NOTE: The governor signed this measure on 5/27/2015.
      
      
      HOUSE BILL 15-1030
      
      
      BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) Landgraf, Carver, Duran, Fields, Ginal,
      Hamner, Kagan, Kraft-Tharp, Lee, Lontine, Melton, Mitsch Bush,
      Pettersen, Primavera, Rosenthal, Ryden, Salazar, Vigil, Williams, Young,
      Hullinghorst;
      also SENATOR(S) Crowder, Aguilar, Garcia, Guzman, Heath, Hodge,
      Kefalas, Kerr, Merrifield, Newell, Roberts, Todd.
      
      
      Concerning the establishment of an employment services for
           veterans pilot program, 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 article 14.3 to title
      8 as follows:
      
                           ARTICLE 14.3
          Employment Services for Veterans Pilot Program
      
           8-14.3-101.  Definitions. As used in this article, unless the
      context otherwise requires:
      
           (1)  "Department" means the department of labor and
      employment.
      
           (2)  "Director" means the executive director of the
      department of labor and employment.
      
           (3)  "Eligible veteran" means a veteran who has received an
      honorable discharge, a general discharge under honorable
      conditions, or a general discharge.
      
           (4)  "Follow-along services" means employment support
      services provided to an eligible veteran after employment has
      been secured.
      
           (5)  "Program" means the employment services for veterans
      pilot program.
      
           8-14.3-102.  Employment services for veterans pilot program.
      (1)  The department shall administer an employment services for
      veterans pilot program. The program must provide the following
      follow-along services for up to twenty eligible veterans:
      
           (a)  Job retention services;
      
           (b)  Mediation services between the employer and the
      employee;
      
           (c)  Job mentoring skills and guidance to employees;
      
           (d)  Advice and support concerning career advancement;
      and
      
           (e)  Other follow-along employment services as deemed
      appropriate by the department.
      
           (2)  The director shall use a competitive request for
      proposal process to select an in-state nonprofit agency to
      contract with to implement and operate the program. In order to
      be eligible to implement and operate the program, the nonprofit
      agency must currently generate its own revenue and reinvest the
      proceeds in growth and development of its programs, including
      employment services. The nonprofit agency must offer a variety
      of job training programs and other services that help people find
      work and achieve individual success with employment.
      
           (3)  The director shall:
      
           (a)  Require the nonprofit entity to report measurable
      outcomes of the program to the department;
      
           (b)  Evaluate the reported outcomes; and
      
           (c)  Report the results of the evaluation to the senate
      business, labor, and technology committee and the house of
      representatives business, labor, economic, and workforce
      development committee, or their successor committees, in a timely
      manner.
      
           (4)  The department may use any moneys for the program
      for:
      
           (a)  Administrative costs incurred by the department
      pursuant to this section; and
      
           (b)  Payment to the nonprofit agency to implement and
      operate the program.
      
           8-14.3-103.  Repeal of article. This article is repealed,
      effective January 1, 2018.
      
           SECTION 2.  Appropriation. For the 2015-16 state fiscal year,
      $157,950 is appropriated to the department of labor and employment for
      use by the division of employment and training. This appropriation is from
      the general fund and is based on an assumption that the division will
      require an additional 0.3 FTE. To implement this act, the division may use
      this appropriation for state operations.
      
           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.
      
      
      
      
      ________________________________________________________
      Dickey Lee Hullinghorst                Bill L. Cadman
      SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE                     PRESIDENT OF
      OF REPRESENTATIVES                         THE SENATE
      
      
      
      
      
      
      ____________________________  ____________________________
      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