HB 23-1072 Summary

• Amends the definition of "civil defense worker" in Colorado Revised Statutes 24-33.5-802(3) to remove the requirement that civil defense workers serve "without pay or other consideration"

• Expands the definition to include physicians, health-care providers, public health workers, and emergency medical service providers ordered by the governor or disaster emergency forces to provide specific medical or public health services during emergency epidemics

• Removes language requiring medical and public health service providers to comply with gubernatorial orders "without pay or other consideration"

• Declares the act necessary for the immediate preservation of public peace, health, or safety