2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 23 - POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-81-102) › EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS (§§ 23-74-101 — 23-81-102) › Article 76.5 - COLORADO RURAL HEALTH-CARE WORKFORCE INITIATIVE (§§ 23-76.5-101 — 23-76.5-105) › Section 23-76.5-105 - Initiative funding - fee-for-service contracts

(1)
Subject to available appropriations, the department of higher education shall enter into a limited purpose fee-for-service contract with the university of Colorado health sciences center pursuant to section
23-18-308
to provide funding for the rural program office in the department of family medicine to carry out the office's duties described in section
23-76.5-103
. The funding for the rural program office may be included in a single fee-for-service contract with the university of Colorado health sciences center pursuant to subsection (2) of this section.
(2)
(a)
Subject to available appropriations, the department of higher education shall enter into a limited purpose fee-for-service contract with the governing boards of each of the following institutions, except for Colorado mountain college, for allocation to each program or institution listed in this subsection (2) to establish or expand an existing rural track pursuant to this article 76.5:
(I)
Adams state university, in its nursing program;
(II)
Colorado Mesa university, in its nursing program;
(III)
The Colorado school of public health, in its master of public health program;
(IV)
Colorado state university - Pueblo, in its school of nursing;
(V)
Metropolitan state university of Denver, in its nursing program;
(VI)
The university of Colorado, in the following programs or schools:
(A)
At the health sciences center campus, in its school of dental medicine and in the rural program of its doctor of medicine program in the school of medicine;
(B)
At the Colorado Springs campus, in its nursing program; and
(C)
At the health sciences center campus, in its physician assistants program in the school of medicine;
(VII)
The university of northern Colorado, in its school of nursing;
(VIII)
Western Colorado university, in its master of behavioral science in rural community health program;
(IX)
Colorado mountain college, in its nursing program;
(X)
Fort Lewis college, in its nursing program operated in agreement with the university of Colorado nursing program; and
(XI)
At the following institutions governed by the state board for community colleges and occupational education:
(A)
Morgan community college, in its nursing program; and
(B)
Trinidad state college, in its nursing program.
(b)
Repealed.
(c)
Subject to available appropriations, the department of higher education may enter into a limited purpose fee-for-service contract with the board of regents of the university of Colorado for allocation to each program or institution listed in subsection (2)(a) of this section to expand an existing rural track program pursuant to this article 76.5. The rural program office, in collaboration with the institutions, shall develop a formula based on data that documents the program's or institution's fulfillment of the requirements specified in section 23-76.5-102 for the department of higher education to use to make allocations to a program or institution pursuant to this subsection (2)(c). When developing the allocation formula, the rural program office shall consider:
(I)
The percentage of money dedicated to direct student support in the form of scholarships and rural housing assistance during rural practical experience;
(II)
The number of students enrolled in each rural track program;
(III)
The length of study for the rural track program;
(IV)
The tuition expenses for the rural track program;
(V)
The amount of rural curriculum provided to students;
(VI)
The rural practical experience provided to students;
(VII)
The teaching development provided to volunteer rural preceptors; and
(VIII)
The number of graduates who enter rural practice.
(3)
Any money not expended or encumbered from any appropriation at the end of any fiscal year remains available for expenditure for the purpose of this section in the next fiscal year without further appropriation.
Amended by 2024 Ch. 457,§ 2, eff. 6/6/2024.
Added by 2022 Ch. 298, § 2, eff. 6/1/2022.