.R.S. (d) "Special support fee" means the fee determined by the board pursuant to subsection (5) of this section to reflect the difference between the actual costs of education for an accountable student enrolled in a university of Colorado at Denver and health sciences center professional health care program and the tuition assessed to the accountable student. (2) The board is hereby authorized to enter into a contract concerning the assessment of a special support fee with each accountable student. (3) Each accountable student shall enter into a contract with the board that shall provide that, as a condition of the accountable student's continued enrollment in a university of Colorado at Denver and health sciences center professional health care program, a special support fee shall be paid annually to the board by or on behalf of the accountable student pursuant to subsection (4) of this section. (4) Beginning in the 2006-07 academic year, the board may annually assess each accountable student a special support fee as the board determines necessary pursuant to subsection (5) of this section. The fee required to be collected pursuant to this subsection (4) is based on an accountable student's status as an accountable student at the time of selection for admission into a university of Colorado at Denver and health sciences center professional health care program and shall not be reduced or waived regardless of the accountable student's future status as an in-state student, pursuant to the provisions of section 23-7-103, at any time during the accountable student's participation in a university of Colorado at Denver and health sciences center professional health care program. If after the first year the accountable student ceases to participate in his or her university of Colorado at Denver and health sciences center professional health care program for reasons other than a medical disability, he or she shall repay to the university of Colorado at Denver and health sciences center professional health care program the difference between the amount paid for the special support fee and the amount of tuition that would have been otherwise assessed to the accountable student. (5) The board shall determine annually the amount of the special support fee based on recommendations from each university of Colorado at Denver and health sciences center campus offering professional health care program courses. (6) The fee-for-service contract negotiated between the board and the department of higher education pursuant to section 23-18-303.5 must specify the amount of funding for educational services provided to graduate students by the state of Colorado. A graduate student receiving educational services paid for by the state of Colorado is not eligible to be an accountable student.

C.R.S. § 23-20-139 Retirement plan - eligibility - election

23-20-139. Retirement plan - eligibility - election. (1) (a) The university of Colorado president, chancellors, deans, other professionals exempt from the state personnel system, and faculty as determined by the board of regents to be eligible to participate in a university of Colorado retirement plan shall be members of a university retirement plan and covered under social security if required by federal law; except that, upon initial appointment to or employment in a position described in this subsection (1), an employee who is a member or inactive member of the association shall elect, within thirty days after such appointment, either to join the association in accordance with the provisions of article 51 of title 24, C.R.S., or to participate in a university retirement plan. (b) For purposes of this section, "association" means the public employees' retirement association created pursuant to section 24-51-201, C.R.S. (2) An election made by an employee pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall be irrevocable and shall remain the election of the employee at any time the employee is employed by the university in a position described in subsection (1) of this section. (3) An election to participate in a university retirement plan pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall be in writing and shall be filed with the association and with the university in a manner prescribed by the university. (4) An election to join the association pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be in writing in the manner provided by the association and shall be filed with the association no more than thirty days after the election. (5) If an employee fails to make an election pursuant to the provisions of this section, the employee shall be a member of the association. (6) The university shall be solely responsible for educating employees and providing information to employees about the process provided in this section and for the administration of the process. (7) Administrative actions or civil actions brought by employees to dispute the election for participation or failure to elect participation in the association or a university retirement plan shall commence within one hundred eighty days after the election or within one hundred eighty days after the date on which the employee may make an election to participate in such plan pursuant to this section, whichever is earlier, and not thereafter.

C.R.S. § 23-20-140 Partnership for rural education preparation - created - report

23-20-140. Partnership for rural education preparation - created - report. (1) (a) The general assembly finds that: (I) There is a teacher shortage across the state, particularly in rural areas, which jeopardizes Colorado's ability to maintain the highest standards in education delivery; (II) There are various causes of the teacher shortage; and (III) There are resources available, and potentially available, that could help alleviate the teacher shortage; however, due to the unique causes of teacher shortages across the state, there is a need for collaboration to connect local education providers with resources to develop customized solutions. (b) Therefore, the general assembly declares that the creation of a partnership for rural education is an effective way to reduce teacher shortages in Colorado. (2) There is created the partnership for rural education preparation on the Denver campus of the university of Colorado, referred to in this section as the "partnership", to collaborate with other institutions of higher education to bring customized solutions to local education providers to address teacher shortages. Subject to available appropriations, and in collaboration with local education providers, the partnership shall work with identified local education providers to: (a) Regularly collect and report data on the current and projected hiring needs for the local education provider, including turnover trends, for teachers by geographic and content area; (b) Determine the causes of teacher shortages; (c) Identify available and potentially available resources that align supply and demand when addressing the teacher shortages; (d) Connect these resources to the local education provider through customized solutions targeted to the specific causes of the teacher shortage for the local education provider; (e) To the extent possible, identify methods for improving diversity of teachers; and (f) Provide technical assistance in implementing the local education provider's customized solution. (3) The partnership shall prepare and submit an annual report for each year in which the partnership is operating to the department of education, the department of higher education, and the education committees of the house of representatives and the senate, or any successor committees, concerning data collected and strategies identified by the partnership to address teacher shortages across the state. (4) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 23-1-104 (1) to the contrary, the appropriation of money for purposes of this section is not included within the single line item appropriation to the regents of the university of Colorado. Any unexpended and unencumbered money appropriated for purposes of this section remains available for expenditure for purposes of this section in the next fiscal year without further appropriation.

C.R.S. § 23-20-141 Emerging technologies for water management - study - report - legislative declaration - repeal

23-20-141. Emerging technologies for water management - study - report - legislative declaration - repeal. (Repealed)

C.R.S. § 23-20-142 Educator well-being and mental health program - reporting - repeal

23-20-142. Educator well-being and mental health program - reporting - repeal. (1) The university of Colorado health sciences center shall establish and operate an educator well-being and mental health program to provide support services for educators serving students in Colorado's public elementary and secondary schools. (2) The services provided through the educator well-being and mental health program must include, but are not limited to: (a) A hotline service for educators, providing daily telephone and text access; (b) Staffed support groups; and (c) Training and support programs for educators that focus on coping with stress and building resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic and recovery from the pandemic. (3) The department of higher education shall enter into a limited purpose fee-for-service contract with the university of Colorado health sciences center pursuant to section 23-18-308 to provide state funding for the educator well-being and mental health program to supplement other sources of funding. (4) On or before November 1, 2022, and on or before November 1 each year thereafter, the university of Colorado health sciences center shall submit a report to the department of higher education concerning the use of state funding for the educator well-being and mental health program, including information about the number of educators served, the services provided, funding received from other sources, and other relevant data and information about the implementation of the program and program outcomes. (5) This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2026.

C.R.S. § 23-20-143 High-potency THC marijuana and marijuana concentrate research

23-20-143. High-potency THC marijuana and marijuana concentrate research. (1) (a) The Colorado school of public health shall conduct a systematic review of all available scientific evidence-based research regarding the possible physical and mental health effects of high-potency THC marijuana and marijuana concentrates regardless of the location of the research. (b) The research must study the effect of high-potency THC marijuana on the developing brain and the effect of marijuana concentrates on physical and mental health. The research must systematically curate and synthesize existing research, identify evidence gaps, and identify new research that is needed to better understand the health implications of high-potency THC marijuana products and the specific THC potency levels and amounts at which various health concerns arise. The Colorado school of public health shall report by January 31, 2022, to the finance committee and public and behavioral health and human services committee of the house of representatives and the finance committee and health and human services committee of the senate, or their successor committees, whether they have identified any gaps in the research, and, if there are gaps, what those gaps are, what studies are needed to fill those gaps, the funding needed to complete those studies, and the timeline for completion of the necessary studies. Nothing in this section shall preclude the Colorado school of public health from making recommendations regarding appropriate regulatory measures to the scientific review council created in subsection (2)(b) of this section. (c) The research must be conducted independently without any predetermined outcomes or undue influence from any party. (2) (a) The Colorado school of public health shall produce an initial report of its findings by July 1, 2022, and shall provide that report to the scientific review council created in subsection (2)(b) of this section and the finance committee and public and behavioral health and human services committee of the house of representatives and the finance committee and health and human services committee of the senate, or their successor committees. If at any point prior to the completion of the final report the Colorado school of public health believes there is sufficient scientific evidence to make a recommendation regarding appropriate regulatory measures, the Colorado school of public health shall provide those recommendations to the scientific review council created in subsection (2)(b) of this section and the finance committee and public and behavioral health and human services committee of the house of representatives and the finance committee and health and human services committee of the senate, or their successor committees. If after submitting the initial report the Colorado school of public health believes additional research and reporting is necessary, the Colorado school of public health may, subject to available appropriations, conduct additional research and issue additional reports and recommendations to the scientific review council created in subsection (2)(b) of this section and the finance committee and public and behavioral health and human services committee of the house of representatives and the finance committee and health and human services committee of the senate, or their successor committees ppropriations, conduct additional research and issue additional reports and recommendations to the scientific review council created in subsection (2)(b) of this section and the finance committee and public and behavioral health and human services committee of the house of representatives and the finance committee and health and human services committee of the senate, or their successor committees. If after July 1, 2022, additional research is conducted and sufficient data from that research shows a prevalence of negative physical or mental health outcomes from the use of high-potency THC marijuana or marijuana products, the Colorado school of public health shall submit a report regarding the findings to the scientific review council created in subsection (2)(b) of this section and the finance committee and public and behavioral health and human services committee of the house of representatives and the finance committee and health and human services committee of the senate, or their successor committees. Any recommendations must not include additional criminal penalties related to marijuana concentrate use, possession, or possession of paraphernalia or new crimes related to marijuana concentrate use, possession, or possession of paraphernalia. (b) The Colorado school of public health shall establish a scientific review council to review the initial report and any subsequent reports produced pursuant to subsection (2)(a) of this section and make recommendations to the general assembly regarding appropriate evidence-based regulatory changes and the funding of additional necessary evidence-based research. The dean of the Colorado school of public health, in conjunction with the dean of the medical school at the university of Colorado and the dean of the school of pharmacy at the university of Colorado, shall appoint members, with a goal of at least twenty-five percent of the members representing communities of color, to the scientific review council who do not have a pecuniary interest or anyone in their immediate family who does not have a pecuniary interest, who represent an unbiased group of professionals, as follows: (I) An epidemiologist; (II) A physician familiar with the administration of medical marijuana pursuant to current state laws with experience recommending medical marijuana to those who are age zero to seventeen; (III) A medical toxicologist; (IV) A neurologist; (V) A pediatrician; (VI) A psychiatrist; (VII) An internal medicine physician or other specialist in adult medicine; (VIII) A preventive medicine specialist or public health professional; (IX) A licensed substance use disorder specialist; (X) A neuropsychopharmacologist; and (XI) A medical or public health expert who specializes in racial and health disparities and systemic inequalities in health care and medicine. (c) The scientific review council shall post public notice of each committee meeting at least two weeks before the meeting, and the meetings must be broadcast to the public. Nothing precludes the public from submitting written comments to the committee. (3) Based on its research and findings, the Colorado school of public health shall produce a public education campaign for the general public regarding the effect of high-potency THC marijuana on the developing brain and on physical and mental health. The scientific review council created in subsection (2)(b) of this section shall approve the public education campaign. (4) The Colorado school of public health shall not seek, accept, or use gifts, grants, or donations to fund the provisions of this section. The provisions of this section shall be completed using only appropriations from the general assembly.

C.R.S. § 23-20-144 Colorado pediatric psychiatry consultation and access program (CoPPCAP) - created

23-20-144. Colorado pediatric psychiatry consultation and access program (CoPPCAP) - created. (1) There is created in the university of Colorado the Colorado pediatric psychiatry consultation and access program, referred to in this section as "CoPPCAP". CoPPCAP shall: (a) Support primary care providers to identify and treat mild to moderate pediatric behavioral health conditions in primary care practices or school-based health centers; (b) Provide support and assistance to primary care providers with the integration of pediatric behavioral health screening and treatment into primary care practices; (c) Provide peer-to-peer consultations with primary care providers and integrated behavioral health clinicians; (d) Identify evidence-based resources and care coordination to support diagnosis, treatment, and referrals for children with behavioral health and substance use needs; (e) Support all patients seen in Colorado primary care practices regardless of payer or ability to pay; (f) Create ongoing educational opportunities focused on pediatric behavioral health conditions; and (g) Create digital resources focused on pediatric behavioral health conditions. (2) (a) CoPPCAP may enter into agreements with the department of public health and environment regarding the provision of federal health resources and services administration programs. (b) CoPPCAP may collaborate with state agencies, school-based health centers, primary care providers, integrated behavioral health clinics, and community-based social service or behavioral health providers to provide behavioral health assessment and treatment to children and families. (3) CoPPCAP is authorized to seek, accept, and expend gifts, grants, and donations from private or public sources to implement CoPPCAP. (4) For the 2022-23 state fiscal year, the general assembly shall appropriate four million six hundred thousand dollars from the behavioral and mental health cash fund created pursuant to section 24-75-230 to the board of regents of the university of Colorado to fund CoPPCAP to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and its negative public health impacts. CoPPCAP must spend or obligate this money in accordance with section 24-75-226 (4)(d). (5) The board of regents of the university of Colorado and CoPPCAP shall comply with the compliance, reporting, record-keeping, and program evaluation requirements established by the office of state planning and budgeting and the state controller in accordance with section 24-75-226 (5).

C.R.S. § 23-20-145 Language access emergency alert study - definitions - repeal

23-20-145. Language access emergency alert study - definitions - repeal. (Repealed)

C.R.S. § 23-20-301 Definitions

23-20-301. Definitions. As used in this part 3, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Center" means the center for health, work, and environment at the Colorado school of public health. (2) "Certified recovery-friendly workplace" means a workplace that meets the criteria for certification as established by this part 3, attains designation as certified by the recovery-friendly workplace program, and receives written documentation from the program of such designation. (3) "Employee" means any person who works for salary, wages, or other remuneration for an employer subject to the provisions of this part 3 and includes individuals in managerial positions, those working for or on behalf of the state, contractors, and individuals in work-from-home positions. (4) "Employer" means any public or private person or entity that has one or more employees who are residents of the state and who are covered by the "Workers' Compensation Act of Colorado", articles 40 to 47 of title 8, or that conducts business in or within the state. "Employer" includes the state and any department, agency, or instrumentality of the state; any county; any municipal corporation; and any employer that is self-insured. A single employer may have multiple workplaces. (5) "Participant" means a workplace that meets the criteria for participant status as established by this part 3, attains designation as a participant by the recovery-friendly workplace program, and receives documentation from the program of such designation. (6) "Prevention" means the prevention of substance misuse through strategies designed to reduce the risk of injury and stress in the workplace and address other factors that may increase the risk of substance misuse and through training and education to build substance use disorder and recovery literacy. (7) "Recovery" means a process of change through which individuals improve their health and wellness, live a self-directed life, and strive to reach their full potential. (8) "Recovery-friendly workplace advisor" means an individual who is an employee of or contractor for the recovery-friendly workplace program and whose duties include assisting employers through the process of becoming a recovery-friendly workplace participant or a certified recovery-friendly workplace. (9) "Recovery-friendly workplace program" or "program" means the program established in section 23-20-302. (10) "Recovery-friendly workplace task force" means a task force established by an employer or its employees that reflects different components of the workforce and includes different levels of staff to lead recovery-friendly workplace policy development and implementation and to continuously review and update the employer's policies and practices to make them more recovery-friendly. (11) "Recovery support services organization" has the same meaning as set forth in section 27-60-108 (2)(c). (12) "Substance use disorder" has the same meaning as set forth in section 27-50-101 (20). (13) "Workplace" means any office, warehouse, building, or other location, whether permanent or temporary, where an employee performs any work-related duty or duties in the scope and course of the employee's employment. Employers may have more than one workplace. "Workplace" does not include an employee's residence or other remote work location. If an employer operates exclusively through telework, the designated workplace address is the address listed on the employer's articles of incorporation filed with the secretary of state, if incorporated in this state, or, if not incorporated in this state, the address of the employer's official headquarters in this state.

C.R.S. § 23-20-302 Recovery-friendly workplace program - creation - duties

23-20-302. Recovery-friendly workplace program - creation - duties. (1) There is hereby established a recovery-friendly workplace program. The center may contract with one or more public or private entities to perform some or all of the duties outlined in this part 3 but shall maintain oversight of the program. Any such public or private entity shall be required to meet all requirements for certification as a recovery-friendly workplace. (2) At a minimum, the program must: (a) Develop or adopt a process through which employers may apply to become recovery-friendly workplace participants or certified as recovery-friendly as set forth in section 23-20-303; (b) Develop or adopt an orientation process that includes training materials for new employers that provides a baseline introduction to substance use disorders, treatment, and recovery, including information on the science of addiction, stigma, substance use in the workforce, prevention measures, available local resources, and the ways in which employers can amend and implement recovery-friendly policies and practices to help their employees with substance use disorders; (c) Provide consultation, guidance, technical assistance, training and education, and other support to employers seeking to become participants or certified recovery-friendly workplaces, as well as to current participants and certified recovery-friendly employers and key stakeholders within the workplace, such as human resources directors and union leaders; (d) Conduct outreach to key stakeholders within the state, including employers that are not engaged in the program, labor unions, and recovery support services organizations to provide information regarding the program and program benefits; (e) Dependent on funding, hire or contract with at least one recovery-friendly workplace advisor for every one hundred participants and certified recovery-friendly workplaces; (f) Assign a recovery-friendly workplace advisor to each employer that has submitted a letter of intent who will: (I) Assist employers through the process of becoming a participant or certified recovery-friendly workplace; (II) Provide information to employers regarding the state and federal laws and regulations that impact individuals with substance use disorders, including the federal "Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990", 42 U.S.C. sec. 12101 et seq.; state disability laws; the federal "Family Medical Leave Act", 29 U.S.C. secs. 2601 to 2654; 42 CFR 2; and the federal "Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996", 42 U.S.C. sec. 201 et seq., through the provision of written materials, training, or referral to an individual or entity with the requisite knowledge; (III) Provide ongoing assistance to employers by: (A) Working with employers to review the employers' policies and procedures and providing suggestions to make such policies and procedures more recovery-friendly; (B) Referring employers to organizations and individuals with specialized knowledge and expertise that may assist the employer in becoming or maintaining its status as recovery-friendly or in revising its policies or procedures to better assist employees with substance use disorders, addressing stigma and building a recovery-supportive workplace culture, or in providing employees access to additional services and supports; and (C) Encouraging employee involvement in the employer's process of becoming a participant or certified recovery-friendly workplace or in maintaining such status, including through activities such as participating in a recovery-friendly workplace task force, orienting new employees on the employer's recovery-friendly policies, monitoring the implementation process, and providing feedback on the employer's recovery-friendly workplace efforts; and loyer's process of becoming a participant or certified recovery-friendly workplace or in maintaining such status, including through activities such as participating in a recovery-friendly workplace task force, orienting new employees on the employer's recovery-friendly policies, monitoring the implementation process, and providing feedback on the employer's recovery-friendly workplace efforts; and (IV) Assist employers in renewing their status as a participant or certified recovery-friendly workplace through the completion of an annual review as set forth in section 23-20-303 (5); (g) Provide each participating employer with a certificate or other documentation evidencing the employer's status as a participant or as a certified recovery-friendly workplace, which must reflect the name of the employer, the address of each workplace covered by the certificate, the date the certificate was issued, and the date of expiration; (h) Develop a recovery-friendly workplace program website that provides resources and information on substance use in the workplace to employers, employees, and the general public or incorporate such information into the center's existing website; (i) Develop or adopt already existing educational and training resources for employers and employees that must be posted to the program website and must include materials such as guideline documents, flyers, posters, webinars, panel discussions, online interactive modules, and training modules tailored to specific employers or industries and may include interactive classroom-based training; (j) Develop or adopt already existing model recovery-friendly policies and procedures for use by employers; and (k) Compile the information to be submitted to the center pursuant to section 23-20-304 (2)(b).

C.R.S. § 23-20-303 Recovery-friendly workplace program - participants - certified recovery-friendly workplaces - requirements - renewal - termination

23-20-303. Recovery-friendly workplace program - participants - certified recovery-friendly workplaces - requirements - renewal - termination. (1) An employer seeking to participate in the recovery-friendly workplace program may choose to do so as a participant or as a certified recovery-friendly workplace. (2) (a) To become a participant in the program, an employer must: (I) Submit a letter of intent to the program in a form and manner prescribed by the program that must include, at a minimum, the name and address of the employer and, if the employer has more than one workplace, the street address of each workplace to which the letter of intent applies; (II) Complete the orientation process as required by the program, including completion of the orientation training module; (III) Prepare a recovery-friendly workplace pledge or statement, or use a form provided by the program, that identifies the values or principles informing the commitment and briefly describes the key recovery-friendly workplace steps the employer must complete as a participant; and (IV) Notify all employees and the members of the employer's board of directors, if any, in writing of the intent to become a participant, which the employer must submit to the program. (b) Upon submission of the letter of intent, the program must assign the employer a recovery-friendly workplace advisor. (c) After an employer completes the minimum requirements as set forth in subsection (2)(a) of this section, the program must: (I) List the employer as a participant on the program website; and (II) Provide the employer with a certificate or other documentation verifying the employer's status as a participant in the recovery-friendly workplace program, which certificate or documentation must include the date of issuance, the expiration date, and the address of each workplace covered by the certificate. The certificate must be valid for a period of at least one year after the date of issuance. (3) (a) To become certified as a recovery-friendly workplace, an employer must: (I) Complete all steps set forth in subsection (2)(a) of this section for becoming a participant; (II) With the employer's recovery-friendly workplace advisor, complete a standardized assessment of the employer's current policies, procedures, and practices that impact current and prospective employees with substance use disorders and determine where improvements can be made; and (III) With the recovery-friendly workplace advisor, set time-limited goals to make select improvements identified in subsection (3)(a)(II) of this section, which must be completed within the one-year term of the certification, unless an extension of time is granted by the program. (b) The program shall list on the program website each employer that completes the minimum requirements as set forth in subsection (3)(a) of this section as a certified recovery-friendly workplace. If the employer has a logo, the program shall include the logo in the listing. (c) Upon completion of the minimum requirements as set forth in subsection (3)(a) of this section, the program shall provide an employer with a certificate or other documentation suitable for display that verifies the employer's status as a certified recovery-friendly workplace. The certificate or other documentation must include the date of issuance, the expiration date, and the address of each workplace covered by the certificate. The certificate must be valid for one year after the date of issuance. (4) The center shall recognize each certified recovery-friendly workplace employer through program press releases and program-sponsored events throughout the year. (5) At least thirty days prior to the expiration of a certificate designating an employer as a participant or as a certified recovery-friendly workplace, the employer shall: icate must be valid for one year after the date of issuance. (4) The center shall recognize each certified recovery-friendly workplace employer through program press releases and program-sponsored events throughout the year. (5) At least thirty days prior to the expiration of a certificate designating an employer as a participant or as a certified recovery-friendly workplace, the employer shall: (a) Meet with the recovery-friendly workplace advisor to complete a review of the employer's recovery-friendly-related activities for the past year, including revising workplace policies to better assist employees with substance use disorders, implementing policies to encourage the hiring of individuals in recovery from substance use disorders, decreasing or eliminating barriers for employees seeking treatment, establishing a recovery-friendly workplace task force, and taking steps to reduce stigma in the workplace; (b) In consultation with the recovery-friendly workplace advisor, set goals for the upcoming year; and (c) Complete a written or electronic program satisfaction survey. (6) An employer may choose to terminate its participation in the program if the termination: (a) Takes effect prior to the expiration of the employer's current designation and the employer provides written notice to the program of the intent to terminate participation within thirty days prior to the proposed date of termination; or (b) Takes effect on the expiration of the employer's current designation and the employer provides written notice to the program of the employer's intent not to renew its designation as a participant or a certified recovery-friendly workplace. (7) The program may revoke or decline to renew the designation as a participant or certified recovery-friendly workplace for any employer that: (a) Violates any of the requirements of this part 3; or (b) Fails to take the necessary steps to renew its participation or certification within the time allowed by the program. (8) The program shall remove all participants and certified recovery-friendly workplaces whose designation is revoked or who do not seek renewal from the program website and terminate all benefits associated with such designation. (9) The program shall be flexible in granting extensions to participants and certified recovery-friendly workplaces that begin the process of renewing their designation but fail to complete the process before their current designation expires.

C.R.S. § 23-20-304 Program evaluation and reports

23-20-304. Program evaluation and reports. (1) The center may conduct an evaluation of the effectiveness of the recovery-friendly workplace program and identify ways to improve the program. The center may hire an outside contractor to perform the evaluation. (2) (a) Beginning one year after August 7, 2024, and on an annual basis thereafter, the program shall collect and aggregate the satisfaction data obtained as the result of the renewal process and shall present such information in the form of a report to the house of representatives business affairs and labor committee and the senate business, labor, and technology committee, or their successor committees, for the purpose of program review. The information in this report is confidential and not subject to the "Colorado Open Records Act", part 2 of article 72 of title 24. Notwithstanding section 24-1-136 (11)(a)(I), the requirement in this section to report to the general assembly continues indefinitely. (b) On an annual basis, the program shall collect and aggregate data regarding the following and shall submit such data to the center: (I) The number of employers designated as participants in the recovery-friendly workplace program, including information regarding the types of industries represented and number of employees, if available; (II) The number of employers designated as certified recovery-friendly workplaces, including information regarding the types of industries represented and number of employees, if available; (III) The number of participants designated as certified recovery-friendly workplaces; (IV) The number of online and in-person trainings conducted by the program, not including the orientation training, including the topics, number of attendees, industries represented, and whether such trainings were conducted at the request of one or more employers; and (V) Any other information required by the center.

C.R.S. § 23-20-305 Repeal of part

23-20-305. Repeal of part. This part 3 is repealed, effective September 1, 2028.
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