SENATE BILL 22-172
BY SENATOR(S) Winter and Rankin, Coleman, Liston, Priola, Bridges,
Coram, Donovan, Fields, Ginal, Hinrichsen, Hisey, Jaquez Lewis, Kolker,
Moreno, Rodriguez, Simpson, Sonnenberg, Story, Fenberg;
also REPRESENTATIVE(S) Roberts and Rich, Bernett, Bird, Caraveo,
Catlin, McLachlan, Mullica, Pelton, Soper, Valdez D., Van Beber,
Bockenfeld, Cutter, Duran, Hooton, Jodeh, Kennedy, Kipp, Lindsay,
Lontine, McCormick, Michaelson Jenet, Titone, Young
.
C
ONCERNING AN INITIATIVE TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF HEALTH -CARE
PROFESSIONALS PRACTICING IN
COLORADO'S RURAL AREAS, AND, IN
CONNECTION THEREWITH
, MAKING AN APPROPRIATION.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
SECTION 1. Legislative declaration. (1) The general assembly
finds and declares that:
(a) Nearly three-quarters of Colorado's sixty-four counties are
designated as rural or frontier counties by the state office of rural health;
(b) Rural and frontier counties have difficulty recruiting and
retaining health-care workers;
NOTE: This bill has been prepared for the signatures of the appropriate legislative
officers and the Governor. To determine whether the Governor has signed the bill
or taken other action on it, please consult the legislative status sheet, the legislative
history, or the Session Laws.
________
Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material added to existing law; dashes
through words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law and such material is not part of
the act. (c) The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic that decimated the
health-care workforce across Colorado hit rural areas especially hard, and
the associated burnout is causing health-care workers to leave medicine and
nursing;
(d) The university of Colorado (CU) school of medicine's rural
office at the Anschutz medical campus provides a model program for
educating health-care professionals that wish to live and work in rural areas.
Other institutions that educate health-care professionals can take advantage
of the expertise, experience, and infrastructure in place at the CU school of
medicine's rural office in order to prepare their health-care students to work
in rural or frontier counties.
(e) Establishing and funding a limited number of health-care
professional rural track programs allows the general assembly to collect
data and information on best practices for providing rural-practice-focused
education to health-care professionals; and
(f) The general assembly can use the lessons learned to later expand
the new Colorado rural health-care workforce initiative to other institutions
and practice areas to increase the number of health-care professionals
practicing in Colorado's rural and frontier counties.
SECTION 2. In Colorado Revised Statutes, add article 76.5 to title
23 as follows:
ARTICLE 76.5
Colorado Rural Health-care Workforce Initiative
23-76.5-101. Definitions. A
S USED IN THIS ARTICLE 76.5, UNLESS
THE CONTEXT OTHERWISE REQUIRES
:
(1) "H
EALTH-CARE PROFESSIONAL" MEANS A PHYSICIAN, PHYSICIAN
ASSISTANT
, PHYSICAL THERAPIST, NURSE, INCLUDING NURSE PRACTITIONER,
PHARMACIST, DENTIST, PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR, PSYCHOLOGIST, SOCIAL
WORKER
, OR MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPIST WHO IS REGISTERED ,
CERTIFIED, OR LICENSED PURSUANT TO TITLE 12 AND WHO IS SUBJECT TO
CREDENTIALING
. "HEALTH-CARE PROFESSIONAL" ALSO INCLUDES A PUBLIC
HEALTH PROFESSIONAL WHO IS NOT REQUIRED TO BE REGISTERED
, CERTIFIED,
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(2) "H
EALTH-CARE PROFESSIONALS RURAL TRACK " OR "RURAL
TRACK
" MEANS A HEALTH-CARE PROFESSIONALS RURAL TRACK OR PROGRAM
ESTABLISHED BY AN INSTITUTION PURSUANT TO SECTION
23-76.5-102.
(3) "I
NITIATIVE" MEANS THE COLORADO RURAL HEALTH -CARE
WORKFORCE INITIATIVE ESTABLISHED IN THIS ARTICLE
76.5.
(4) "I
NSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION" OR "INSTITUTION" MEANS
STATE INSTITUTIONS AS DEFINED IN SECTION
23-18-102 (10)(a), LOCAL
DISTRICT COLLEGES
, AND AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGES .
(5) "P
RECEPTOR" MEANS A HEALTH-CARE PROFESSIONAL WHO IS
REGISTERED
, CERTIFIED, OR LICENSED, AS APPROPRIATE, PURSUANT TO TITLE
12 WHO ASSUMES THE RESPONSIBILITY OF TEACHING , SUPERVISING, AND
EVALUATING A STUDENT SEEKING A DEGREE IN A HEALTH
-CARE PROFESSION
DISCIPLINE AS PART OF THE STUDENT
'S CLINICAL TRAINING AND EDUCATION
IN A RURAL OR FRONTIER COUNTY
.
(6) "R
URAL OR FRONTIER COUNTY" MEANS A COUNTY IN COLORADO
DESIGNATED BY THE STATE OFFICE OF RURAL HEALTH
, KNOWN AS THE
COLORADO RURAL HEALTH CENTER , AS A RURAL OR FRONTIER COUNTY.
(7) "R
URAL PROGRAM OFFICE " MEANS THE OFFICE THAT
ADMINISTERS THE UNIVERSITY OF
COLORADO'S SCHOOL OF MEDICINE'S
RURAL PROGRAM AT THE HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER CAMPUS
.
23-76.5-102. Colorado rural health-care workforce initiative -
institution health-care professionals rural tracks. (1) T
HERE IS
ESTABLISHED THE
COLORADO RURAL HEALTH-CARE WORKFORCE INITIATIVE
TO EXPAND THE NUMBER OF HEALTH
-CARE PROFESSIONALS PRACTICING IN
COLORADO'S RURAL OR FRONTIER COUNTIES.
(2) A
S PART OF THE INITIATIVE, AN INSTITUTION OF HIGHER
EDUCATION MAY ESTABLISH A HEALTH
-CARE PROFESSIONALS RURAL TRACK ,
OR EXPAND AN EXISTING RURAL TRACK , THAT MEETS THE CRITERIA
DESCRIBED IN SUBSECTION
(3) OF THIS SECTION, WITHIN ANY SPECIFIED
HEALTH
-CARE PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIAL OR DEGREE PROGRAM OFFERED
AT THE INSTITUTION
. ON OR BEFORE AUGUST 1 OF EACH FISCAL YEAR IN
PAGE 3-SENATE BILL 22-172 WHICH AN INSTITUTION RECEIVES FUNDING FOR A RURAL TRACK , THE
INSTITUTION SHALL SUBMIT TO THE RURAL PROGRAM OFFICE A WRITTEN
PLAN DESCRIBING HOW THE INSTITUTION INTENDS TO USE THE FUNDING TO
MEET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A RURAL TRACK DESCRIBED IN SUBSECTION
(3) OF THIS SECTION.
(3) S
UBJECT TO AVAILABLE APPROPRIATIONS, IN OPERATING A RURAL
TRACK
, AN INSTITUTION SHALL:
(a) C
ONDUCT AN OUTREACH CAMPAIGN TO PROMOTE KNOWLEDGE OF
AND INTEREST IN RURAL HEALTH
-CARE CAREERS, INFORM STUDENTS AND
PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS OF THE INITIATIVE
, AND IDENTIFY POTENTIAL
STUDENT APPLICANTS
;
(b) P
RIORITIZE ADMISSION TO THE INSTITUTION AND SET ASIDE SEATS
IN ITS HEALTH
-CARE PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS IN
THE RURAL TRACK
;
(c) A
WARD SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS IN THE RURAL TRACK , AS
DESCRIBED IN SUBSECTION
(6) OF THIS SECTION;
(d) O
FFER DIDACTIC CURRICULUM THAT THE RURAL PROGRAM OFFICE
DEVELOPS IN COLLABORATION WITH OTHER INSTITUTIONS THAT OPERATE A
RURAL TRACK RELATED TO PRACTICING THE HEALTH
-CARE DISCIPLINE IN
RURAL OR FRONTIER COUNTIES TO STUDENTS IN THE RURAL TRACK
;
(e) I
DENTIFY RURAL OR FRONTIER COUNTIES IN WHICH STUDENTS
MAY ACCOMPLISH THEIR CLINICAL TRAINING AND ESTABLISH RELATIONSHIPS
BETWEEN STUDENTS AND HEALTH
-CARE PROFESSIONALS IN RURAL OR
FRONTIER COUNTIES WHO CAN SERVE AS PRECEPTORS
;
(f) P
ROVIDE INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT AND ADMINISTRATIVE
RESOURCES FOR PRECEPTORS
; AND
(g) PLACE STUDENTS FOR A SIGNIFICANT DURATION IN RURAL OR
FRONTIER COUNTIES FOR CLINICAL INSTRUCTION AND TRAINING OF
SIGNIFICANT DEPTH FROM A PRECEPTOR
, WHICH PLACEMENT MAY BE IN
COLLABORATION WITH THE RURAL PROGRAM OFFICE AND OTHER
PARTICIPATING PROGRAMS IN THE INITIATIVE
.
PAGE 4-SENATE BILL 22-172 (4) AN INSTITUTION THAT RECEIVES FUNDING FOR A RURAL TRACK
SHALL REPORT TO THE RURAL PROGRAM OFFICE INFORMATION ABOUT THE
RURAL TRACK REQUESTED BY THE RURAL PROGRAM OFFICE FOR THE
PURPOSE OF PREPARING THE REPORT DESCRIBED IN SECTION
23-76.5-104.
(5) A
N INSTITUTION MAY USE THE MONEY APPROPRIATED FOR ITS
RURAL TRACK PURSUANT TO SECTION
23-76.5-105 FOR THE FOLLOWING:
(a) T
OTAL OR PARTIAL COMPENSATION FOR ONE OR MORE FACULTY
OR STAFF TO DEVELOP THE RURAL TRACK AND TO OPERATE THE RURAL
TRACK IN A MANNER THAT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS LISTED IN SUBSECTION
(3) OF THIS SECTION;
(b) T
HE COST OF HOUSING FOR STUDENTS FOR ALL OR PART OF THE
DURATION OF THE STUDENTS
' CLINICAL INSTRUCTION AND TRAINING IN A
RURAL OR FRONTIER COUNTY
;
(c) T
RAINING PRECEPTORS WHO PRACTICE IN RURAL OR FRONTIER
COUNTIES TO PROVIDE PERSONALIZED CLINICAL INSTRUCTION OR TRAINING
TO RURAL TRACK STUDENTS
; AND
(d) PROVIDING SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS IN THE RURAL TRACK ,
AS DESCRIBED IN SUBSECTION (6) OF THIS SECTION.
(6) (a) A
N INSTITUTION THAT OPERATES A RURAL TRACK SHALL
AWARD SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN THE RURAL TRACK
WHO COMMIT IN WRITING TO LIVING AND WORKING AS A HEALTH
-CARE
PROFESSIONAL IN A RURAL OR FRONTIER COUNTY FOR TWO YEARS AFTER
COMPLETING EDUCATION AND TRAINING
. AN INSTITUTION SHALL USE FORTY
PERCENT OF THE FUNDING RECEIVED FOR THE RURAL TRACK TO AWARD
SCHOLARSHIPS
. THE INSTITUTION MAY DETERMINE THE AMOUNT OF EACH
SCHOLARSHIP BASED ON THE SCHOLARSHIP APPLICANT
'S DEMONSTRATED
FINANCIAL NEED AND DEMONSTRATED COMMITMENT TO WORKING AS A
HEALTH
-CARE PROFESSIONAL IN A RURAL OR FRONTIER COUNTY .
(b) A
STUDENT WHO FAILS TO FULFILL THE COMMITMENT TO WORK
IN A RURAL OR FRONTIER COUNTY AFTER ACCEPTING A SCHOLARSHIP SHALL
REMIT THE FULL AMOUNT OF THE SCHOLARSHIP TO THE INSTITUTION THAT
AWARDED THE SCHOLARSHIP
. EACH INSTITUTION THAT OPERATES A RURAL
TRACK IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DEVELOPING A PROCESS FOR DETERMINING
PAGE 5-SENATE BILL 22-172 WHETHER A STUDENT FULFILLS THE COMMITMENT AND FOR RECOVERING
SCHOLARSHIP MONEY WHEN NECESSARY
. AN INSTITUTION THAT RECOVERS
SCHOLARSHIP MONEY PURSUANT TO THIS SUBSECTION
(6)(b) SHALL USE THE
MONEY FOR ANY PERMISSIBLE USE DESCRIBED IN SUBSECTION
(3) OF THIS
SECTION
.
(c) R
ECEIVING A SCHOLARSHIP DESCRIBED IN THIS SUBSECTION (6)
DOES NOT AFFECT THE STUDENTS' ELIGIBILITY FOR THE COLORADO HEALTH
SERVICE CORPS DESCRIBED IN PART
5 OF ARTICLE 1.5 OF TITLE 25 OR FOR THE
DENTAL LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM DESCRIBED IN ARTICLE
23 OF TITLE 25.
23-76.5-103. Initiative administrative and education support -
university of Colorado school of medicine rural program. (1) T
HE
RURAL PROGRAM OFFICE SHALL PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO THE INSTITUTIONS
ESTABLISHING AND OPERATING A RURAL TRACK
. THE RURAL PROGRAM
OFFICE SHALL
:
(a) P
ROVIDE GUIDANCE TO AN INSTITUTION REGARDING RECRUITING
AND ADMITTING STUDENTS COMMITTED TO WORKING IN RURAL AREAS
;
(b) A
SSIST AN INSTITUTION WITH IDENTIFYING RURAL OR FRONTIER
COUNTIES IN WHICH STUDENTS MAY ACCOMPLISH THEIR CLINICAL TRAINING
AND ESTABLISHING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN STUDENTS AND HEALTH
-CARE
PROFESSIONALS IN RURAL OR FRONTIER COUNTIES WHO CAN SERVE AS
PRECEPTORS
;
(c) F
ACILITATE, ARRANGE, OR ADVISE AN INSTITUTION ABOUT
ARRANGING HOUSING FOR STUDENTS RECEIVING CLINICAL INSTRUCTION AND
TRAINING IN A RURAL OR FRONTIER COUNTY
;
(d) D
EVELOP, IN COLLABORATION WITH INSTITUTIONS THAT OPERATE
A RURAL TRACK
, DIDACTIC CURRICULUM RELATED TO PRACTICING IN RURAL
OR FRONTIER COUNTIES AND PROVIDE THE CURRICULUM WITHOUT CHARGE
TO EACH INSTITUTION THAT OPERATES A RURAL TRACK
; AND
(e) PROVIDE ANY OTHER TECHNICAL OR ADMINISTRATIVE
ASSISTANCE THAT MAY BENEFIT AN INSTITUTION THAT IS ESTABLISHING OR
OPERATING A RURAL TRACK
.
(2) (a) T
HE RURAL PROGRAM OFFICE SHALL DEVELOP METRICS TO
PAGE 6-SENATE BILL 22-172 EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE INITIATIVE AND RURAL TRACKS ,
ANNUALLY EVALUATE THE INITIATIVE AND RURAL TRACKS , AND CREATE THE
REPORT DESCRIBED IN SECTION
23-76.5-104.
(b) T
HE RURAL PROGRAM OFFICE MAY COLLABORATE WITH THE
COLORADO AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS , THE DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT
, A STATEWIDE ORGANIZATION OF
HOSPITALS
, AND THE COLORADO RURAL HEALTH CENTER TO ASSESS UNMET
RURAL COMMUNITY HEALTH
-CARE PRIORITY NEEDS, COLLECT DATA TO
SUPPORT THE ASSESSMENT
, AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY FOR FUNDING TO SUPPORT ADDING MORE SCHOOLS
, PROGRAMS,
AND HEALTH-CARE PROFESSIONALS TO MEET THAT NEED . THE RURAL
PROGRAM OFFICE MAY INCLUDE THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN ITS ANNUAL
REPORT
.
23-76.5-104. Initiative reporting. (1) O
N OR BEFORE NOVEMBER
1, 2023, AND ON OR BEFORE NOVEMBER 1 EACH YEAR THEREAFTER, THE
RURAL PROGRAM OFFICE SHALL SUBMIT A REPORT TO THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES EDUCATION COMMITTEE AND THE SENATE EDUCATION
COMMITTEE
, OR THEIR SUCCESSOR COMMITTEES , CONCERNING THE
INITIATIVE
. THE REPORT MUST INCLUDE:
(a) I
NFORMATION ABOUT EACH INSTITUTION 'S HEALTH-CARE
PROFESSIONALS RURAL TRACKS
, THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS ENROLLED IN
EACH RURAL TRACK
, THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO HAVE COMPLETED
EACH RURAL TRACK AND ARE PRACTICING IN A RURAL OR FRONTIER C OUNTY
;
AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DATA AND INFORMATION ABOUT THE INITIATIVE ;
AND
(b) THE RURAL PROGRAM OFFICE'S ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTIVENESS
OF THE INITIATIVE AND RURAL TRACKS
.
(2)
THE REPORT MAY INCLUDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR LEGISLATIVE
CHANGES TO THE INITIATIVE
, INCLUDING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
EXPANDING THE INITIATIVE
.
23-76.5-105. Initiative funding - fee for service contracts -
repeal. (1) S
UBJECT TO AVAILABLE APPROPRIATIONS , THE DEPARTMENT OF
HIGHER EDUCATION SHALL ENTER INTO A LIMITED PURPOSE FEE
-FOR-SERVICE
CONTRACT WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF
COLORADO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER
PAGE 7-SENATE BILL 22-172 PURSUANT TO SECTION 23-18-308 TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE RURAL
PROGRAM OFFICE TO CARRY OUT ITS DUTIES DESCRIBED IN SECTION
23-76.5-103. THE FUNDING FOR THE RURAL PROGRAM OFFICE MAY BE
INCLUDED IN A SINGLE FEE
-FOR-SERVICE CONTRACT WITH THE UNIVERSITY
OF
COLORADO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER DESCRIBED IN SUBSECTION (2) OF
THIS SECTION
.
(2) (a) S
UBJECT TO AVAILABLE APPROPRIATIONS , THE DEPARTMENT
OF HIGHER EDUCATION SHALL ENTER INTO A LIMITED PURPOSE
FEE
-FOR-SERVICE CONTRACT WITH THE GOVERNING BOARDS OF EACH OF THE
FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS
, EXCEPT FOR COLORADO MOUNTAIN COLLEGE , FOR
ALLOCATION TO EACH PROGRAM OR SCHOOL LISTED IN THIS SUBSECTION
(2)
TO ESTABLISH OR EXPAND AN EXISTING RURAL TRACK PURSUANT TO THIS
ARTICLE
76.5:
(I) A
DAMS STATE UNIVERSITY, IN ITS NURSING PROGRAM;
(II) C
OLORADO MESA UNIVERSITY, IN ITS NURSING PROGRAM;
(III) T
HE COLORADO SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH , IN ITS MASTER OF
PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAM
;
(IV) C
OLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY - PUEBLO, IN ITS SCHOOL OF
NURSING
;
(V) M
ETROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER, IN ITS NURSING
PROGRAM
;
(VI) T
HE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, IN THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS
OR SCHOOLS
:
(A) A
T THE HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER CAMPUS , IN ITS SCHOOL OF
DENTAL MEDICINE AND IN ITS DOCTOR OF MEDICINE PROGRAM IN THE
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
;
(B) A
T THE COLORADO SPRINGS CAMPUS, IN ITS NURSING PROGRAM;
AND
(C) AT THE HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER CAMPUS , IN ITS PHYSICIAN
ASSISTANTS PROGRAM IN THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
;
PAGE 8-SENATE BILL 22-172 (VII) THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO, IN ITS SCHOOL OF
NURSING
;
(VIII) W
ESTERN COLORADO UNIVERSITY , IN ITS MASTER OF
BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE IN RURAL COMMUNITY HEALTH PROGRAM
;
(IX) C
OLORADO MOUNTAIN COLLEGE , IN ITS NURSING PROGRAM;
(X) F
ORT LEWIS COLLEGE, IN ITS NURSING PROGRAM OPERATED IN
AGREEMENT WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF
COLORADO NURSING PROGRAM ; AND
(XI) AT THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS GOVERNED BY THE STATE
BOARD FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND OCCUPATIONAL EDUCATION
:
(A) M
ORGAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE , IN ITS NURSING PROGRAM; AND
(B) TRINIDAD STATE COLLEGE, IN ITS NURSING PROGRAM.
(b) (I) S
UBJECT TO AVAILABLE APPROPRIATIONS , THE DEPARTMENT
OF HIGHER EDUCATION SHALL ALLOCATE MONEY TO
COLORADO MOUNTAIN
COLLEGE TO ESTABLISH A RURAL TRACK IN ITS NURSING PROGRAM
.
(II) F
OR FISCAL YEAR 2022-23, THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SHALL NOT
APPROPRIATE MONEY TO AN INSTITUTION AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER
EDUCATION SHALL NOT ENTER INTO A LIMITED PURPOSE FEE
-FOR-SERVICE
CONTRACT WITH A GOVERNING BOARD OR ALLOCATE MONEY TO AN
INSTITUTION TO ESTABLISH OR OPERATE A RURAL TRACK OTHER THAN AS
DESCRIBED IN THIS SUBSECTION
(2).
(III) T
HIS SUBSECTION (2)(b) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2023.
SECTION 3. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 23-18-308, add (1)(j)
as follows:
23-18-308. Fee-for-service contracts - limited purpose - repeal.
(1) Subject to available appropriations, the department shall enter into
fee-for-service contracts for the following purposes:
(j) T
HE COLORADO RURAL HEALTH -CARE WORKFORCE INITIATIVE
ESTABLISHED IN ARTICLE
76.5 OF THIS TITLE 23, INCLUDING FOR
PAGE 9-SENATE BILL 22-172 HEALTH-CARE PROFESSIONALS RURAL TRACKS AT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER
EDUCATION AND ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS AND EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT
PROVIDED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF
COLORADO'S SCHOOL OF MEDICINE'S
RURAL PROGRAM
.
SECTION 4. Appropriation. (1) For the 2022-23 state fiscal year,
$1,135,000 is appropriated to the department of higher education. This
appropriation is from the general fund. To implement this act, the
department may use this appropriation for the college opportunity fund
program to be used for limited purpose fee-for-service contracts with state
institutions.
(2) For the FY 2022-23 state fiscal year $1,135,000 is appropriated
to the department of higher education. This appropriation is from
reappropriated funds received from the limited purpose fee-for-service
contracts with state institutions under subsection (1) of this section. To
implement this act, the department may use this appropriation as follows:
(a) $65,000 for the trustees of Adams state university for allocation
to its nursing program;
(b) $65,000 for the trustees of Colorado Mesa university for
allocation to its nursing program;
(c) $65,000 for the trustees of Metropolitan state university of
Denver for allocation to its nursing program;
(d) $65,000 for the trustees of Western Colorado university for
allocation to its behavioral science in rural community health program;
(e) $65,000 for the board of governors of the Colorado state
university system for allocation to Colorado state university Pueblo for its
school of nursing;
(f) $65,000 for the trustees of Fort Lewis college for allocation to
its nursing program;
(g) $550,000 for the regents of the university of Colorado, which
amount includes $225,000 for allocation to the health sciences center for the
rural program office, $65,000 for allocation to the health sciences center for
PAGE 10-SENATE BILL 22-172 the school of dental medicine, $65,000 for allocation to the health sciences
center for the school of medicine for the doctor of medicine program,
$65,000 for allocation to the health sciences center for the school of
medicine for the physician assistant program, $65,000 for allocation to the
Colorado Springs campus for its nursing program, and $65,000 for
allocation to the Colorado school of public health operated by the university
of Colorado, Colorado state university, and the university of Northern
Colorado;
(h) $65,000 for the university of Northern Colorado for allocation
to its school of nursing; and
(i) $130,000 for the state board for community colleges and
occupational education state system community colleges, which amount
includes $65,000 for allocation to Morgan community college for its
nursing program and $65,000 for allocation to Trinidad state college for its
nursing program.
(3) For the 2022-23 state fiscal year, $65,000 is appropriated to the
department of higher education. This appropriation is from the general fund.
To implement this act, the department may use this appropriation for
Colorado mountain college for allocation to its nursing program.
SECTION 5. Safety clause. The general assembly hereby finds,
PAGE 11-SENATE BILL 22-172 determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety.
____________________________ ____________________________
Steve Fenberg Alec Garnett
PRESIDENT OF SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
THE SENATE OF REPRESENTATIVES
____________________________ ____________________________
Cindi L. Markwell Robin Jones
SECRETARY OF CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE
THE SENATE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APPROVED________________________________________
(Date and Time)
_________________________________________
Jared S. Polis
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO
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