NOTE: The governor signed this measure on 5/3/2012.
      
      
      HOUSE BILL 12-1342
      
      
      BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) Levy, Becker, Gerou, Labuda, Summers;
      also SENATOR(S) Hodge, Steadman, Lambert, Aguilar, Boyd, Newell,
      Schwartz, Tochtrop, Williams S.
      
      
      Concerning a work therapy program in the department of human
           services, and, in connection therewith, making an
           appropriation.
       
      
      Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
      
           SECTION 1.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, add 26-8-107 as
      follows:
      
           26-8-107.  Work therapy program - creation - cash fund.
      (1)  There is hereby created in the state department a work
      therapy program to provide sheltered workshop programs for
      training and employment of persons receiving services at the
      mental health institutes and at the regional centers located at
      Grand Junction, Pueblo, and Wheat Ridge.
      
           (2) (a)  The state department shall transmit all moneys
      collected pursuant to this section to the state treasurer, who
      shall credit the same to the work therapy cash fund, which fund
      is hereby created and referred to in this section as the "fund". The
      fund shall consist of any moneys held for the state department as
      of the effective date of this section from work therapy activities
      and any moneys received by the state department after the
      effective date of this section pursuant to this paragraph (a). The
      moneys in the fund are subject to annual appropriation by the
      general assembly to the state department for the direct and
      indirect costs associated with implementing this section.
      
           (b)  The state treasurer may invest any moneys in the fund
      not expended for the purpose of this section as provided by law.
      The state treasurer shall credit all interest and income derived
      from the investment and deposit of moneys in the fund to the fund.
      Any unexpended and unencumbered moneys remaining in the fund
      at the end of a fiscal year remain in the fund and shall not be
      credited or transferred to the general fund or another fund.
      
           SECTION 2.  Appropriation. In addition to any other
      appropriation, there is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the work
      therapy cash fund created in section 26-8-107 (2) (a), Colorado Revised
      Statutes, not otherwise appropriated, to the department of human services,
      for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012, the sum of $467,116 and 1.5
      FTE, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for allocation to the work
      therapy program for expenses related to the implementation of this act.
      
           SECTION 3.  Safety clause. The general assembly hereby finds,
      determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate
      preservation of the public peace, health, and safety.
      
      
      
      
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      Frank McNulty                      Brandon C. Shaffer
      SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE                     PRESIDENT OF
      OF REPRESENTATIVES                         THE SENATE
      
      
      
      
      
      
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      Marilyn Eddins                      Cindi L. Markwell
      CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE                 SECRETARY OF
      OF REPRESENTATIVES                         THE SENATE
      
      
      
      
                  APPROVED________________________________________
      
      
      
      
      
                                    _________________________________________
                                    John W. Hickenlooper
                                    GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO