This memorandum provides information on Colorado's mandated health insurance benefits. The table, "Health Insurance Mandates in Colorado" provides a description of current state laws governing insurance benefits, and the effective date for each law. It is important to keep in mind that state laws apply to fully-insured plans only.
Vaccinations offer protection from common infectious diseases. Colorado law requires every child who is attending school in the state to present an up-to-date certificate of immunization. State law also allows for a student to be exempt from the immunization requirements for medical reasons, religious beliefs, or personal beliefs.
This document presents a forecast for annual receipts from the Tobacco MSA through FY 2024-25. The state is expected to receive $92.3 million in 2023; the actual amount received in 2023 will determine disbursements to MSA-funded programs in FY 2023-24.
This memorandum provides information about the interstate compacts, Supreme Court decrees, and international treaties that govern Colorado's use of interstate streams. Specifically, it gives a brief summary of the history of each of the compacts and outlines the specific components and requirements of each compact currently in state law. In addition, the memorandum discusses the two memoranda, the two Supreme Court decrees, and the two international treaties that govern rivers in Colorado. Appendix A outlines the technical components of the laws affecting Colorado's rivers.
The memorandum provides an overview of K-12 funding proposals within the context of the state's operating budget. In December 2013, about $1.1 billion was transferred from the General Fund to the State Education Fund (SEF). The General Assembly will have to determine how to use this one-time money for school finance and other K-12 purposes in the 2014-15 budget year and subsequent years.
