Summary of Public Health Legislation (2019)
During the 2019 session, the Colorado General Assembly considered bills related to health facilities, chemical safety, maternal mortality, and other topics.
Second Regular Session | 74th General Assembly
Colorado General AssemblyDuring the 2019 session, the Colorado General Assembly considered bills related to health facilities, chemical safety, maternal mortality, and other topics.
Presented to the Joint Health Committee during the SMART Act hearings.
Presented to the Joint Health Committee.
Presented to the Joint Health Committee.
Presented to the Joint Health Committee.
Presented to the Joint Health Committee.
This memorandum provides an overview of Colorado’s Medical Aid-in-Dying law, which legalized the practice of prescribing medical aid-in-dying medication to eligible terminally ill patients in Colorado.
Colorado was tied for the fifth highest suicide rate in the nation in 2014, the most recent year of nationally available data. In 2015, there were 1,093 suicides among Colorado residents, which is the highest number of suicides in the state’s history. This issue brief outlines legislative...
Federal and state laws allow Medicaid applicants and clients who have their benefits denied, terminated, or reduced to appeal the decision. This issue brief provides an overview of the Medicaid appeals process in Colorado.
Concern over the detrimental effects of secondhand tobacco smoke on nonsmokers has grown in recent years. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency classified secondhand tobacco smoke as a known cause of cancer in humans in a December 1992 report. In an effort to reduce the risk of tobacco smoke-...
Presented to the Joint Health Committee.
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