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This issue brief provides an overview of filing considerations for military service persons and tax breaks for military income.

This memorandum summarizes the capital construction, controlled maintenance, and capital information technology (IT) project recommendations for FY 2017-18.

Focus Colorado presents forecasts for the economy and state government revenue through FY 2017-18. Implications of the forecast for the state's General Fund budget and spending limit are described in the report's highlights and executive summary sections. The report is based on current law, legislation passed by the General Assembly affecting the forecast is described throughout the report.

The Legislative Council Staff's Health Care Resource Book is intended to serve as a reference guide for information on some of Colorado's major health care issues and programs.  The book is divided into two sections.

The first section covers health care spending; private health insurance regulation; the state’s health benefit exchange; an overview of public health care programs; and discussion of issues related to uninsured individuals.

The final Residential Assessment Rate Study released by the Division of Property Taxation on April 17, 2017 estimates a residential assessment rate of 7.20 percent for 2017 and 2018.  The General Assembly must pass a bill before this rate becomes law.  Compared with the baseline forecast which was predicated on the December 2016 Legislative Council Staff assessed values forecast, the local share for school finance with a residential assessment rate of 7.20 percent will increase by between $48.7 million and $214.2 million in FY 2017-18.

This issue brief provides an overview of benefits available to veterans in Colorado. It also includes an explanation of service-connected disabilities, as many benefits are available only for disabled veteran.

March 8, 2013

MEMORANDUM

TO:        Committee on Legal Services

FROM:    Chuck Brackney, Office of Legislative Legal Services

RE:        Rules of the State Physical Therapy Board, Department of Regulatory Agencies, concerning physical therapists, 4 CCR 732-1 (LLS Docket No. 120310; SOS Tracking No. 2012-00318).

120310cpb.pdf

According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, approximately 10.3 percent of Colorado’s population reported having a disability in 2015.  Many of those individuals use a service animal or assistance animal to cope with their disability.  This issue brief defines the terms “service animal” and “assistance animal,” and discusses the federal and state laws that address them.

MEMORANDUM

TO:        Committee on Legal Services

FROM:    Chuck Brackney, Office of Legislative Legal Services

DATE:    December 27, 2012

RE:        Rules of the Colorado State Board of Chiropractic Examiners, Division of Professions and Occupations, Department of Regulatory Agencies, concerning the scope of practice of chiropractors, 3 CCR 701 (LLS Docket No. 130070; SOS Tracking No. 2012-01055).

130070cpb.pdf

MEMORANDUM
TO: Executive Committee of the Legislative Council & Committee on Legal Services
FROM: Dan Cartin
DATE: May 30, 2017
SUBJECT: Selection and appointment of Director of the Office of Legislative Legal Services

COLS-director-appointment-memo-2017.pdf

The Digest consists of summaries of all bills and concurrent resolutions enacted by the General Assembly at the preceding legislative session. The summaries include the dates upon which the Governor acted and the effective dates of the bills. The Digest also includes an alphabetical subject index and several reference tables. The Digest is not a substitute for the text of the bills or for provisions of the Colorado Revised Statutes, but gives the user notice of and summary information on recent changes to the statutes.