SENATE BILL 23-225 BY SENATOR(S) Zenzinger and Kirkmeyer, Bridges, Buckner, Coleman, Cutter, Exum, Ginal, Kolker, Liston, Marchman, Mullica, Priola; also REPRESENTATIVE(S) Bird and Sirota, Bockenfeld, Amabile, Bacon, Epps, Hamrick, Kipp, Lieder, Lindsay, Lynch, Marshall, Michaelson Jenet, Snyder, Soper, Story, Taggart, Titone, McCluskie. C ONCERNING THE USE OF HIGHER EDUCATION SPECIALTY EDUCATION SERVICES FUNDING FOR THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE PARTNERSHIP OPERATING ON THE CAMPUS OF COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado: SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 23-18-304, amend (1)(a)(I) as follows: 23-18-304. Funding for specialty education programs - area technical colleges - local district colleges - repeal. (1) (a) (I) For the 2015-16 state fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, the board of regents of the university of Colorado may annually negotiate a fee-for-service contract with the department for the delivery of specialty education services provided by the health sciences center campus of the university of Colorado, established pursuant to section 23-20-101. For the 2015-16 state 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. fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, the board of governors of the Colorado state university system may annually negotiate fee-for-service contracts with the department for the delivery of specialty education services pursuant to part 3 and parts 5 to 8 of article 31 of this title TITLE 23, FOR THE DELIVERY OF HEALTH SCIENCES PROGRAMS WITH THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, and FOR the veterinary medicine program at Colorado state university, established pursuant to section 23-31-101. The amount of each fee-for-service contract negotiated pursuant to this section must be equal to the amount of the fee-for-service contract for the campus, service, or program for the preceding state fiscal year, increased or decreased by a percentage equal to the percentage change in the total state appropriation for the applicable state fiscal year from the total state appropriation for the preceding state fiscal year. SECTION 2. Safety clause. The general assembly hereby finds, PAGE 2-SENATE BILL 23-225 determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety. ____________________________ ____________________________ Steve Fenberg Julie McCluskie 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 PAGE 3-SENATE BILL 23-225