A Bill for an Act
Page 1, Line 101Concerning public hospital boards of trustees.
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 bill allows a board of county commissioners to appoint an individual who is already an appointed state, county, or city official to a public hospital board of trustees (hospital board).
In current law, a hospital board must organize and operate on the second Tuesday of each January. The bill changes that requirement to mandate that a hospital board organize and operate on an annual basis. The bill eliminates a requirement that one of the trustees of a hospital board must visit and examine the hospital at least twice each month. The bill also changes the deadline by which a hospital board must certify to a board of county commissioners the amount necessary to maintain and improve the hospital for the ensuing year from October 1 to December 1.
Page 2, Line 1Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
Page 2, Line 2SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 25-3-302, amend (1) as follows:
Page 2, Line 325-3-302. Board of trustees. (1) If a board of county
Page 2, Line 4commissioners decides to create a public hospital board of trustees, levy
Page 2, Line 5an annual tax, and appropriate funds to purchase, erect, and maintain or
Page 2, Line 6turn over to the public hospital board of trustees control of a county
Page 2, Line 7hospital, the board of county commissioners shall proceed at once to
Page 2, Line 8appoint to the public hospital board of trustees, for designated terms,
Page 2, Line 9seven trustees chosen from the citizens at large with reference to their
Page 2, Line 10fitness for office. All of the trustees must be residents of the county, and
Page 2, Line 11none may be an elected
or appointedPage 2, Line 12Nothing in this article 3 requires a licensed physician to be appointed to
Page 2, Line 13a public hospital board of trustees; however, if a licensed physician is
Page 2, Line 14appointed to a public hospital board of trustees, membership on that board
Page 2, Line 15is limited to one licensed physician at any given time. The seven
Page 2, Line 16appointees constitute the public hospital board of trustees for the public
Page 2, Line 17hospital. The public hospital board of trustees is a body corporate under
Page 2, Line 18the name "Board of Trustees for ............... Hospital", the name of the hospital being inserted in the blank.
Page 2, Line 19SECTION 2. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 25-3-303, amend (1) introductory portion as follows:
Page 2, Line 2025-3-303. Organization of trustees. (1) The members of the
Page 2, Line 21board of public hospital trustees within ten days after their appointment
Page 3, Line 1shall qualify by taking the oath of office.
On the second Tuesday of each January,Page 3, Line 2SECTION 3. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 25-3-304, amend (2)(b) as follows:
Page 3, Line 325-3-304. Trustees - powers and duties. (2) (b) A board of
Page 3, Line 4public hospital trustees
mustPage 3, Line 5month and
mustPage 3, Line 6Four members of the board
constitutesPage 3, Line 7transaction of business.
One of the trustees must visit and examine saidPage 3, Line 8
hospital at least twice each month, and the public hospital board,Page 3, Line 9the first week in each January and July,
mustPage 3, Line 10board shall file with the board of county commissioners a report of
Page 3, Line 11their proceedings with reference to such hospital and a statement of all
Page 3, Line 12receipts and expenditures during the half year. On or before each
OctoberPage 3, Line 13
firstmustPage 3, Line 14commissioners the amount necessary to maintain and improve said
Page 3, Line 15hospital for the ensuing year.
NoPage 3, Line 16pecuniary interest, either directly or indirectly, in the purchase of any
Page 3, Line 17supplies for said hospital, unless the same are purchased by competitive bidding.
Page 3, Line 18SECTION 4. Act subject to petition - effective date. This act
Page 3, Line 19takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the
Page 3, Line 20ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly; except
Page 3, Line 21that, if a referendum petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V
Page 3, Line 22of the state constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this
Page 3, Line 23act within such period, then the act, item, section, or part will not take
Page 3, Line 24effect unless approved by the people at the general election to be held in
Page 4, Line 1November 2026 and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the official declaration of the vote thereon by the governor.