§ 25-4-1903 — Gulf war syndrome registry - creation - reporting

Colorado § 25-4-1903

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 25: Public
• Art.: Disease Control

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(1) There is
hereby created a statewide gulf war syndrome registry that shall be established
and maintained by the department. The registry shall contain the names of veterans
and family members of veterans who have been affected by gulf war syndrome as
reported by physicians, health-care professionals, hospitals, or medical facilities as
provided in subsection (2) of this section or as reported by veterans on forms
prescribed by the department. The registry shall also contain the names of children
with cancer or birth defects who have at least one parent that is a veteran of the
gulf war, and who submit information to the registry as provided in subsection (4) of
this section.

(2) A physician or other qualified health-care professional who has primary
responsibility for treating a veteran or a family member of a veteran and who
believes the veteran may have been exposed to certain causative agents while
serving in the armed forces of the United States during the gulf war shall submit a
report to the department on a form provided by the department. If there is no
physician or other qualified health-care professional having primary responsibility
for treating the veteran or the veteran's family member, the hospital or other
medical facility treating the veteran or family member shall submit the report to the
department. No report shall be submitted pursuant to this subsection (2) unless
consent of the veteran or, if the report involves a family member of the veteran, of
the affected family member has been obtained. If the report involves a person who
is under the age of eighteen years, consent shall be obtained from a parent or legal
guardian of the child.

(3) The form provided by the department to veterans and to physicians or
other qualified health-care professionals, hospitals, or other medical facilities shall
request the following information:

(a) Symptoms of the veteran or family member of the veteran that may be
related to exposure to causative agents during the gulf war;

(b) Diagnoses of the veteran or family member of the veteran;

(c) Methods of treatment prescribed;

(d) Outcome or results of any treatment prescribed.

(4) The department shall contact the families of any child born after August
2, 1990, who is on the state cancer registry or who has been reported to the
department as having birth defects to determine whether either of the two
biological parents of such child is a veteran of the gulf war. If either parent did
serve, the department shall inform the family of the child about the registry. If the
family consents, the child's name and any symptoms, diagnoses, methods of
treatment, and treatment outcomes shall be listed in the registry.

Legislative History

Source: L. 98: Entire part added, p. 712, � 2, effective May 18.