SB 191 — Gifts Grants & Donations for Nursing Facilities

SecondNOTE: Regular Session Seventy-fifth General Assembly STATE OF COLORADO REREVISED This Version Includes All Amendments Adopted in the Second House LLS NO.

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SC eONCERNING aTHE CapitalUSE lettersOF orGIFTS bold, &GRANTS italic,AND numbersDONATIONS indicateMADE newTO materialTHE toDEPARTMENT beOF addedHEALTH toCARE existingPOLICY law.nAND MFINANCING DashesFOR throughTHE thePURPOSE wordsOF orENHANCED numbersREIMBURSEMENT indicateFOR deletionsNURSING fromFACILITIES existingTHAT law.SERVE RESIDENTS WITH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEEDS .

m A the purpose of providing support for the development and funding of an enhancedreimbursementmodelfor nursingfacilitiesthatserveresidents with behavioral health needs, the state department shall use the gifts, grants, and donations for that purpose.

Receiving gifts, grants, and donations for this purpose does not commit the state to an expenditure of general fund money, and the general assembly shall not reduce any appropriation made to the state department for the same purpose.

(1) IF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR RECEIVES GIFT,GRANTSGIFTS , GRANTS ,AND DONATIONS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR THE DEVELOPMENTDEVELOPMENTANDFUNDINGOFANENHANCEDREIMBURSEMENTMODELFOR AND FUNDING OF AN ENHANCED REIMBURSEMENT MODEL FOR NURSING FACILITIES THAT SERVE RESIDENTS WITH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEEDS________ ,THECapital STATEletters DEPARTMENTor SHALLbold USE& THEitalic GIFTS,GRANTSnumbers ,indicate ANDnew DONATIONSmaterial FORadded THATto PURPOSEexisting .law;

(2)dashes Uthrough PONwords REQUESTor OFnumbers THEindicate JOINTdeletions BUDGETfrom COMMITTEEexisting ,law THEand EXECUTIVEsuch DIRECTORmaterial SHALLis REPORTnot TOpart THEof JOINTthe BUDGETact. COMMITTEE ON THE USE OF ANY GIFT,GRANTS ,OR DONATIONS RECEIVED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.

(3)NEEDS ANYGIFTS, ,GRANTS ANDDONATIONSRECEIVEDPURSUANTTO SUBSECTION (1)OF THIS SECTION DO NOT COMMIT THE STATE TODEPARTMENT ANSHALL EXPENDITUREOFGENERALFUNDMONEYUSE .THEGENERALASSEMBLYSHALL NOT REDUCE AN APPROPRIATION MADE TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT FOR THE SAME PURPOSE BECAUSE OF GIFTS , GRANTS,GRANTS , AND DONATIONS RECEIVEDFOR PURSUANTTHAT TOPURPOSE SUBSECTION. (1)OF THIS SECTIO.

(2) U PON REQUEST OF THE JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE , THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SHALLREPORT TO THE JOINT BUDGET COMMITTEE ON THE USE OF ANY GIFTS ,GRANTS ,OR DONATIONS RECEIVED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.

(3) A NY GIFTS ,GRANTS ,AND DONATIONS RECEIVED PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION (1) OF THIS SECTION DO NOT COMMIT THE STATE TO AN EXPENDITURE OF GENERAL FUND MONEY .

HE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SHALL NOTREDUCEANAPPROPRIATIONMADETOTHESTATEDEPARTMENTFORTHE SAME PURPOSE BECAUSE OF GIFTS ,GRANTS , AND DONATIONS RECEIVED PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION (1)OF THIS SECTION .

This act -2- 191 takes effect at 12:01 a.m.

on the day following the expiration of the ninety-dayperiodafterfinaladjournmentofthegeneralassembly(Augustninety-dayperiod after final adjournment of the general assembly(August 12, 2026, if adjournment sine die is on May 13, 2026);

except that, if a referendumreferendumpetitionisfiledpursuanttosection1(3)ofarticleVofthestate petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V of the state constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this act within such period, then the act, item, section, or part will not take effect unless approvedPAGE by2-SENATE theBILL people26-191 atapprovedbythepeopleatthegeneralelectiontobeheldinNovember2026 the general election to be held in November 2026 and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the official declaration of the vote thereon by the governor.

-3-____________________________ 191____________________________ James Rashad Coleman, Sr.

Julie McCluskie PRESIDENT OF SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE THE SENATE OF REPRESENTATIVES ____________________________ ____________________________ Esther van Mourik Vanessa Reilly SECRETARY OF CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE THE SENATE OF REPRESENTATIVES APPROVED________________________________________ (Date and Time) _________________________________________ Jared S.

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