CO HB1051

Adds Colorado Revised Statutes Section 15-19-106.5 to establish procedures for handling unclaimed cremated remains of veterans and their eligible family members.

Authorizes veterans' remains recovery organizations recognized by the U.S. Veterans Administration to research, recover, and inter unclaimed cremains in national cemeteries or state veterans' cemeteries.

Requires cremains facilities (mortuaries, funeral homes, cemeteries, coroners) to provide status information to veterans' remains recovery organizations upon proper identification.

Mandates cremains facilities to transfer unclaimed veteran cremains to a national or state veterans' cemetery within 30-45 days after notice is issued to potential claimants by mail or newspaper publication.

Provides civil liability protection to cremains facilities and veterans' remains recovery organizations for releasing information or transferring unclaimed cremains unless they act in bad faith or with malicious intent.