First Regular Session
Seventy-fourth General Assembly
STATE OF COLORADO
INTRODUCED
LLS NO. 23-0166.01 Alana Rosen x2606
SENATE BILL 23-014
Senate Committees House Committees
Health & Human Services
A BILL FOR AN ACT
C
ONCERNING ESTABLISHING THE O FFICE OF DISORDERED EATING101
PREVENTION IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND102
ENVIRONMENT.103
Bill Summary
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill
passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that
applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at
http://leg.colorado.gov/.)
Colorado Youth Advisory Council Committee. The bill
establishes the office of disordered eating prevention (office) in the
department of public health and environment (department).
The office and the department are required to:
! Create and maintain a resource bank for research,
SENATE SPONSORSHIP
Moreno,
HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
Lindsay,
Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment.
Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing statute.
Dashes through the words indicate deletions from existing statute. intervention methods, treatment resources, information on
crisis services, awareness programs, and educational
resources regarding disordered eating prevention and care
in Colorado;
! Collaborate with the office of suicide prevention, the
behavioral health administration, and organizations within
the health-care industry to close gaps in care and provide
support to individuals with disordered eating who transition
out of inpatient care, facilitate public outreach, and
increase awareness regarding disordered eating prevention
and care with a focus on impacted communities, such as
youth, people of color, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and
transgender individuals;
! Create outreach resources directing youth on how to seek
care for disordered eating and how to report concerns for
other youth, with a focus on impacted communities, such
as lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth and youth
of color;
! Partner with the department of education to inform
teachers, administrators, school staff, students, and parents
on disordered eating preventions and treatment for youth;
! Collaborate with advocacy groups, including faith-based
organizations, to support a shift in public perception
regarding health-care systems and disordered eating
treatment and prevention;
! Coordinate the disordered eating prevention research grant
program; and
! Prepare written information for primary care offices and
providers throughout the state. The information must be
culturally specific concerning how to recognize and
respond to a patient with disordered eating and include
separate written information for providers and information
that may be shared with an adult patient or a youth patient
and the caregivers of the youth patient.
The bill creates the disordered eating prevention commission
(commission) in the department. The commission will have 17 members
with professional or personal connections to disordered eating prevention.
The purpose of the commission is to:
! Provide public and private leadership on disordered eating
prevention in Colorado;
! Set statewide, data-driven, evidence-based, and clinically
informed priorities for disordered eating prevention in
Colorado;
! Serve as the advisor to the office of disordered eating
prevention;
SB23-014
-2- ! Establish and lead subgroups to set strategy and
implementation plans for the office;
! Provide a forum for government agencies, community
members, and lawmakers to examine the current status of
disordered eating prevention policies;
! Provide a voice for youth and focus on youth issues;
! Provide a forum for diverse perspectives to support and
inform diverse communities; and
! Provide a forum for perspectives from rural communities
to support and inform rural communities.
The bill creates the disordered eating prevention research grant
program (grant program) in the department. The purpose of the grant
program is to provide financial assistance to eligible applicants to conduct
research on risk factors for disordered eating, the impact disordered
eating has on Colorado, or public health interventions that examine and
address the root causes of disordered eating.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:1
SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, add part 20 to article2
20.5 of title 25 as follows:3
PART 204
OFFICE OF DISORDERED5
EATING PREVENTION6
25-20.5-2001. Legislative declaration. (1) T
HE GENERAL7
ASSEMBLY FINDS AND DECLARES THAT :8
(a) E
ATING DISORDERS ARE INCREASINGLY RECOGNIZED AS A9
LEADING CAUSE OF MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY ;10
(b) I
N 2015, COLORADO HAD THE FIFTH-HIGHEST RATE OF EATING11
DISORDERS IN THE COUNTRY AMONG YOUTH ;12
(c) E
ATING DISORDERS ARE A MENTAL ILLNESS THAT HAVE THE13
HIGHEST MORTALITY RATE OF ANY PSYCHIATRIC ILLNESS ;14
(d) P
EOPLE OF COLOR; LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, OR TRANSGENDER15
INDIVIDUALS; AND YOUTH ARE MORE LIKELY TO SUFFER FROM16
SB23-014-3- DISORDERED EATING BUT LESS LIKELY TO RECEIVE EATING DISORDER1
TREATMENT, CREATING A DISPROPORTIONATE GAP IN EATING DISORDER2
PREVENTION AND CARE; AND3
(e) T
HERE IS LIMITED STATE-SPECIFIC RESEARCH ON DISORDERED4
EATING AND ITS IMPACTS ON THE STATE OF COLORADO.5
(2) T
HE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINDS , THEREFORE, THAT TO6
UNDERSTAND DISORDERED EATING AND ITS IMPACTS ON COLORADANS,7
THE STATE MUST FOCUS ON DEVELOPING RESEARCH AND RESOURCES TO8
EDUCATE COLORADANS ON THE SEVERITY OF DISORDERED EATING AND9
SUPPORT COLORADANS WHO DEVELOP DISORDERED EATING . IT IS ALSO10
IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT DISORDERED EATING HARMS AND11
INCREASES THE MORTALITY RATE OF PEOPLE OF COLOR ; LESBIAN, GAY,12
BISEXUAL, OR TRANSGENDER INDIVIDUALS; AND YOUTH.13
25-20.5-2002. Definitions. A
S USED IN THIS PART 20, UNLESS THE14
CONTEXT OTHERWISE REQUIRES :15
(1) "C
OMMISSION" MEANS THE DISORDERED EATING PREVENTION16
COMMISSION CREATED IN SECTION 25-20.5-2004.17
(2) "D
EPARTMENT" MEANS THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH18
AND ENVIRONMENT CREATED PURSUANT TO SECTION 25-1-102.19
(3) "D
ISORDERED EATING" MEANS A RANGE OF IRREGULAR EATING20
DISORDERS THAT MAY WARRANT A DIAGNOSIS .21
(4) "D
ISORDERED EATING PREVENTION RESEARCH GRANT22
PROGRAM" OR "GRANT PROGRAM " MEANS THE DISORDERED EATING23
PREVENTION RESEARCH GRANT PROGRAM CREATED IN SECTION24
25-20.5-2005.25
(5) "O
FFICE OF DISORDERED EATING PREVENTION " MEANS THE26
OFFICE OF DISORDERED EATING PREVENTION CREATED IN SECTION27
SB23-014
-4- 25-20.5-2003.1
(6) "Y
OUTH" MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS LESS THAN2
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE.3
25-20.5-2003. Office of disordered eating prevention - creation4
- reports. (1) O
N OR BEFORE JULY 1, 2024, THE OFFICE OF DISORDERED5
EATING PREVENTION IS CREATED IN THE DEPARTMENT UNDER THE6
AUSPICES OF THE PREVENTION SERVICES DIVISION , ESTABLISHED IN7
SECTION 25-20.5-103. THE OFFICE OF DISORDERED EATING PREVENTION8
SERVES AS THE COORDINATOR FOR EATING DISORDER PROGRAMS9
THROUGHOUT THE STATE , INCLUDING THE DISORDERED EATING10
PREVENTION RESEARCH GRANT PROGRAM .11
(2) T
HE DEPARTMENT AND THE OFFICE OF DISORDERED EATING12
PREVENTION SHALL:13
(a) C
REATE AND MAINTAIN A RESOURCE BANK FOR RESEARCH ,14
INTERVENTION METHODS , TREATMENT RESOURCES , INFORMATION ON15
CRISIS SERVICES, AWARENESS PROGRAMS, AND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES16
REGARDING DISORDERED EATING PREVENTION AND CARE IN COLORADO.17
T
HE RESOURCE BANK MUST BE YOUTH -FRIENDLY, CULTURALLY SENSITIVE,18
AND, WHEN POSSIBLE, AVAILABLE IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH. IN19
CREATING THE RESOURCE BANK , THE DEPARTMENT AND OFFICE OF20
DISORDERED EATING PREVENTION SHALL SOLICIT INPUT FROM PERSONS ,21
INCLUDING YOUTH AND ADULTS , WITHIN AND OUTSIDE OF THE MENTAL22
HEALTH PROFESSION, INCLUDING BOTH COMMUNITY AND SCHOOL MENTAL23
HEALTH PROFESSIONALS.24
(b) C
OLLABORATE WITH THE OFFICE OF SUICIDE PREVENTION ,25
CREATED IN SECTION 25-1.5-101 (1)(w), THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH26
ADMINISTRATION CREATED IN SECTION 27-50-102, AND ORGANIZATIONS27
SB23-014
-5- WITHIN THE HEALTH-CARE INDUSTRY TO CLOSE GAPS IN CARE , PROVIDE1
SUPPORT TO INDIVIDUALS WITH DISORDERED EATING WHO TRANSITION OUT2
OF INPATIENT CARE, FACILITATE PUBLIC OUTREACH , AND INCREASE3
AWARENESS REGARDING DISORDERED EATING PREVENTIONS AND CARE4
WITH A FOCUS ON IMPACTED COMMUNITIES , SUCH AS YOUTH, PEOPLE OF5
COLOR, AND LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER INDIVIDUALS ;6
(c) C
REATE OUTREACH RESOURCES DIRECTING YOUTH ON HOW TO7
SEEK CARE FOR DISORDERED EATING AND HOW TO REPORT CONCERN FOR8
OTHER YOUTH. THE OUTREACH RESOURCES MUST HAVE A FOCUS ON9
IMPACTED COMMUNITIES , SUCH AS LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND10
TRANSGENDER YOUTH AND YOUTH OF COLOR .11
(d) P
ARTNER WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO INFORM12
TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS, SCHOOL STAFF, STUDENTS, AND PARENTS ON13
DISORDERED EATING PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF YOUTH ;14
(e) C
OLLABORATE WITH ADVOCACY GROUPS , INCLUDING15
FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, TO SUPPORT A SHIFT IN PUBLIC PERCEPTION16
REGARDING HEALTH-CARE SYSTEMS AND DISORDERED EATING TREATMENT17
AND PREVENTION;18
(f) C
OORDINATE THE DISORDERED EATING PREVENTION RESEARCH19
GRANT PROGRAM; AND20
(g) P
REPARE WRITTEN INFORMATION FOR PRIMARY CARE OFFICES21
AND PROVIDERS THROUGHOUT THE STATE . THE INFORMATION MUST BE22
CULTURALLY SPECIFIC CONCERNING HOW TO RECOGNIZE AND RESPOND TO23
A PATIENT WITH DISORDERED EATING AND INCLUDE SEPARATE WRITTEN24
INFORMATION FOR PROVIDERS AND INFORMATION THAT MAY BE SHARED25
WITH AN ADULT PATIENT OR A YOUTH PATIENT AND THE CAREGIVERS OF26
THE YOUTH PATIENT.27
SB23-014
-6- (3) THE DEPARTMENT MAY SEEK , ACCEPT, AND EXPEND GIFTS,1
GRANTS, OR DONATIONS FROM PRIVATE OR PUBLIC SOURCES FOR THE2
PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION.3
(4) N
OTWITHSTANDING SECTION 24-1-136 (11)(a)(I), ON OR4
BEFORE NOVEMBER 1, 2024, AND EVERY NOVEMBER 1 THEREAFTER, THE5
OFFICE OF DISORDERED EATING PREVENTION SHALL SUBMIT TO THE6
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE OF THE SENATE AND THE7
PUBLIC AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE OF8
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES , OR ANY SUCCESSOR COMMITTEES , A9
REPORT THAT SUMMARIZES THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE10
COMMISSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 25-20.5-2004 (4) AND THE11
INFORMATION THE DEPARTMENT RECEIVES REGARDING THE DISORDERED12
EATING PREVENTION RESEARCH GRANT PROGRAM PURSUANT TO SECTION13
25-20.5-2005 (3)(b). T
HE OFFICE OF DISORDERED EATING PREVENTION14
SHALL INCLUDE IN THE REPORT ANY FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS IT15
HAS TO IMPROVE DISORDERED EATING PREVENTION IN THE STATE .16
25-20.5-2004. Disordered eating prevention commission -17
creation - responsibilities - repeal. (1) T
HERE IS CREATED IN THE18
DEPARTMENT THE DISORDERED EATING PREVENTION COMMISSION . THE19
PURPOSE OF THE COMMISSION IS TO:20
(a) P
ROVIDE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LEADERSHIP ON DISORDERED21
EATING PREVENTION IN COLORADO;22
(b) S
ET STATEWIDE, DATA-DRIVEN, EVIDENCE-BASED, AND23
CLINICALLY INFORMED PRIORITIES FOR DISORDERED EATING PREVENTION24
IN COLORADO;25
(c) S
ERVE AS THE ADVISOR TO THE OFFICE OF DISORDERED EATING26
PREVENTION;27
SB23-014
-7- (d) ESTABLISH AND LEAD SUBGROUPS TO SET STRATEGY AND1
IMPLEMENTATION PLANS FOR THE OFFICE OF DISORDERED EATING2
PREVENTION. SUBGROUP TOPICS MAY INCLUDE HOSPITALIZATION ,3
INSURANCE, HEALTH CARE, AND YOUTH.4
(e) P
ROVIDE A FORUM FOR GOVERNMENT AGENCIES , COMMUNITY5
MEMBERS, AND LAWMAKERS TO EXAMINE THE CURRENT STATUS OF6
DISORDERED EATING PREVENTION POLICIES ;7
(f) P
ROVIDE A FORUM FOR YOUTH AND TO FOCUS ON YOUTH8
ISSUES;9
(g) P
ROVIDE A FORUM FOR DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES TO SUPPORT10
AND INFORM DIVERSE COMMUNITIES ;11
(h) P
ROVIDE A FORUM FOR PERSPECTIVES FROM RURAL12
COMMUNITIES TO SUPPORT AND INFORM RURAL COMMUNITIES ; AND13
(i) D
EVELOP RECOMMENDATIONS FOR LEGISLATION .14
(2) (a) O
N OR BEFORE DECEMBER 31, 2024, THE EXECUTIVE15
DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT SHALL APPOINT TO THE COMMISSION THE16
FOLLOWING MEMBERS:17
(I) A
REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE OFFICE OF DISORDERED EATING18
PREVENTION IN THE DEPARTMENT , WHICH OFFICE IS THE ADMINISTRATOR19
AND COORDINATOR OF THE COMMISSION ;20
(II) A
REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH21
ADMINISTRATION, CREATED IN SECTION 27-50-102;22
(III) A
REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE COLORADO YOUTH ADVISORY23
COUNCIL, CREATED IN SECTION 2-2-1302;24
(IV) A
REPRESENTATIVE FROM HIGHER EDUCATION ;25
(V) A
REPRESENTATIVE FROM K-12 EDUCATION;26
(VI) A
REPRESENTATIVE FROM A COLORADO-BASED MENTAL27
SB23-014
-8- HEALTH ORGANIZATION;1
(VII) A
LICENSED MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL ;2
(VIII) A
PRIMARY CARE DOCTOR;3
(IX) A
REPRESENTATIVE FROM A HOSPITAL;4
(X) A
REPRESENTATIVE FROM A TREATMENT FACILITY THAT5
SPECIALIZES IN INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT DISORDERED EATING CARE ;6
(XI) A
REPRESENTATIVE FROM AN INSURANCE PROVIDER ;7
(XII) A
REPRESENTATIVE FROM A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT8
SPECIALIZES IN DISORDERED EATING TREATMENT AND CARE ;9
(XIII) A
REPRESENTATIVE FROM A FOR -PROFIT ORGANIZATION10
THAT SPECIALIZES IN DISORDERED EATING TREATMENT AND CARE ;11
(XIV) A
REPRESENTATIVE FROM AN INTERFAITH ORGANIZATION ;12
(XV) A
PERSON WHO LIVES IN AN URBAN AREA , HAS HAD AN13
EATING DISORDER, RECOVERED, AND IS NOW THRIVING;14
(XVI) A
PERSON WHO LIVES IN A RURAL AREA , HAS HAD AN15
EATING DISORDER, RECOVERED, AND IS NOW THRIVING; AND16
(XVII) A
FAMILY MEMBER OF A PERSON WHO HAS EXPERIENCED17
DISORDERED EATING.18
(b) T
HE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT SHALL19
APPOINT COMMISSION MEMBERS WHO REPRESENT DIVERSE RACIAL ,20
CULTURAL, SOCIOECONOMIC, GENDER, AND ABILITY GROUPS.21
(c) T
HE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT SHALL22
APPOINT TWO COMMISSION MEMBERS TO SERVE AS CO -CHAIRS OF THE23
COMMISSION.24
(d) M
EMBERS OF THE COMMISSION SERVE WITHOUT25
COMPENSATION; EXCEPT THAT THE MEMBERS MAY SEEK REIMBURSEMENT26
FOR MEETING EXPENSES AS APPROPRIATE .27
SB23-014
-9- (e) THE COMMISSION SHALL CONSIDER HOLDING VIRTUAL1
MEETINGS AND SCHEDULING MEETINGS OUTSIDE OF BUSINESS HOURS TO2
ALLOW YOUTH MEMBERS TO PARTICIPATE .3
(3) T
HE DEPARTMENT SHALL COORDINATE ALL COMMISSION4
ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING MEETING LOGISTICS , AGENDA DEVELOPMENT ,5
FOLLOW-UP AFTER MEETINGS , AND ORGANIZING AND ORIENTING6
COMMISSION MEMBERS.7
(4) T
HE OFFICE OF DISORDERED EATING PREVENTION SHALL8
INCLUDE THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COMMISSION DESCRIBED IN9
SUBSECTION (1)(i) OF THIS SECTION IN ITS ANNUAL REPORT SUBMITTED TO10
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY PURSUANT TO SECTION 25-20.5-2003 (4).11
(5) (a) T
HIS SECTION IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1, 2033.12
(b) P
RIOR TO THE REPEAL, THE DEPARTMENT OF REGULATORY13
AGENCIES SHALL REVIEW THE COMMISSION PURSUANT TO SECTION14
2-3-1203.15
25-1.5-2005. Disordered eating prevention research grant16
program - creation - process - reporting requirements - definitions -17
repeal. (1) A
S USED IN THIS SECTION, UNLESS THE CONTEXT OTHERWISE18
REQUIRES:19
(a) "E
LIGIBLE APPLICANT" MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL, NONPROFIT20
ORGANIZATION, OR FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT CONDUCTS21
RESEARCH ON DISORDERED EATING AND PREVENTION IN YOUTH AND22
ADULTS OR SERVES YOUTH AND ADULTS WHO HAVE DISORDERED EATING23
TRAITS.24
(b) "G
RANT RECIPIENT" MEANS AN ELIGIBLE APPLICANT THAT THE25
DEPARTMENT SELECTS TO RECEIVE MONEY THROUGH THE GRANT26
PROGRAM.27
SB23-014
-10- (2) (a) THERE IS CREATED IN THE DEPARTMENT THE DISORDERED1
EATING PREVENTION RESEARCH GRANT PROGRAM . THE PURPOSE OF THE2
GRANT PROGRAM IS TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ELIGIBLE3
APPLICANTS TO CONDUCT RESEARCH ON RISK FACTORS FOR DISORDERED4
EATING IN YOUTH AND ADULTS, THE IMPACT DISORDERED EATING HAS ON5
C
OLORADO, OR PUBLIC HEALTH INTERVENTIONS FOR DISORDERED EATING6
THAT EXAMINE AND ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSES FOR DISORDERED EATING .7
(b) T
HE DEPARTMENT SHALL ADMINISTER THE GRANT PROGRAM IN8
CONSULTATION WITH THE OFFICE OF DISORDERED EATING PREVENTION .9
(c) O
N OR BEFORE OCTOBER 1, 2024, THE OFFICE OF DISORDERED10
EATING PREVENTION SHALL MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE11
DEPARTMENT REGARDING THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE GRANT PROGRAM ,12
AND THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ADOPT GUIDELINES FOR THE GRANT13
PROGRAM. THE GUIDELINES MUST INCLUDE:14
(I) A
PPLICATION PROCEDURES BY WHICH ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS15
MAY APPLY FOR A GRANT PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION ;16
(II) C
RITERIA TO USE IN SELECTING ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS TO17
RECEIVE GRANT MONEY AND DETERMINING THE AMOUNT OF GRANT18
MONEY TO BE AWARDED TO EACH GRANT RECIPIENT ; AND19
(III) P
ROCEDURES FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE GRANT20
PROGRAM, INCLUDING THE DATES THE DEPARTMENT AND THE OFFICE OF21
DISORDERED EATING PREVENTION ANNOUNCE THE GRANT PROGRAM ,22
BEGIN ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS, ALLOW ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS TO SUBMIT23
APPLICATIONS, AND BEGIN DISTRIBUTING GRANT MONEY TO THE24
GRANTEES.25
(d) T
HE DEPARTMENT SHALL GRANT AT LEAST ONE -QUARTER OF26
THE AMOUNT APPROPRIATED TO THE GRANT PROGRAM TO GRANT27
SB23-014
-11- RECIPIENTS WHOSE RESEARCH FOCUSES ON DISORDERED EATING IN YOUTH .1
(3) (a) E
ACH GRANT RECIPIENT SHALL SUBMIT A WRITTEN REPORT2
TO THE DEPARTMENT NO LATER THAN SIX MONTHS AFTER THE EXPIRATION3
OF THE TERM OF ITS GRANT. THE REPORT MUST INCLUDE A SUMMARY OF4
THE RESEARCH MADE POSSIBLE BY THE GRANT MONEY .5
(b) T
HE DEPARTMENT SHALL INCLUDE IN THE REPORT REQUIRED6
PURSUANT TO SECTION 25-20.5-2003 (4) THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION7
REGARDING THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE GRANT PROGRAM DURING THE8
PRECEDING YEAR:9
(I) T
HE NUMBER OF GRANT RECIPIENTS THAT RECEIVED MONEY10
FROM THE GRANT PROGRAM ;11
(II) T
HE AMOUNT OF EACH GRANT AWARD TO EACH GRANT12
RECIPIENT;13
(III) A
SUMMARY OF GRANT RECIPIENTS ' WRITTEN REPORTS14
DESCRIBED IN SUBSECTION (3)(a) OF THIS SECTION.15
(4) T
HE DEPARTMENT MAY SEEK , ACCEPT, AND EXPEND GIFTS,16
GRANTS, OR DONATIONS FROM PRIVATE OR PUBLIC SOURCES FOR THE17
PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION.18
(5) T
HIS SECTION IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2027.19
SECTION 2. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 25-1.5-101, add20
(1)(dd) as follows:21
25-1.5-101. Powers and duties of department - laboratory cash22
fund - office of suicide prevention - suicide prevention coordination23
cash fund - report - dispensation of payments under contracts with24
grantees - definitions. (1) The department has, in addition to all other25
powers and duties imposed upon it by law, the powers and duties26
provided in this section as follows:27
SB23-014
-12- (dd) TO OPERATE THE OFFICE OF DISORDERED EATING PREVENTION1
CREATED IN SECTION 25-20.5-2003 IN THE DEPARTMENT UNDER THE2
AUSPICES OF THE PREVENTION SERVICES DIVISION , ESTABLISHED IN3
SECTION 25-20.5-103.4
SECTION 3. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 2-3-1203, add (24)5
as follows:6
2-3-1203. Sunset review of advisory committees - legislative7
declaration - definition - repeal. (24) Reserved. THE FOLLOWING8
STATUTORY AUTHORIZATIONS FOR THE DESIGNATED ADVISORY9
COMMITTEES WILL REPEAL ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2033:10
(a) T
HE DISORDERED EATING PREVENTION COMMISSION CREATED11
IN SECTION 25-20.5-2004.12
(b) T
HIS SUBSECTION (24) IS REPEALED, EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1,13
2035.14
SECTION 4. Act subject to petition - effective date. This act15
takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the16
ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly; except17
that, if a referendum petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V18
of the state constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this19
act within such period, then the act, item, section, or part will not take20
effect unless approved by the people at the general election to be held in21
November 2024 and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the22
official declaration of the vote thereon by the governor.23
SB23-014
-13-