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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Colorado Newsletter for Saturday April 06, 2024 ( 5 items )  

Colorado Becomes Second U.S. State to Ban 'Excited Delirium' Following Groundbreaking PHR Research, Media Investigations
NEW YORK, April 6 (TNSres) -- Physicians for Human Rights issued the following news release on April 5, 2024: Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed a bill Thursday that prohibits state law enforcement, first responders, and coroners from using the invalid concept of "excited delirium," making Colorado the second state after California to ban the term. The bill follows a landmark research report from PHR (https://phr.org/our-work/resources/excited-delirium/) that found that "excited delirium" -   more

Disabled American Veterans: Triumphant Return Nearly 20 Years in the Making
ERLANGER, Kentucky, April 6 -- Disabled American Veterans issued the following news: By Matt Saintsing Eighteen years have passed since Kevin Blanchard first stepped foot on the mountain in Snowmass, Colorado. As a first-time National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic participant in 2006, he was limited in the activities he could take part in because of his fresh wounds. "I was still in the hospital, I was in a wheelchair, and I had this cage around my leg," said Blanchard, who was injur  more

OUTDOOR INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION INVITES BRANDS TO JOIN FINANCE AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS BENCHMARKING STUDY
BOULDER, Colorado, April 6 (TNSres) -- Outdoor Industry Association issued the following news release on April 4, 2024: * * * Participating brands gain access to trusted insights to rise above the competition. * * * A member-led collective and the outdoor industry's catalyst for meaningful change, Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) today announced a new Outdoor Brand Benchmarking Study (https://oia.outdoorindustry.org/research/brand-benchmarking/2024-survey-interest?_gl=1*1uetzpe*_ga*NzAxOTE  more

Settlement Agreement Announced in Lawsuit Involving Intensive Behavioral Health Services
DENVER, Colorado, April 6 -- The National Health Law Program posted the following news: The Department of Health Care Policy & Financing (HCPF) and attorneys representing Disability Law Colorado and three families whose children have complex mental health care needs, have announced a settlement agreement in the two-and-a-half-year-old case G.A. et al v. Bimestefer (1:21-cv-02381) regarding Medicaid coverage for children in need of intensive behavioral health services (IBHS). The settlement agr  more

Triple-I: 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season Forecast to Be 'Very Active'
ST. JOHNS, Florida, April 6 -- The Insurance Information Institute issued the following news release on April 4, 2024: A very active tropical cyclone season is projected for 2024 in the Atlantic basin, according to a forecast released today by Colorado State University's (CSU) Department of Atmospheric Science. Led by senior research scientist Phil Klotzbach, Ph.D., also a non-resident scholar at the Insurance Information Institute (Triple-I), the CSU Tropical Meteorology Project forecasts 23   more