2009 Session Highlights
Additional information, including full bill text, is available on the website of the Colorado State General Assembly. Click here to access Senate Bills from 2009. Click here to access House Bills from 2009.
SB 164: "Child Wellfare Training Academy"
The academy idea came from work with the Governor’s Child Welfare Action Committee to address the
numerous child fatalities in Colorado over the last few years. The newly created academy will provide
training and certification to new county child welfare caseworkers and supervisors. This will create new
statewide standards of competency of child welfare workers and their supervisors through an innova
tive, thorough training and assessment program.
HB 1103: "Presumptive Eligibility Long-Term Care"
This bill allows patients presumed eligible based on their application for federal Medicaid, can receive services while
waiting for the application process to be finalized. This will not only save taxpayers money, but it will lengthen quality
of life at home.
HB 1012: "Incentives Wellness & Prevention Program"
This bill, which garnered bipartisan support, allows insurance carriers that provide individual and group health insur
ance plans in Colorado, to offer incentives for participation in wellness and prevention programs.
SB 047: "Crime Victim Services Advisory Board"
This bill streamlines three boards into one. It creates the Crime Victim Services Advisory Board in the Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ), Department of Pubic Safety. It makes limited funding and grant moneys more generally available to the victims who need it. Improving services to victims while decreasing bureaucracy is the right way to efficiently deliver help to those who need it.
SB 079: "Post-Adoption Contact Birth Siblings"
The bill allows confidential intermediaries to access confidential dependency and neglect records so that adopted
siblings can be reconnected.
SB 100: "Noncustodial Parent CO Works"
This allows counties to help noncustodial parents (NCPs) who aren’t in the TANF (Temporary Assistance to Needy
Families) program with job assistance training and job placement. The NCP can get a job, pay child support and
avoid going onto public assistance while saving the taxpayers more money.
Additional 2009 Bills Sponsored by Senator NewellHB09-1007: Domestic Violence Collaborative Management
HB09-1088: Cert. Nonprofit as Local Pub Procure Unit
HB09-1137: Gambling and Refund Intercepts
HB09-1216: Election Code Rev, Voting by Electors
HB09-1281: State Boards Persons with Disabilities
HB09-1334: Aggregate Two Theft Offenses
SB09-078: Devolve State Highways to Local Gov
SB09-109: Sunset Fire Service Train & Cert Advisory
SB09-126: Renew Multiple Sclerosis Check-Off
SB09-284: Police Authority to Block Communications
SJR09-019: Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week
SJR09-042: Conflict Resolution Month
SJR09-053: Meningitis Awareness
HJR09-1026: Interim Developmental Disabilities
SB 164: "Child Wellfare Training Academy"
The academy idea came from work with the Governor’s Child Welfare Action Committee to address the
numerous child fatalities in Colorado over the last few years. The newly created academy will provide
training and certification to new county child welfare caseworkers and supervisors. This will create new
statewide standards of competency of child welfare workers and their supervisors through an innova
tive, thorough training and assessment program.
HB 1103: "Presumptive Eligibility Long-Term Care"
This bill allows patients presumed eligible based on their application for federal Medicaid, can receive services while
waiting for the application process to be finalized. This will not only save taxpayers money, but it will lengthen quality
of life at home.
HB 1012: "Incentives Wellness & Prevention Program"
This bill, which garnered bipartisan support, allows insurance carriers that provide individual and group health insur
ance plans in Colorado, to offer incentives for participation in wellness and prevention programs.
SB 047: "Crime Victim Services Advisory Board"
This bill streamlines three boards into one. It creates the Crime Victim Services Advisory Board in the Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ), Department of Pubic Safety. It makes limited funding and grant moneys more generally available to the victims who need it. Improving services to victims while decreasing bureaucracy is the right way to efficiently deliver help to those who need it.
SB 079: "Post-Adoption Contact Birth Siblings"
The bill allows confidential intermediaries to access confidential dependency and neglect records so that adopted
siblings can be reconnected.
SB 100: "Noncustodial Parent CO Works"
This allows counties to help noncustodial parents (NCPs) who aren’t in the TANF (Temporary Assistance to Needy
Families) program with job assistance training and job placement. The NCP can get a job, pay child support and
avoid going onto public assistance while saving the taxpayers more money.
Additional 2009 Bills Sponsored by Senator NewellHB09-1007: Domestic Violence Collaborative Management
HB09-1088: Cert. Nonprofit as Local Pub Procure Unit
HB09-1137: Gambling and Refund Intercepts
HB09-1216: Election Code Rev, Voting by Electors
HB09-1281: State Boards Persons with Disabilities
HB09-1334: Aggregate Two Theft Offenses
SB09-078: Devolve State Highways to Local Gov
SB09-109: Sunset Fire Service Train & Cert Advisory
SB09-126: Renew Multiple Sclerosis Check-Off
SB09-284: Police Authority to Block Communications
SJR09-019: Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week
SJR09-042: Conflict Resolution Month
SJR09-053: Meningitis Awareness
HJR09-1026: Interim Developmental Disabilities
