| 7 | 7 | | LLS NO. 25-0705.01 Kristen Forrestal x4217 |
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| 8 | 8 | | HOUSE BILL 25-1316 |
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| 9 | 9 | | House Committees Senate Committees |
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| 10 | 10 | | Health & Human Services |
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| 11 | 11 | | A BILL FOR AN ACT |
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| 12 | 12 | | C |
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| 13 | 13 | | ONCERNING TECHNICAL CHANGES TO DEFINITIONS THAT APPLY TO101 |
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| 14 | 14 | | THE LAWS REGULATING ELECTRONIC MONITORING OF102 |
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| 15 | 15 | | PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.103 |
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| 16 | 16 | | Bill Summary |
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| 17 | 17 | | (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does |
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| 18 | 18 | | not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill |
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| 19 | 19 | | passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that |
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| 20 | 20 | | applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at |
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| 21 | 21 | | http://leg.colorado.gov/ |
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| 22 | 22 | | .) |
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| 23 | 23 | | Statutory Revision Committee. The bill repeals a definition of |
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| 24 | 24 | | drug abuse from, and adds a definition of substance use disorder to, the |
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| 25 | 25 | | state laws regulating electronic monitoring of prescription drugs. |
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| 26 | 26 | | HOUSE |
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| 34 | 31 | | SENATE SPONSORSHIP |
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| 35 | 32 | | Exum and Rich, |
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| 36 | 33 | | Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment. |
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| 37 | 34 | | Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law. |
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| 38 | 35 | | Dashes through the words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:1 |
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| 39 | 36 | | SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 12-280-402, repeal2 |
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| 40 | 37 | | (2); and add (5) as follows:3 |
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| 41 | 38 | | 12-280-402. Definitions. As used in this part 4, unless the context4 |
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| 42 | 39 | | otherwise requires:5 |
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| 43 | 40 | | (2) "Drug abuse" or "abuse" means utilization of a controlled6 |
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| 44 | 41 | | substance for nonmedical purposes or in a manner that does not meet7 |
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| 45 | 42 | | generally accepted standards of medical practice.8 |
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| 46 | 43 | | (5) "S |
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| 47 | 44 | | UBSTANCE USE DISORDER" MEANS A CHRONIC RELAPSING9 |
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| 48 | 45 | | BRAIN DISEASE, CHARACTERIZED BY RECURRENT USE OF ALCOHOL , DRUGS,10 |
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| 49 | 46 | | OR BOTH, CAUSING CLINICALLY SIGNIFICANT IMPAIRMENT , INCLUDING11 |
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| 50 | 47 | | HEALTH PROBLEMS , DISABILITY, AND FAILURE TO MEET MAJOR12 |
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| 51 | 48 | | RESPONSIBILITIES AT WORK, SCHOOL, OR HOME.13 |
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| 52 | 49 | | SECTION 2. Act subject to petition - effective date. This act14 |
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| 53 | 50 | | takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the15 |
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| 54 | 51 | | ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly; except16 |
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| 55 | 52 | | that, if a referendum petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V17 |
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| 56 | 53 | | of the state constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this18 |
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| 57 | 54 | | act within such period, then the act, item, section, or part will not take19 |
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| 58 | 55 | | effect unless approved by the people at the general election to be held in20 |
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| 59 | 56 | | November 2026 and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the21 |
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| 60 | 57 | | official declaration of the vote thereon by the governor.22 |
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| 61 | 58 | | 1316 |
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| 62 | 59 | | -2- |
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