CO HB1008

Appropriates $1 million from the general fund for the 2020-21 budget year to provide noncompetitive grants to school districts and boards of cooperative services for contracting with Colorado-licensed physicians.

Grants of up to $50,000 per local education provider or group of providers are awarded in the order requests are received, with priority given to counties experiencing high or rising COVID-19 infections or complex quarantine protocols.

Contracted physicians provide medical assessments of students and staff, advise on COVID-19 exposure and quarantine protocols, support transmission mitigation strategies, and act as liaisons between schools and state and local public health agencies.

Physician contracts expire no more than 30 days after the governor's emergency executive order and any school-related public health orders or protocols related to COVID-19 are terminated.

The statute is repealed effective July 1, 2023.