9 | | - | ONCERNING THE DENVER-METROPOLITAN REGIONAL NAVIGATION CAMPUS |
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10 | | - | GRANT TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS |
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11 | | - | , AND, IN CONNECTION |
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12 | | - | THEREWITH |
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13 | | - | , MAKING AN APPROPRIATION. |
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14 | | - | |
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15 | | - | Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado: |
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16 | | - | SECTION 1. Legislative declaration. (1) The general assembly |
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17 | | - | finds and declares that: |
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18 | | - | (a) On March 11, 2021, the federal government enacted the |
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19 | | - | "American Rescue Plan Act of 2021" (ARPA), Pub.L. 117-2, pursuant to |
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20 | | - | which Colorado has received $3,828,761,790 from the federal coronavirus |
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21 | | - | state fiscal recovery fund (SFRF) to be used for certain specified purposes; |
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22 | | - | (b) These specified purposes include providing programs, services, |
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23 | | - | NOTE: This bill has been prepared for the signatures of the appropriate legislative |
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24 | | - | officers and the Governor. To determine whether the Governor has signed the bill |
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25 | | - | or taken other action on it, please consult the legislative status sheet, the legislative |
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26 | | - | history, or the Session Laws. |
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27 | | - | ________ |
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28 | | - | Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material added to existing law; dashes |
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29 | | - | through words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law and such material is not part of |
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30 | | - | the act. or other assistance for populations disproportionately impacted by the |
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31 | | - | COVID-19 pandemic. More specifically, federal regulations and United |
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32 | | - | States treasury guidance construing the allocation of the SFRF identify a |
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33 | | - | nonexclusive list of uses that address the disproportionate negative |
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34 | | - | economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, including building stronger |
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35 | | - | communities through investments in housing and neighborhoods. Services |
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36 | | - | in this category alleviate the immediate economic impact of the COVID-19 |
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37 | | - | pandemic on housing insecurity while addressing conditions that |
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38 | | - | contributed to poor public health and economic outcomes during the |
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39 | | - | pandemic, namely concentrated areas with limited economic opportunity |
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40 | | - | and inadequate or poor-quality housing. |
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41 | | - | (c) Under these regulations, SFRF money may be used for programs |
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42 | | - | or services that address housing insecurity, lack of affordable and workforce |
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43 | | - | housing, or homelessness; |
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44 | | - | (d) As the federal department of housing and urban development |
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45 | | - | stated, the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated our nation's already severe |
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46 | | - | housing affordability crisis; |
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47 | | - | (e) Today, one in 5 renters are behind on rent and just over 10 |
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48 | | - | million homeowners are behind on mortgage payments, and people of color |
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49 | | - | face even greater hardship and are more likely to have deferred or missed |
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50 | | - | payments, putting them at greater risk of eviction and foreclosure; |
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51 | | - | (f) At the same time, our nation's homelessness crisis has worsened |
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52 | | - | during the pandemic as people experiencing homelessness are highly |
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53 | | - | vulnerable to COVID-19 transmission, illness, and severity due to their use |
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54 | | - | of congregate shelters and their high prevalence of underlying health |
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55 | | - | conditions; |
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56 | | - | (g) Colorado is no exception, as COVID-19 has been hitting low- |
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57 | | - | and extremely low-income individuals and families who were already |
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58 | | - | severely cost-burdened especially hard, increasing their risk of experiencing |
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59 | | - | homelessness or inability to resolve their homelessness; |
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60 | | - | (h) In the Denver metropolitan area, shelters saw a 99% increase in |
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61 | | - | people experiencing homelessness for the first time between January 2020 |
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62 | | - | and January 2021. The number of deaths due to overdose among people |
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63 | | - | experiencing homelessness in Denver county increased by 34% from 2020 |
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64 | | - | PAGE 2-HOUSE BILL 22-1378 to 2021, highlighting the need for joint efforts to address substance use |
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65 | | - | disorders among those experiencing homelessness. |
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66 | | - | (i) There is currently a lack of both transitional and supportive |
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67 | | - | housing and lack of access to specialty care, particularly for people with |
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68 | | - | complex needs. Persons experiencing homelessness face many challenges |
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69 | | - | in accessing long-term treatment of chronic illness and are far more likely |
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70 | | - | to receive care in emergency departments. Without trained and dedicated |
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71 | | - | providers or advocates, unhoused individuals often end up in a cycle of |
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72 | | - | expensive treatment with little to no follow-up. |
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73 | | - | (2) Therefore, the general assembly finds and declares it is within |
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74 | | - | the interest of the state to create a regional campus for individuals |
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75 | | - | experiencing homelessness to help alleviate the need that has been |
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76 | | - | exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. |
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77 | | - | SECTION 2. In Colorado Revised Statutes, add 24-32-727 as |
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78 | | - | follows: |
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79 | | - | 24-32-727. Denver-metropolitan regional navigation campus |
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80 | | - | grant - regional navigation campus cash fund - creation - definitions. |
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| 14 | + | ONCERNING THE DENVER-METROPOLITAN REGIONAL NAVIGATION101 |
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| 15 | + | CAMPUS GRANT TO ADDRESS |
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| 16 | + | HOMELESSNESS, AND, IN102 |
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| 17 | + | CONNECTION THEREWITH , MAKING AN APPROPRIATION .103 |
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| 18 | + | Bill Summary |
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| 19 | + | (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does |
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| 20 | + | not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill |
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| 21 | + | passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that |
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| 22 | + | applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at |
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| 23 | + | http://leg.colorado.gov |
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| 24 | + | .) |
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| 25 | + | The bill directs the division of housing in the department of local |
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| 26 | + | affairs (division) to award a grant to a local government in the Denver |
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| 27 | + | metropolitan area or a community partner in conjunction with a local |
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| 28 | + | government in order to build or acquire, and then facilitate, a regional |
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| 29 | + | navigation campus to respond to and prevent homelessness. |
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| 30 | + | SENATE |
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| 31 | + | 2nd Reading Unamended |
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| 32 | + | May 5, 2022 |
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| 33 | + | HOUSE |
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| 34 | + | 3rd Reading Unamended |
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| 35 | + | April 29, 2022 |
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| 36 | + | HOUSE |
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| 37 | + | Amended 2nd Reading |
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| 38 | + | April 28, 2022 |
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| 39 | + | HOUSE SPONSORSHIP |
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| 40 | + | Jodeh and Sullivan, Bernett, Bird, Garnett, Gonzales-Gutierrez, Herod, Kipp, Lindsay, |
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| 41 | + | Lontine, Michaelson Jenet, Titone, Weissman |
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| 42 | + | SENATE SPONSORSHIP |
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| 43 | + | Coleman and Hansen, |
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| 44 | + | Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment. |
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| 45 | + | Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing statute. |
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| 46 | + | Dashes through the words indicate deletions from existing statute. The bill requires the division, in collaboration with the department |
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| 47 | + | of human services and the behavioral health administration in the |
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| 48 | + | department of human services, to establish the application requirements, |
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| 49 | + | review applications, select a grant recipient, and ensure the grant is only |
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| 50 | + | awarded after a fair and rigorous open competition among eligible |
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| 51 | + | applicants. |
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| 52 | + | The bill creates the regional navigation campus cash fund and |
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| 53 | + | requires the state treasurer to transfer $50 million from the economic |
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| 54 | + | recovery and relief cash fund to the regional navigation campus cash fund |
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| 55 | + | on July 1, 2022. |
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| 56 | + | Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:1 |
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| 57 | + | SECTION 1. Legislative declaration. (1) The general assembly2 |
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| 58 | + | finds and declares that:3 |
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| 59 | + | (a) On March 11, 2021, the federal government enacted the4 |
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| 60 | + | "American Rescue Plan Act of 2021" (ARPA), Pub.L. 117-2, pursuant to5 |
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| 61 | + | which Colorado has received $3,828,761,790 from the federal6 |
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| 62 | + | coronavirus state fiscal recovery fund (SFRF) to be used for certain7 |
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| 63 | + | specified purposes;8 |
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| 64 | + | (b) These specified purposes include providing programs,9 |
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| 65 | + | services, or other assistance for populations disproportionately impacted10 |
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| 66 | + | by the COVID-19 pandemic. More specifically, federal regulations and11 |
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| 67 | + | United States treasury guidance construing the allocation of the SFRF12 |
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| 68 | + | identify a nonexclusive list of uses that address the disproportionate13 |
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| 69 | + | negative economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, including14 |
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| 70 | + | building stronger communities through investments in housing and15 |
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| 71 | + | neighborhoods. Services in this category alleviate the immediate16 |
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| 72 | + | economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on housing insecurity while17 |
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| 73 | + | addressing conditions that contributed to poor public health and economic18 |
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| 74 | + | outcomes during the pandemic, namely concentrated areas with limited19 |
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| 75 | + | economic opportunity and inadequate or poor-quality housing.20 |
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| 76 | + | 1378-2- (c) Under these regulations, SFRF money may be used for1 |
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| 77 | + | programs or services that address housing insecurity, lack of affordable2 |
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| 78 | + | and workforce housing, or homelessness;3 |
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| 79 | + | (d) As the federal department of housing and urban development4 |
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| 80 | + | stated, the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated our nation's already5 |
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| 81 | + | severe housing affordability crisis;6 |
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| 82 | + | (e) Today, one in 5 renters are behind on rent and just over 107 |
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| 83 | + | million homeowners are behind on mortgage payments, and people of8 |
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| 84 | + | color face even greater hardship and are more likely to have deferred or9 |
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| 85 | + | missed payments, putting them at greater risk of eviction and foreclosure;10 |
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| 86 | + | (f) At the same time, our nation's homelessness crisis has11 |
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| 87 | + | worsened during the pandemic as people experiencing homelessness are12 |
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| 88 | + | highly vulnerable to COVID-19 transmission, illness, and severity due to13 |
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| 89 | + | their use of congregate shelters and their high prevalence of underlying14 |
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| 90 | + | health conditions;15 |
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| 91 | + | (g) Colorado is no exception, as COVID-19 has been hitting low-16 |
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| 92 | + | and extremely low-income individuals and families who were already17 |
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| 93 | + | severely cost-burdened especially hard, increasing their risk of18 |
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| 94 | + | experiencing homelessness or inability to resolve their homelessness;19 |
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| 95 | + | (h) In the Denver metropolitan area, shelters saw a 99% increase20 |
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| 96 | + | in people experiencing homelessness for the first time between January21 |
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| 97 | + | 2020 and January 2021. The number of deaths due to overdose among22 |
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| 98 | + | people experiencing homelessness in Denver county increased by 34%23 |
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| 99 | + | from 2020 to 2021, highlighting the need for joint efforts to address24 |
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| 100 | + | substance use disorders among those experiencing homelessness.25 |
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| 101 | + | (i) There is currently a lack of both transitional and supportive26 |
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| 102 | + | housing and lack of access to specialty care, particularly for people with27 |
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| 103 | + | 1378 |
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| 104 | + | -3- complex needs. Persons experiencing homelessness face many challenges1 |
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| 105 | + | in accessing long-term treatment of chronic illness and are far more likely2 |
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| 106 | + | to receive care in emergency departments. Without trained and dedicated3 |
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| 107 | + | providers or advocates, unhoused individuals often end up in a cycle of4 |
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| 108 | + | expensive treatment with little to no follow-up.5 |
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| 109 | + | (2) Therefore, the general assembly finds and declares it is within6 |
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| 110 | + | the interest of the state to create a regional campus for individuals7 |
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| 111 | + | experiencing homelessness to help alleviate the need that has been8 |
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| 112 | + | exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.9 |
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| 113 | + | SECTION 2. In Colorado Revised Statutes, add 24-32-726 as10 |
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| 114 | + | follows:11 |
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| 115 | + | 24-32-726. Denver-metropolitan regional navigation campus12 |
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| 116 | + | grant - regional navigation campus cash fund - creation - definitions.13 |
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225 | | - | HE STATE TREASURER SHALL CREDIT ALL INTEREST AND INCOME |
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226 | | - | DERIVED FROM THE DEPOSIT AND INVESTMENT OF MONEY IN THE FUND TO |
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227 | | - | THE FUND |
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228 | | - | . EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE REQUIRED BY THIS SUBSECTION (8)(b), |
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229 | | - | ALL MONEY NOT EXPENDED OR ENCUMBERED , AND ALL INTEREST EARNED ON |
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230 | | - | THE INVESTMENT OR DEPOSIT OF MONEY IN THE FUND |
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231 | | - | , REMAINS IN THE FUND |
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232 | | - | AND DOES NOT REVERT TO THE GENERAL FUND OR ANY OTHER FUND AT THE |
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233 | | - | END OF ANY FISCAL YEAR |
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234 | | - | . THE MONEY IN THE FUND IS CONTINUOUSLY |
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235 | | - | APPROPRIATED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LOCAL AFFAIRS FOR USE BY THE |
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236 | | - | DIVISION FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION |
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237 | | - | . |
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238 | | - | (c) F |
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239 | | - | OR STATE FISCAL YEAR 2022-23, THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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240 | | - | SHALL APPROPRIATE MONEY FROM THE FUND TO THE DEPARTMENT OF |
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241 | | - | HUMAN SERVICES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS SECTION |
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242 | | - | . |
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243 | | - | (d) T |
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244 | | - | HE GRANT RECIPIENT SHALL EXPEND OR OBLIGATE ANY MONEY |
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245 | | - | RECEIVED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION NO LATER THAN |
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246 | | - | DECEMBER 30, 2024. |
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247 | | - | A |
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248 | | - | NY MONEY THE GRANT RECIPIENT OBLIGATES MUST BE EXPENDED NO |
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249 | | - | LATER THAN |
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250 | | - | DECEMBER 30, 2026. |
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251 | | - | SECTION 3. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-75-402, amend |
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252 | | - | (5)(tt) and (5)(uu); and add (5)(vv) as follows: |
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253 | | - | 24-75-402. Cash funds - limit on uncommitted reserves - |
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254 | | - | reduction in the amount of fees - exclusions. (5) Notwithstanding any |
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255 | | - | provision of this section to the contrary, the following cash funds are |
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256 | | - | excluded from the limitations specified in this section: |
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257 | | - | (tt) The community impact cash fund created in section 25-7-129 |
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| 239 | + | HE STATE TREASURER SHALL CREDIT ALL INTEREST AND21 |
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| 240 | + | INCOME DERIVED FROM THE DEPOSIT AND INVESTMENT OF MONEY IN THE22 |
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| 241 | + | FUND TO THE FUND . EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE REQUIRED BY THIS23 |
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| 242 | + | SUBSECTION (8)(b), ALL MONEY NOT EXPENDED OR ENCUMBERED , AND24 |
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| 243 | + | ALL INTEREST EARNED ON THE INVESTMENT OR DEPOSIT OF MONEY IN THE25 |
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| 244 | + | FUND, REMAINS IN THE FUND AND DOES NOT REVERT TO THE GENERAL26 |
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| 245 | + | FUND OR ANY OTHER FUND AT THE END OF ANY FISCAL YEAR . THE MONEY27 |
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| 246 | + | 1378 |
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| 247 | + | -7- IN THE FUND IS CONTINUOUSLY APPROPRIATED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF1 |
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| 248 | + | LOCAL AFFAIRS FOR USE BY THE DIVISION FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS2 |
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| 249 | + | SECTION.3 |
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| 250 | + | (c) FOR STATE FISCAL YEAR 2022-23, THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY4 |
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| 251 | + | SHALL APPROPRIATE MONEY FROM THE FUND TO THE DEPARTMENT OF5 |
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| 252 | + | HUMAN SERVICES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS SECTION .6 |
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| 253 | + | (d) THE GRANT RECIPIENT SHALL EXPEND OR OBLIGATE ANY7 |
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| 254 | + | MONEY RECEIVED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION NO LATER THAN DECEMBER8 |
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| 255 | + | 30, |
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| 256 | + | 2024. ANY MONEY THE GRANT RECIPIENT OBLIGATES MUST BE9 |
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| 257 | + | EXPENDED NO LATER THAN DECEMBER 30, 2026.10 |
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| 258 | + | SECTION 3. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-75-402, amend11 |
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| 259 | + | (5)(tt) and (5)(uu); and add (5)(vv) as follows:12 |
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| 260 | + | 24-75-402. Cash funds - limit on uncommitted reserves -13 |
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| 261 | + | reduction in the amount of fees - exclusions - repeal.14 |
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| 262 | + | (5) Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, the15 |
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| 263 | + | following cash funds are excluded from the limitations specified in this16 |
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| 264 | + | section:17 |
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| 265 | + | (tt) The community impact cash fund created in section 25-7-12918 |
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259 | | - | PAGE 6-HOUSE BILL 22-1378 (uu) The 988 crisis hotline cash fund created in section 27-64-104; |
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260 | | - | AND |
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261 | | - | (vv) THE REGIONAL NAVIGATION CAMPUS CASH FUND CREATED IN |
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262 | | - | SECTION |
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263 | | - | 24-32-727. |
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264 | | - | SECTION 4. Appropriation. (1) For the 2022-23 state fiscal year, |
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265 | | - | $44,557 is appropriated to the department of human services for use by the |
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266 | | - | behavioral health administration. This appropriation is from funds |
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267 | | - | transferred from the division of housing in the department of local affairs |
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268 | | - | from the regional navigation campus cash fund created in section 24-32-727 |
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269 | | - | (8)(a), C.R.S., that originates from the money the state received from the |
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270 | | - | federal coronavirus state fiscal recovery fund, and is based on an |
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271 | | - | assumption that the administration will require an additional 0.4 FTE. To |
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272 | | - | implement this act, the administration may use this appropriation for |
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273 | | - | program administration. |
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274 | | - | SECTION 5. Safety clause. The general assembly hereby finds, |
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275 | | - | PAGE 7-HOUSE BILL 22-1378 determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate |
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276 | | - | preservation of the public peace, health, or safety. |
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277 | | - | ____________________________ ____________________________ |
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278 | | - | Alec Garnett Steve Fenberg |
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279 | | - | SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE PRESIDENT OF |
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280 | | - | OF REPRESENTATIVES THE SENATE |
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281 | | - | ____________________________ ____________________________ |
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282 | | - | Robin Jones Cindi L. Markwell |
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283 | | - | CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE SECRETARY OF |
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284 | | - | OF REPRESENTATIVES THE SENATE |
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285 | | - | APPROVED________________________________________ |
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286 | | - | (Date and Time) |
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287 | | - | _________________________________________ |
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288 | | - | Jared S. Polis |
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289 | | - | GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO |
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290 | | - | PAGE 8-HOUSE BILL 22-1378 |
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| 267 | + | 19 |
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| 268 | + | (uu) The 988 crisis hotline cash fund created in section 27-64-104;20 |
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| 269 | + | AND21 |
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| 270 | + | (vv) T |
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| 271 | + | HE REGIONAL NAVIGATION CAMPUS CASH FUND CREATED IN22 |
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| 272 | + | SECTION 24-32-726.23 |
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| 273 | + | SECTION 4. Appropriation. (1) For the 2022-23 state fiscal24 |
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| 274 | + | year, $44,557 is appropriated to the department of human services for use25 |
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| 275 | + | by the behavioral health administration. This appropriation is from funds26 |
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| 276 | + | transferred from the division of housing in the department of local affairs27 |
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| 277 | + | 1378 |
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| 278 | + | -8- from the regional navigation campus cash fund created in section1 |
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| 279 | + | 24-32-726 (8)(a), C.R.S., that originates from the money the state2 |
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| 280 | + | received from the federal coronavirus state fiscal recovery fund, and is3 |
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| 281 | + | based on an assumption that the administration will require an additional4 |
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| 282 | + | 0.4 FTE. To implement this act, the administration may use this5 |
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| 283 | + | appropriation for program administration.6 |
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| 284 | + | SECTION 5. Safety clause. The general assembly hereby finds,7 |
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| 285 | + | determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate8 |
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| 286 | + | preservation of the public peace, health, or safety.9 |
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| 287 | + | 1378 |
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| 288 | + | -9- |
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