NOTE: The governor signed this measure on 6/6/2014.
      
      
      HOUSE BILL 14-1309
      
      
      BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) Gardner, Buckner, Fields, Gerou,
      Hullinghorst, Labuda, Primavera, Rosenthal, Ryden, Schafer, Vigil, Waller,
      Ferrandino;
      also SENATOR(S) Steadman, Crowder, Grantham, Newell.
      
      
      Concerning repurposing the day surgery center at the Denver
           reception and diagnostic center into an auxiliary medical
           facility.
       
      
      Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
      
           SECTION 1.  Legislative declaration. (1)  The general assembly
      finds that:
      
           (a)  In 2010, the general assembly authorized the executive director
      of the department of corrections to enter into a lease-purchase agreement
      to purchase a day surgery center to be located at the Denver reception and
      diagnostic center;
      
           (b)  The executive director entered into a lease-purchase agreement
      for the day surgery center which has been constructed; and
      
           (c)  The department of corrections could make better use of the day
      surgery center building if it was allowed to use it as an auxiliary medical
      facility.
      
           SECTION 2.  Use of day surgery center - amendment or
      modification of agreements. (1)  The department of corrections is
      authorized to use the day surgery center building purchased pursuant to the
      authority granted in House Bill 10-1083, enacted in 2010, referred to in this
      section as the "medical center", as an auxiliary medical facility.
      
           (2)  The state of Colorado, acting through the executive director of
      the department of corrections, is authorized to enter into any amendments
      or modifications of the lease-purchase agreement or any ancillary
      agreements or instruments executed pursuant to the authority granted in
      House Bill 10-1083, enacted in 2010, to allow the department of
      corrections to operate an auxiliary medical facility at the medical center.
      
           (3)  The department of corrections may make payments on the
      lease-purchase agreement for the day surgery center from moneys for
      clinical services or from other moneys appropriated by the general
      assembly.
      
           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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      Mark Ferrandino                        Morgan Carroll
      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