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Colorado lawmaker wants to make driver’s license tests affordable again
The cost of getting a driver’s license in Colorado has dramatically increased in recent years and could be getting higher with newly proposed legislation. Rep. Cathy Kipp wants to roll back these costs with House Bill 1147. If passed, Kipp’s bill would cap the price of behind-the-wheel license tests at $25 for an initial test…
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Polis signs Bradfield’s prescriptive authority for psychologists bill | FOCUS ON THE SPRINGS
Psychologists working in Colorado will soon be eligible to apply to prescribe mental health medications to their patients, thanks to House Bill 1071 from Colorado Springs’ Rep. Mary Bradfield. Currently, if a psychologist providing therapy or counseling decides their patient needs medication such as antidepressants, they must refer the patient to a psychiatrist or medical doctor to get a…
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Meds from ‘vending machines’? Colorado lawmakers explore automation to dispense drugs
Picking up prescription medications could soon be as easy as buying a candy bar in Colorado – if a new bill from the state House is passed into law. House Bill 1195 would allow pharmacies to use automated “vending machines” to dispense prescription medications to patients. The machines could be put in hospitals, health clinics…
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Lawmakers advance bill to ban evictions, lease terminations without ‘just cause’
When Rita Carrasco and her family were the victims of a drive by shooting at their home, she called her landlord to inform them of what happened. That same day, Carrasco said, her landlord told her she was being evicted, giving her only two days to move out. A single mother of four, Carrasco sent…
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Colorado House OKs removing medical debt from credit scores, reports
More than 700,000 Coloradans have medical debt. A new bill is seeking to remove that debt from their credit scores and credit reports. The state House of Representative passed House Bill 1126 on Tuesday. If enacted, the bill would prohibit consumer reporting agencies in Colorado from including medical debt in credit reports and require debt…
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Colorado House OKs banning local immigration detention agreements
Colorado legislators advanced a bill Monday seeking to further reduce local involvement in federal immigration operations. If passed into law, House Bill 1100 would prohibit state and local governments, law enforcement agencies and jails from entering or renewing contracts with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to house people suspected of civil immigration violations, and…
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Pugliese’s bill to end retail delivery fees killed by committee | FOCUS ON THE SPRINGS
Less than eight months after Colorado’s new retail delivery fees took effect, Rep. Rose Pugliese brought forward a bill seeking to eliminate them. In 2021, the state legislature passed Senate Bill 21-260, a $5.4 billion, 10-year plan to build out Colorado’s roads and bridges, create more electric vehicle charging stations, boost mass transit and mitigate…
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Some Colorado colleges enroll more first-generation students. Should they get more money?
Colorado colleges and universities would get a special designation if they enroll a high number of students who are the first in their families to go to college, under a bill proposed this year. The largely symbolic bill has fed a bigger debate about how Colorado funds its public colleges. It also spurred a conversation…
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Colorado legislature OKs allowing psychologists to prescribe medication
A bill to certify psychologists to prescribe and administer psychotropic medications passed the Colorado legislature Thursday, now only needing the governor’s approval to go into law. Currently, if a psychologist providing therapy or counseling decides their patient needs medication such as antidepressants, they must refer the patient to a psychiatrist or medical doctor to get…
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Proposal to cap pet rent, deposits in Colorado advances
At many Colorado animal shelters, housing instability is the No. 1 reason that pets are surrendered. So far this year, around 200 pets have been surrendered to Dumb Friends League shelters in Colorado due to problems with housing, not including homelessness, according to the organization. One of those 200 pets is a dog named Duke,…