Summary of Major Legislation
Summary of Public Health Legislation (2014)
This document provides a summary of major public health legislation considered by the General Assembly during the 2014 legislative session.
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Issue Briefs
The Colorado Clean Indoor Air Act (2016)
Concern over the detrimental effects of secondhand tobacco smoke on nonsmokers has grown in recent years. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency classified secondhand tobacco smoke as a known cause of cancer in humans in a December 1992 report. In an effort to reduce the risk of tobacco smoke-...
Issue Briefs
The Medicaid Appeals Process (2016)
Federal and state laws allow Medicaid applicants and clients who have their benefits denied, terminated, or reduced to appeal the decision. This issue brief provides an overview of the Medicaid appeals process in Colorado.
Issue Briefs
Colorado's Efforts to Address Suicide (2016)
Colorado was tied for the fifth highest suicide rate in the nation in 2014, the most recent year of nationally available data. In 2015, there were 1,093 suicides among Colorado residents, which is the highest number of suicides in the state’s history. This issue brief outlines legislative...
Budget Related Publications
FY 2015-16 Supplemental Information Technology Request, Public Health & Environment
Other
2016 Joint Health SMART Act Materials, Department of Public Health and Environment
Presented to the Joint Health Committee.
Other
Colorado Child Fatality Prevention System Overview Presentation
Presented to the Joint Health Committees on January 9, 2017.
Other
Fiscal Year 2015: Colorado Child Fatality Prevention System Annual Legislative Report
Presented to the Joint Health Committee on January 9, 2017, as part of the SMART Act Presentation.
Other
2016 Joint Health SMART Act Presentation, Department of Health Care Policy and Financing
Presented to the Joint Health Committees.
Other
2016 Department of Health Care Policy & Financing, Legislative Agenda
Presented to the Joint Health Committee during the SMART Act hearings.
Other
Colorado Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Medicaid Waivers: Adult Waivers, 2016 SMART Act Materials, Department of Health Care Policy and Financing
Presented to the Joint Health Committee.
Other
Colorado Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Medicaid Waivers: Children Waivers, 2016 SMART Act Materials, Department of Health Care Policy and Financing
Presented to the Joint Health Committee.
Other
FY 2015 Legislative Request for Information (LRFI) #3: Office of Community Living – Summary, 2016 SMART Act Materials, Department of Health Care Policy and Financing
Presented to the Joint Health Committee.
Other
Supporting a Culture of Coverage, Accountable Care Collaborative:: 2015 Annual Report, 2016 SMART Act Materials, Department of Health Care Policy and Financing
Presented to the Joint Health Committee.
Other
Colorado Commission On Affordable Health Care, 2016
Presented to the Joint Health Committee.
Other
Colorado Results First Initiative, 2016 SMART Act Materials, Office of State Planning and Budgeting
Presented to the Joint Health Committee.
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Human Services
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Other
2017 Department of Health Care Policy and Financing, Regulatory Agenda
Presented to the Joint Health Committee on January 6, 2017.
Other
2017 Department of Health Care Policy and Financing, SMART Act Information
Presented to the Joint Health Committee on January 6, 2017.
Other
2016 Department of Human Services Regulatory Agenda
Presented to the Joint Health Committee at its meeting on January 6, 2017.
Other
2017 Regulatory Agenda, Department of Human Services
Presented to the Joint Health Committee at its January 6, 2017, meeting.
Other
Department of Human Services, 2016-17 Performance Plan
Presented to the Joint Health Committee at its January 6, 2017, meeting.
Other
2017 Department of Human Services SMART Act Presentation
Joint Presentation to the Senate Health & Human Services Committee, House Health, Insurance, & Environment Committee, and House Public Health Care & Human Services Committee on January 9, 2017.
Other
Department of Public Health & Environment, 2017 SMART Act Presentation
Presented to the Joint Health Committee.
Other
FY 2016-17 Health Care Policy and Financing, Performance Plan
Presented to the Joint Health Committee.
Other
2017 Regulatory Agenda, Department of Public Health & Environment
Presented to the Joint Health Committee.