(1) The Colorado 2-1-1 collaborative, human services referral service provider, or employee, agent, or financial supporter thereof is not liable to any person or entity for any damages in a civil action for injuries, death, or loss to person or property incurred as a result of any act or omission of the Colorado 2-1-1 collaborative, human services referral service provider, or any employee or agent thereof in connection with developing, adopting, authorizing, implementing, maintaining, enhancing, or operating a referral service unless such damage or injury was intentionally caused by or resulted from gross negligence of the Colorado 2-1-1 collaborative, human services referral service provider, employee, agent, or financial supporter in connection with the provision of human services referral service.
The Colorado 2-1-1 collaborative, human services referral service provider, or employee, agent, or financial supporter thereof is not liable to any person or entity for infringement or invasion of the right of privacy of any person caused or claimed to have been caused, directly or indirectly, by any act or omission in connection with the provision of human service referral information to any person or entity unless the infringement or invasion of the right of privacy arose out of the gross negligence or other wrongful and intentional act of the Colorado 2-1-1 collaborative, human services referral service provider, employee, agent, or financial supporter thereof.
(a) The Colorado 2-1-1 collaborative shall provide necessary human services referral services in the state through December 30, 2020, relating to the COVID-19 public health emergency, including information on COVID-19 test site locations and referrals regarding equity, access, or discrimination concerning employment and health access, as well as other necessary referrals and intake services due to the presence of COVID-19 in the state.
(b) The general assembly shall appropriate from the cares subfund in the general fund to the department five hundred thousand dollars for a grant to the Colorado 2-1-1 collaborative to provide necessary referral and intake services due to the COVID-19 public health emergency, as described in subsection (3)(a) of this section, incurred through December 30, 2020. (c) This subsection (3) is repealed, effective July 1, 2021.
Source: L. 2004: Entire part added, p. 13, § 1, effective February 20. L. 2020: Entire part amended, (HB 20-1197), ch. 114, p. 476, § 2, effective June 22.