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April 13, 2022 SB 22-189
Legislative Council Staff
Nonpartisan Services for Colorado’s Legislature
Fiscal Note
Drafting Number:
Prime Sponsors:
LLS 22-0094
Sen. Danielson; Pettersen
Date:
Bill Status:
Fiscal Analyst:
April 13, 2022
Senate HHS
Annie Scott | 303-866-5851
Annie.Scott@state.co.us
Bill Topic: COLORADO GERIATRIC PROVIDER PIPELINE PROGRAM
Summary of
Fiscal Impact:
☐ State Revenue
☒ State Expenditure
☐ State Transfer
☐ TABOR Refund
☐ Local Government
☐ Statutory Public Entity
The bill creates the Colorado Multidisciplinary Geriatric Provider Pipeline Program and
the Geriatric Training Executive Advisory Committee to coordinate and expand
geriatric training opportunities for clinical graduate students at the University of
Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. The bill increases state expenditures beginning
in FY 2023-24.
Appropriation
Summary:
No appropriation is required.
Fiscal Note
Status:
The fiscal note reflects the introduced bill.
Table 1
State Fiscal Impacts Under SB 22-189
Budget Year
FY 2022-23
Out Year
FY 2023-24
Revenue - -
Expenditures General Fund - $1,176,637
Transfers - -
Other Budget Impacts General Fund Reserve - $176,496
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Summary of Legislation
Beginning in FY 2023-24, the bill creates the Colorado Multidisciplinary Geriatric Provider Pipeline
Program (program) and the Geriatric Training Executive Advisory Committee (advisory committee).
Colorado Multidisciplinary Geriatric Provider Pipeline Program. The program is created in the
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus to coordinate and expand hands-on
geriatric-focused training opportunities for clinical graduate students studying medicine, pharmacy,
dentistry, nursing, psychology, and social work at participating institutions of higher education.
The program is required to gather data including:
the number of clinical graduate students from each participating institution;
the number of clinical graduate students who graduate from the program; and
post-graduation job placement information.
Geriatric Training Executive Advisory Committee. The advisory committee is created to ensure that
training in the program is consistent and collaborative across the university departments,
participating institutions of higher education, and medical fields. It consists of the appointed program
chair and representatives from the Schools of Medicine, Pharmacy, and Dental medicine, a nursing
program, the Department of Psychology, and a social work program.
The advisory committee is required to select two clinical graduate students per year from each of six
fields of study to participate in the program's geriatric curriculum. The advisory committee, in
collaboration with the participating institutions of higher education, will place clinical graduate
students in geriatric clinical settings for hands-on experiential training. The committee is also required
to:
appoint a program chair;
set the program's standards for training;
collaborate with participating institutions of higher education to select clinical graduate students;
analyze the required data;
collaborate to improve program outcomes; and
coordinate with program graduates around the training of program participants.
By July 1, 2024, and annually thereafter, program data and recommendations must be submitted to
the legislature.
State Expenditures
The bill increases state expenditures in the CU School of Medicine by $1,176,637 in FY 2023-24 from
the General Fund. Expenditures are shown in Table 2 and detailed below.
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Table 2
Expenditures Under SB 22-189
FY 2022-23 FY 2023-24
CU School of Medicine
Personal Services - $505,620
Program Costs - $210,800
Tuition Costs - $350,000
Operating Expenses - $3,300
Indirect Costs - $106,917
Total Cost - $1,176,637
Total FTE - 2.6 FTE
CU School of Medicine. The CU School of Medicine requires staff and programmatic funding to
support the program beginning in FY 2023-24.
Staff. The CU School of Medicine requires funding for an assumed 2.6 FTE to train program
participants. This includes 0.3 FTE from each of the schools of dental medicine, pharmacy,
medicine, nursing, college of arts, letters and sciences, and public affairs, as well as 0.3 FTE to
provide administrative assistance to the advisory committee and 0.3 FTE to evaluate program
faculty. Costs also include required benefit costs and operating expenses.
Program costs. Beginning in FY 2023-24, the CU School of Medicine will require funding for
curriculum development, specialty staffing, in-service training, program evaluation tools,
payments to training sites and website maintenance. These costs are estimated at $210,800.
Tuition. Beginning in FY 2023-24, an estimated $350,000 in funding is required to cover a portion
of tuition for the clinical graduate students in the program.
Other Budget Impacts
General Fund reserve. Under current law, an amount equal to 15 percent of General Fund
appropriations must be set aside in the General Fund statutory reserve beginning in FY 2022-23. Based
on this fiscal note, the bill is expected to increase the amount of General Fund held in reserve by the
amount shown in Table 1, which will decrease the amount of General Fund available for other
purposes.
Effective Date
The bill takes effect 90 days following adjournment of the General Assembly sine die, assuming no
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State and Local Government Contacts
Higher Education Information Technology
The revenue and expenditure impacts in this fiscal note represent changes from current law under the bill for each
fiscal year. For additional information about fiscal notes, please visit: leg.colorado.gov/fiscalnotes.