C.R.S. Section 17-1-115.9
Incentives for mental health professionals

  • report
  • legislative declaration

(1)

The general assembly finds that:

(a)

The failure to provide timely needed sex offender treatment or services creates a risk when an inmate is released into the community and increases expenses when an inmate remains in prison due to his or her failure to receive treatment or services; and

(b)

In order to provide the necessary sex offender treatment and services in difficult-to-serve areas in a timely manner, the department must have the flexibility to offer incentives to contracted mental health professionals to provide such treatment and services in such areas.

(2)

The department shall monitor the number of inmates who have a specified sex offender treatment or service identified in the inmate’s recommended rehabilitation report and who are not receiving the treatment or service due to a lack of treatment or service providers. The department shall develop and may implement an incentive plan for each sex offender treatment or service and each geographic area in which there is a need for additional contracted mental health professionals to provide the identified sex offender treatment or service. The incentive plan must include specific incentives to contract with the necessary mental health professionals and may include increases in fees and travel reimbursements paid, bonuses, and other financial incentives.

(3)

Notwithstanding the provisions of section 24-1-136 (11), on or before December 1, 2018, and each December 1 thereafter, the department shall submit a report to the joint budget committee that must include:

(a)

The statewide number of inmates requiring each sex offender treatment or service provided by a mental health professional and the number of inmates unable to receive such treatment or service; and

(b)

For each incentive plan developed pursuant to this section, the number of inmates requiring the treatment or service, the number of inmates still unable to receive the treatment or service, a description of the incentive plan developed, and a report on the effectiveness of any incentive offered by the department under the plan.

Source: Section 17-1-115.9 — Incentives for mental health professionals - report - legislative declaration, 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

§ 17-1-115.9’s source at colorado​.gov