CO HB1109

Executive director of the Department of Human Services must contract with a third-party researcher by July 1, 2027 to study whether additional consumer protections are needed for deaf, hard of hearing, and deafblind individuals using sign language interpreters

Study must include interviews with sign language interpreters and community members who have used interpretation services, plus collection of qualitative data on whether unregulated interpretation poses harm to public health, safety, or welfare

Researcher must conduct comparative analysis of how other states regulate sign language interpretation, examining states with long-standing, recently enacted, and recently modified regulations

Final report with findings, conclusions, and recommendations on interpreter regulation due to the executive director and Division for the Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and Deafblind by July 1, 2028

Study provisions automatically repeal September 1, 2029