C.R.S. § 24-33.5-705.1: Coordination of recovery operations - office duties - state recovery task force - created - duties - information sharing.

(1) (a) The office of emergency management is designated as the primary state agency responsible for the coordination of disaster recovery, planning, training, exercise, and integration of the state recovery annex within the state emergency operations plan.

(b) The office shall maintain and lead the state recovery task force created in subsection (2) of this section and the state's recovery framework.

(2) The state recovery task force is created within the office of emergency management. The task force serves as the lead clearinghouse for recovery operations among state departments and agencies. The director of the office shall appoint the members of the task force.

(3) The state recovery task force, when activated by the director of the office of emergency management, shall, in conjunction with state departments and the governor's office:

(a) Identify personnel to fill and activate recovery support functions in support of recovery operations;

(b) Compile damage assessment information; and

(c) Provide recommendations to the governor's disaster policy group regarding the state's recovery strategy.

(4) The office of emergency management shall develop and maintain the survivor portal created in section 24-33.5-1106 (4) and facilitate the coordination of state departments administering recovery programs.

(5) (a) A person providing personally identifiable information about disaster-impacted individuals to a local, interjurisdictional, or state emergency management agency may request, in writing, that the information only be disseminated to a person connected with or involved in the provision of disaster relief and may further request that the information not be released to any other person without the express written consent of the person providing the personally identifiable information.

(b) Upon a request described in subsection (5)(a) of this section, a local, interjurisdictional, or state emergency management agency shall not disseminate the information without express written consent of the person or entity providing the information.