First Regular Session
Seventy-fourth General Assembly
STATE OF COLORADO
REVISED
This Version Includes All Amendments Adopted
on Second Reading in the Second House
LLS NO. 23-0935.01 Michael Dohr x4347
SENATE BILL 23-225
Senate Committees House Committees
Appropriations Appropriations
A BILL FOR AN ACT
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ONCERNING THE USE OF HIGHER EDUCATION SPECIALTY EDUCATION101
SERVICES FUNDING FOR THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE102
PARTNERSHIP OPERATING ON THE CAMPUS OF COLORADO STATE103
UNIVERSITY.104
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/
.)
Joint Budget Committee. Under current law, institutions of
higher education (institution) receive funding through a fee-for-service
contract for specialty education services provided by the institution.
HOUSE
2nd Reading Unamended
April 3, 2023
SENATE
3rd Reading Unamended
March 30, 2023
SENATE
2nd Reading Unamended
March 29, 2023
SENATE SPONSORSHIP
Zenzinger and Kirkmeyer, Bridges, Buckner, Coleman, Cutter, Exum, Ginal, Kolker,
Liston, Marchman, Mullica, Priola
HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
Bird and Sirota, Bockenfeld
Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment.
Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law.
Dashes through the words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law. Colorado state university and the university of Colorado school of
medicine created a partnership that created a 4-year branch campus for
university of Colorado medical school students in Fort Collins
(partnership). The bill allows the use of specialty education services
funding for the partnership.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:1
SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 23-18-304, amend2
(1)(a)(I) as follows:3
23-18-304. Funding for specialty education programs - area4
technical colleges - local district colleges - repeal. (1) (a) (I) For the5
2015-16 state fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, the board of6
regents of the university of Colorado may annually negotiate a7
fee-for-service contract with the department for the delivery of specialty8
education services provided by the health sciences center campus of the9
university of Colorado, established pursuant to section 23-20-101. For the10
2015-16 state fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, the board of11
governors of the Colorado state university system may annually negotiate12
fee-for-service contracts with the department for the delivery of specialty13
education services pursuant to part 3 and parts 5 to 8 of article 31 of this14
title
TITLE 23, FOR THE DELIVERY OF HEALTH SCIENCES PROGRAMS WITH15
THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, and FOR the16
veterinary medicine program at Colorado state university, established17
pursuant to section 23-31-101. The amount of each fee-for-service18
contract negotiated pursuant to this section must be equal to the amount19
of the fee-for-service contract for the campus, service, or program for the20
preceding state fiscal year, increased or decreased by a percentage equal21
to the percentage change in the total state appropriation for the applicable22
state fiscal year from the total state appropriation for the preceding state23
225-2- fiscal year.1
SECTION 2. Safety clause. The general assembly hereby finds,2
determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate3
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety.4
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