The University of Northern Colorado (UNC) celebrates a historic milestone today as Colorado lawmakers approved a bill that will fund the proposed College of Osteopathic Medicine. With HB24-1231 now poised for Governor Polis’ signature, UNC’s ambitious vision edges closer to fruition. Approved by the Colorado legislature, the bill allocates an investment of $127.5 million toward construction, startup, […]
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/PRNewswire/ Colorado State Senators Julie Gonzalez and James Coleman and Representatives Mary Young and Javier Mabrey introduced SB24-012, an innovative.
With school safety top of mind these days, the Colorado Legislature introduced and shepherded two major bills related to school safety through the current
Colorado spends more than a billion dollars a year on mental health and substance use care, but many of those who need help have a hard time navigating the system.
A bipartisan bill that Governor Jared Polis signed into law on April 22 lays the groundwork for a new government entity to manage the state’s myriad programs in one central place and streamline care. In September, Colorado’s Behavioral Health Task Force unanimously recommended the state establish such an agency as one of several strategies for reforming the state’s behavioral health-care system.
This new entity, the Behavioral Health Administration, won’t appear right away. But House Bill 21-1097 sponsored by Representatives Mary Young (a Democrat from Greeley) and Rod Pelton (a Republican from Cheyenne Wells), along with Senators Rhonda Fields (a Democrat from Aurora) and Bob Gardner (a Republican from Colorado Springs) directs the Colorado Department of Human Services to establish the BHA by July 2022. The BH