C.R.S. Section 17-1-113.8
Persons with serious behavioral or mental health disorders

  • long-term isolated confinement
  • work group
  • medication-assisted treatment
  • appropriation
  • repeal

(1)

The department shall not place a person with a behavioral or serious mental health disorder in long-term isolated confinement except when exigent circumstances are present.

(2)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a)

There is hereby established within the department a serious mental illness in long-term isolated confinement work group, referred to in this section as the “work group”. The work group consists of:

(I)

The deputy executive director of the department, or his or her designee, who shall convene and serve as the chair of the work group;

(II)

The director of clinical and correctional services, within the department, or his or her designee;

(III)

The director of prisons, within the department, or his or her designee;

(IV)

The chief of psychiatry, within the department, or his or her designee;

(V)

The director of behavioral health, within the department, or his or her designee;

(VI)

Two representatives from a nonprofit prisoners’ rights advocacy group, one who is appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives and one who is appointed by the president of the senate; and

(VII)

Two mental health professionals independent from the department with particular knowledge of prisons and conditions of confinement, one who is appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives and one who is appointed by the president of the senate.

(b)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(I)

The work group shall advise the department on policies and procedures related to the proper treatment and care of offenders with serious behavioral or mental health disorders in long-term isolated confinement, with a focus on persons with serious behavioral or mental health disorders in long-term isolated confinement.

(II)

The work group has the power to request, on a periodic basis, information and data from the department on the status of the department’s work on the subject matter of the work group.

(c)

The chair of the work group shall convene the work group’s first meeting no later than July 1, 2014, and the work group must meet at least semi-annually thereafter. The chair shall schedule and convene the work group’s meetings.

(d)

The chair shall provide the work group with quarterly updates on the department’s policies related to the work group’s subject area.

(3)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a)

The department shall allow medication-assisted treatment, as it is defined in section 23-21-803, to be provided to individuals who are placed in the custody of the department who were receiving such treatment in a local jail prior to being placed in the custody of the department.

(b)

The department may enter into agreements with community agencies, behavioral health organizations, and substance use disorder treatment organizations to assist in the development and administration of medication-assisted treatment pursuant to this section.

(4)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a)

For the 2022-23 state fiscal year, the general assembly shall appropriate three million dollars from the behavioral and mental health cash fund created in section 24-75-230 to the department to provide medication-assisted treatment to individuals who are placed in the custody of the department. Any unexpended or unencumbered money appropriated pursuant to this subsection (4)(a) remains available for expenditure for the same purpose in the 2023-24 state fiscal year without further appropriation.

(b)

The department shall use money appropriated pursuant to this subsection (4) for:

(I)

Hardware, software, and infrastructure, including renovations, necessary to store medications at department facilities;

(II)

Providing continuity of care for inmates with a substance use disorder between the institutional settings, including probation, and community-based treatment centers in order to mitigate the illness and suffering surrounding the acute withdrawal of individuals with a substance use disorder; and

(III)

Facilitating the long-term treatment and recovery of individuals upon release.

(c)

This subsection (4) is repealed, effective June 30, 2024.

Source: Section 17-1-113.8 — Persons with serious behavioral or mental health disorders - long-term isolated confinement - work group - medication-assisted treatment - appropriation - repeal, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-17.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

17‑1‑101
Executive director - creation - division heads - medical personnel 17‑1‑102
Definitions 17‑1‑103
Duties of the executive director 17‑1‑103.8
Executive director - inspector general - investigators - duties 17‑1‑104.3
Correctional facilities - locations - security level - report 17‑1‑104.5
Incarceration of inmates from other states - private contract prison facilities 17‑1‑104.6
Planning and review requirements - legislative intent 17‑1‑104.9
Custody levels for state inmates at private prisons - correctional emergency - definition 17‑1‑105
Powers of executive director 17‑1‑105.1
Accreditation of private contract prisons 17‑1‑105.5
Contract rates 17‑1‑107
Department may accept gifts, donations, and grants 17‑1‑107.5
State criminal alien assistance program cash fund - creation 17‑1‑108
Transfer of inmates 17‑1‑109
Duties and functions of the warden 17‑1‑109.5
Correctional facility employees - rules 17‑1‑111
Certain provisions of the administrative procedure act not to apply 17‑1‑112
Expenses - reimbursement by department - report 17‑1‑113
Medical visits - charge to inmates - legislative declaration 17‑1‑113.1
Administration or monitoring of medications to persons in correctional facilities 17‑1‑113.2
Continuity of care for persons released from correctional facility 17‑1‑113.4
Opioid treatment for a person in custody - definitions 17‑1‑113.5
Inmates held in correctional facilities - medical benefits application assistance - county of residence - rules 17‑1‑113.6
Menstrual hygiene products for a person in custody - definition 17‑1‑113.7
Prohibition against the use of restraints on pregnant inmates in the custody of correctional facilities and private contract prisons - report 17‑1‑113.8
Persons with serious behavioral or mental health disorders - long-term isolated confinement - work group - medication-assisted treatment - appropriation - repeal 17‑1‑113.9
Use of administrative segregation for state inmates - reporting 17‑1‑114
Pool of funds - continuance of community supervision 17‑1‑114.5
Incarceration of a person in custody with the capacity for pregnancy - report 17‑1‑115.2
Correctional law enforcement agencies to provide identification cards to retired peace officers upon request - definitions 17‑1‑115.5
Prison sexual assault prevention program 17‑1‑115.7
Prevention of sexual assaults on youthful inmates - compliance with federal law - report - definition 17‑1‑115.8
Corrections officer staffing - report - double shift criteria - definition 17‑1‑115.9
Incentives for mental health professionals - report - legislative declaration 17‑1‑116
Corrections expansion reserve fund 17‑1‑119
Lethal perimeter security systems for correctional facilities - governmental immunity - limitations 17‑1‑119.5
Compilation of data related to inmates with children attending school 17‑1‑119.7
Prison population management measures 17‑1‑166
Department duties - parole plan - report 17‑1‑167
Use of restraints for state inmates - criteria - documentation - intake assessment - report - rules - definitions 17‑1‑201
Duties of department 17‑1‑202
Requests for competitive proposals and contract requirements 17‑1‑202.5
Private prison planning process 17‑1‑203
Powers and duties not delegable to contractor 17‑1‑204
Background checks 17‑1‑205
Contract termination - control of a correctional facility by the department 17‑1‑206
Inmates in custody of the department 17‑1‑206.5
Preparole release and revocation facility - community return-to-custody facility 17‑1‑207
Applicability of part
Green check means up to date. Up to date

Current through Fall 2024

§ 17-1-113.8’s source at colorado​.gov