Colorado § 25-1.5-505 - Advisory council - report.

§ 25-1.5-505. Advisory council - report.

(1) On or before December 1, 2011, and on or before December 1 every two years thereafter, the primary care office, with assistance from the advisory council, shall submit to the governor, the health and human services committee of the senate and the health and insurance and public and behavioral health and human services committees of the house of representatives, or any successor committees, a report that includes, at a minimum, the following information:

(a) A description of the health-care professionals, behavioral health-care providers, candidates for licensure, geriatric advanced practice providers, nursing faculty members, and health-care professional faculty members participating in the Colorado health service corps program and the scholarship program;

(b) A description of the programmatic goals of the Colorado health service corps and the scholarship program, including the present status of and any barriers to meeting those goals;

(c) Existing efforts and potential future projects to overcome any barriers to meeting the programmatic goals of the Colorado health service corps and the scholarship program;

(d) An analysis of the effects of the Colorado health service corps program and the scholarship program on addressing the health-care, geriatric care, and behavioral health-care needs of communities in Colorado;

(e) A summary of any assessment or evaluation of program performance conducted during the year; and

(f) A description of the nursing faculty or other health-care professional faculty members participating in the Colorado health service corps and the educational institutions where the participants teach.

(2) The department of public health and environment shall include the report required by this section as part of its "State Measurement for Accountable, Responsive, and Transparent (SMART) Government Act" hearing required by section 2-7-203.

(3) The reporting requirement in this section is not subject to section 24-1-136 (11)(a)(I).

Source: L. 2013: Entire part added with relocations, (HB 13-1074), ch. 150, p. 488, § 1, effective August 7. L. 2018: Entire section amended, (SB 18-024), ch. 222, p. 1418, § 9, effective July 1. L. 2021: IP(1), (1)(a), and (1)(d) amended, (SB 21-158), ch. 427, p. 2831, § 6, effective September 7.

Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 25-20.5-705 as it existed prior to 2013.

Cross references: For the legislative declaration in SB 18-024, see section 1 of chapter 222, Session Laws of Colorado 2018. For the legislative declaration in SB 21-158, see section 1 of chapter 427, Session Laws of Colorado 2021.