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Title 19, Children's Code

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1302 Posttrial bail
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A juvenile's application for posttrial bail is governed by part 2 of article 4 of title 16 and section 19-2.5-306, as it relates to bail. Source: L. 2021: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 21-059), ch. 136, p. 675, § 2, effective October 1.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1401 Responsible agencies
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The department of human services is the single state agency responsible for the oversight of the administration of juvenile programs and the delivery of services for juveniles and their families in this state. In addition, the department of human services is responsible for juven…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1402 Juvenile community review board
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(1) A board of county commissioners or the city council of the city and county of Denver or more than one board of county commissioners may adopt a written resolution requiring approval by a juvenile community review board of residential community placements within its county of …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1404 Working group for criteria for placement of juvenile offenders - establishment of formula - review of criteria - report

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(1) (a) The executive director of the department of human services and the state court administrator of the judicial department, or any designees of such persons, shall form a working group that includes representatives from: (I) The division of criminal justice of the department…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1405 Working group - allocation of beds

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(1) The executive director of the department of human services and the state court administrator in the judicial department, or their designees, in consultation with the division of criminal justice of the department of public safety, the office of state planning and budgeting, t…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1406 Juvenile probation departments or divisions - service agreements

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(1) The juvenile court is authorized to establish juvenile probation departments or divisions. (2) Subject to section 13-3-105, the juvenile court is authorized to appoint juvenile probation officers and such other professional and clerical personnel as may be required. Juvenile …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1407 Appropriations to department of human services for services to juveniles - definition

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(1) The general assembly shall appropriate money for the provision of services to juveniles to the department of human services. The department of human services shall allocate such money by each judicial district in the state. The appropriation and allocation must be made based …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1407.3 Appropriation to the department of human services - allocation to judicial districts - provider incentives - appropriation

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(1) For state fiscal year 2023-24, and for each state fiscal year thereafter, the general assembly shall appropriate three million three hundred forty thousand one hundred nineteen dollars from the general fund to the department for youth who are detained or can be placed in lieu…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1407.5 Juvenile placement survey and cost report - repeal

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(1) On or before July 1, 2027, the division of youth services shall publish a report concerning available placements for juveniles who are awaiting mitigating services in the state. The report must include, at a minimum: (a) The number of available placements for juveniles who ar…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1408 Victim-offender conferences - pilot program

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The division of youth services is authorized to establish a pilot program, when funds become available, in its facilities to facilitate victim-initiated victim-offender conferences whereby a victim of a crime may request a facilitated conference with the juvenile who committed th…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1408.5 Body-worn cameras - pilot program - report

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(1) The division of youth services shall establish a pilot program in one detention facility and one commitment facility requiring each division of youth services staff member who is responsible for direct supervision of youth to wear a body-worn camera while in the facility whil…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1409 Juvenile intensive supervision program - creation - elements - role of judicial department

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(1) The judicial department may establish and operate, either directly or by contracting with one or more private organizations, a juvenile intensive supervision program, which may be utilized by any judge in sentencing any juvenile who has been placed on probation and who presen…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1410 Community accountability program - legislative declaration - creation

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(1) It is the intent of the general assembly that the program established pursuant to this section benefit the state by providing a structured program combining residential and community reintegration components under which certain adjudicated juveniles are subject to an ordered …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1411 Parental responsibility training programs - criteria

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(1) The state department of human services, after consultation with the state department of public safety and the judicial department, shall establish standards and guidelines for parental responsibility training programs for the parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a juvenile…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1412 Youth corrections monetary incentives award program - designated monetary custodian

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(1) The division of youth services in the department of human services is authorized to establish, at its discretion, a youth corrections monetary incentives award program, referred to in this section as the "program". The purpose of the program is to provide monetary awards and …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1501 Division of youth services - created - interagency agreements - duties of administrators of facilities in connection with voter registration and casting of ballots - reports - definitions

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(1) (a) There is created within the department of human services the division of youth services, referred to within this section as the "division", the head of which is the director of the division. The executive director of the department of human services shall appoint the dire…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1502 Human services facilities - authority

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(1) The department of human services shall establish and operate facilities necessary for the care, education, training, treatment, and rehabilitation of juveniles legally committed to its custody pursuant to section 19-2.5-1127 or 19-2.5-1103. As necessary and when money is avai…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1502.5 Bill of rights for youth in a juvenile facility

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(1) To realize a vision of greater youth success and safer Colorado communities, the state's policy is that a youth detained or committed to the care and physical custody of a facility, as described in section 19-2.5-1502 (1), has the right to: (a) Be treated with dignity; (b) Be…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1503 Eminent domain - detention facility site

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(1) (a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (2) of this section, the department of human services has the right to acquire by eminent domain any real property that is located within the Denver metropolitan area that is necessary for the establishment of one or more juvenile d…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1504 Facility directors - duties

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(1) The director of the division of youth services shall appoint a director of each state-operated facility established by section 19-2.5-1502 and sections 19-2.5-1527 to 19-2.5-1529 pursuant to section 13 of article XII of the state constitution. (2) It is the duty of the direct…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1505 Juvenile facility employees - rules

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(1) On and after April 1, 2004, the department of human services shall not hire a person who is required to register as a sex offender pursuant to the "Colorado Sex Offender Registration Act", article 22 of title 16, to work at a juvenile facility. (2) The department of human ser…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1506 Detention center sexual assault prevention program - reports

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(1) The division of youth services created in section 19-2.5-1501 shall develop, with respect to sexual assaults that occur in juvenile facilities, policies and procedures to: (a) Require disciplinary action for employees who fail to report incidences of sexual assault to the ins…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1507 Facilities - control and restraint - liability - duty to pursue runaways

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(1) Any facility that houses or provides nonresidential services to adjudicated juveniles pursuant to this article 2.5, whether publicly or privately operated, for short-term or long-term commitment or detention is authorized to respond in a reasonable manner to issues of control…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1508 Out-of-home placement - runaways - duty to notify

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When a juvenile who is sentenced to detention, committed to the department of human services, or otherwise sentenced or placed in out-of-home placement pursuant to section 19-2.5-1103 runs away from the facility or home in which the juvenile is placed, the person in charge of the…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1509 Administration or monitoring of medications to persons in juvenile institutional facilities

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The executive director of the department of human services has the power to direct the administration or monitoring of medications to persons in juvenile institutional facilities, as defined in section 25-1.5-301 (2)(b), in a manner consistent with part 3 of article 1.5 of title …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1510 Facility publications

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Publications of any of the facilities established pursuant to section 19-2.5-1502 and sections 19-2.5-1527 to 19-2.5-1529 intended for circulation in quantity outside such facility is subject to the "Information Coordination Act", section 24-1-136. Source: L. 2021: Entire article…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1511 Juvenile detention services and facilities to be provided by department of human services - education - expenses - definition

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(1) (a) Except as set forth in subsection (1)(c) of this section, the department of human services shall provide detention services for temporary care of a juvenile, pursuant to this article 2.5. The department of human services shall consult on a regular basis with the court in …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1511.5 Policies concerning use of telephones and other communications services by juvenile detention facilities

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(1) The department of human services shall provide voice communications services to juveniles in the department's custody and who are confined in a juvenile detention facility. The department of human services may supplement voice communications services with other communications…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1512 Use of juvenile detention beds

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A juvenile committed to the department of human services pursuant to article 3 of this title 19 must not be placed in a juvenile detention bed unless the juvenile is subject to an action proceeding pursuant to this article 2.5. Source: L. 2021: Entire article added with relocatio…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1513 Juvenile detention facilities - catchment areas

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(1) (a) The executive director of the department of human services and the state court administrator in the judicial department shall together establish geographical catchment areas for the juvenile detention facilities operated by or under contract with the department of human s…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1514 Juvenile detention bed cap

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For the fiscal year 2021-22 and each fiscal year thereafter, the number of available juvenile detention beds statewide is limited to two hundred fifteen. Source: L. 2021: (4) amended and (5) added, (SB 21-071), ch. 463, p. 3335, § 4, effective July 6; entire article added with re…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1515 Judicial districts - plans for the cap

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Each judicial district shall annually develop a plan to manage the number of juvenile detention beds allocated or reallocated to the judicial district by the working group pursuant to section 19-2.5-1405 (1)(a). The judicial district shall consider the emergency release guideline…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1516 Juvenile detention facilities - behavioral or mental health disorder screening

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(1) The executive director of the department of human services may implement a behavioral or mental health disorder screening program to screen juveniles held in juvenile detention facilities following adjudication. If the executive director chooses to implement a behavioral or m…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1517 Transfer of detention facilities and equipment

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Whenever the department of human services determines that any property, facilities, and equipment are no longer needed for juvenile detention facilities, the department shall transfer said property, facilities, and equipment back to the county without any cost to the county. Sour…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1518 Commitment to department of human services

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(1) (a) When a juvenile is placed in a community placement by the department of human services following commitment pursuant to section 19-2.5-1127 or 19-2.5-1103, an administrative review must be conducted every six months after the placement for as long as the juvenile remains …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1519 Contracts and agreements with public and private agencies

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(1) The executive director of the department of human services shall, subject to available appropriations, enter into agreements or contracts deemed necessary and appropriate with any governmental unit or agency or private facility or provider cooperating or willing to cooperate …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1520 Private facilities for juvenile offenders - requests for proposals - rules

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The executive director of the department of human services shall adopt rules and implement a process to issue requests for proposals with respect to contracts for designing, financing, acquiring, constructing, and operating private facilities for juvenile offenders. The process t…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1522 Juveniles committed to department of human services - emergency release

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The department of human services and the judicial department shall establish guidelines for the emergency release of juveniles committed to the custody of the department of human services during periods of crisis overcrowding of facilities operated by the department of human serv…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1523 Receiving centers - designation

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(1) The department of human services shall designate receiving centers for juvenile delinquents committed to the department pursuant to section 19-2.5-1127 or 19-2.5-1103. (2) If a change is made in the designation of a receiving center by the department of human services, it sha…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1524 Juveniles - medical benefits application assistance - county of residence - rules

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(1) Beginning as soon as practicable, but no later than January 1, 2009, no later than one hundred twenty days prior to release, commitment facility personnel or state personnel shall assist the parent or legal guardian of the following juveniles in applying for medical assistanc…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1525 Juveniles committed to department of human services - evaluation and placement

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(1) (a) Each juvenile committed to the custody of the department of human services shall be examined and evaluated by the department prior to institutional placement or other disposition. (b) The evaluation and examination must be conducted at a detention facility and be complete…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1526 Facility rules - academic and vocational courses

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(1) It is the duty of the department of human services to develop rules necessary for imparting instruction, preserving health, and enforcing discipline of juveniles committed to the department of human services. (2) The academic courses of study and vocational training and instr…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1527 Lookout Mountain school

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(1) There is established at Golden, Jefferson county, a training school known as the Lookout Mountain school, under the supervision and control of the department of human services. (2) The school shall provide care, education, training, and rehabilitation for juveniles ten years …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1528 Mount View school

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(1) There is established near Morrison, Jefferson county, a training school known as the Mount View school under the supervision and control of the department of human services. (2) The school shall provide care, education, training, and rehabilitation for juveniles ten years of …

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1529 Youth camps

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The department of human services may establish and administer youth camps. Staff at youth camps shall provide care, education, training, rehabilitation, and supervision for juveniles ten years of age or older who have been committed to the custody of the department of human servi…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1530 Alternate placement

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The executive director of the department of human services may assign any juvenile placed by the department of human services in any facility established pursuant to section 19-2.5-1502, 19-2.5-1527, or 19-2.5-1528 to any other facility established by said sections for educationa…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1531 Juveniles committed to the department of human services - prohibition against the use of restraints on pregnant juveniles

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(1) The staff of the department of human services, in restraining a female juvenile committed to the department of human services or detained in a juvenile facility, shall use the least restrictive restraints necessary to ensure safety if the staff have actual knowledge or a reas…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1532 Juveniles committed to department of human services - transfers

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(1) The executive director of the department of human services may transfer a juvenile committed pursuant to section 19-2.5-1127 or 19-2.5-1103 among the facilities established pursuant to sections 19-2.5-1502 and 19-2.5-1527 to 19-2.5-1529; except that, before the juvenile is tr…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-201 Preliminary investigation

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(1) Whenever it appears to a law enforcement officer or any other person that a juvenile is or appears to be within the court's jurisdiction, as provided in section 19-2.5-103, the law enforcement officer or other person may refer the matter conferring or appearing to confer juri…

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-202 Consent to search

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In determining the voluntariness of a juvenile's consent to a search or seizure, the court shall consider the totality of the circumstances. Source: L. 2021: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 21-059), ch. 136, p. 567, § 2, effective October 1.