House Bill 25-1244 Revised

A Bill for an Act

• Page 1, Line 101Concerning requiring community-based organizations that

• Page 1, Line 102are recipients of the statewide welcome, reception, and

• Page 1, Line 103integration grant program to prioritize migrants who

• Page 1, Line 104have arrived in the United States within the past three

• Page 1, Line 105years.

Bill Summary

(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at http://leg.colorado.gov.)

The statewide welcome, reception, and integration grant program provides grants to community-based organizations that provide culturally and linguistically appropriate navigation of services to migrants who have arrived in the United States within the past year and do not qualify for federal support services or refugee resettlement assistance benefits. The bill removes the requirement that a migrant must have arrived in the United States within the past year and instead requires community-based organizations to prioritize assisting migrants who have arrived in the United States within the past 3 years.

• Page 2, Line 1Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:

• Page 2, Line 2SECTION 1.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, 8-3.7-201, amend (1)(f) as follows:

• Page 2, Line 38-3.7-201.  Definitions. (1)  As used in this part 2, unless the context otherwise requires:

• Page 2, Line 4(f)  "Migrant" means an individual who has arrived in the United

• Page 2, Line 5States within the past year and does not qualify for federal support services or refugee resettlement assistance benefits.

• Page 2, Line 6SECTION 2.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, 8-3.7-202, amend (2) introductory portion as follows:

• Page 2, Line 78-3.7-202.  Statewide welcome, reception, and integration grant

• Page 2, Line 8program - created - rules. (2)  Grant recipients shall prioritize

• Page 2, Line 9migrants who have arrived in the United States within the past

• Page 2, Line 10three years and shall use the grant award for one or more of the following services and programs, including, but not limited to:

• Page 2, Line 11SECTION 3.  Safety clause. The general assembly finds,

• Page 2, Line 12determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate

• Page 2, Line 13preservation of the public peace, health, or safety or for appropriations for

• Page 2, Line 14the support and maintenance of the departments of the state and state institutions.