Results for Proposed Initiative #276

Ballot Title Setting Board
2023-2024

The title as designated and fixed by the Board is as follows:

An amendment to the Colorado constitution concerning the right of a patient to access all of the patient's medical information including the right to access, inspect, and copy any medical record, information, or communication concerning the patient's medical treatment, and, in connection therewith, eliminating statutory exclusions that prohibit the disclosure of certain records, information, or communication.

The ballot title and submission clause as designated and fixed by the Board is as follows:

Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution concerning the right of a patient to access all of the patient's medical information including the right to access, inspect, and copy any medical record, information, or communication concerning the patient's medical treatment, and, in connection therewith, eliminating statutory exclusions that prohibit the disclosure of certain records, information, or communication?

Hearing April 18, 2024

Single subject approved (2-1, Morrison); staff draft amended; titles set.
The Board determined that the proposed initiative requires the addition of language to the Colorado Constitution. The requirement for approval by fifty-five percent of the votes cast applies to this initiative.
Board members: Theresa Conley, Jeremiah Barry, Kurt Morrison
Hearing adjourned 11:12 AM.

Rehearing April 26, 2024

Motion for rehearing (Morgan) granted in its entirety. The Board lacks jurisdiction to set title because the measure has multiple subjects (2-1, Conley).
Board members: Theresa Conley, Jeremiah Barry, Kurt Morrison
Hearing adjourned: 10:58 AM.

* Unofficially captioned "Patient Right to Medical Records" by legislative staff for tracking purposes. This caption is not part of the titles set by the Board.