C.R.S. Section 19-5-303
Commission created

  • duties

(1)

There is created in the department the adoption intermediary commission, referred to in this section as the “commission”, which consists of thirteen members. The commission is a
type 1
entity, as defined in section 24-1-105, and exercises its powers and performs the duties and functions specified by this part 3 under the department. Representation and appointment of such members shall be as follows:

(a)

Three members shall represent the judicial department and shall be appointed by the chief justice or his or her designee;

(b)

Two members shall represent the department and shall be appointed by the executive director of such department or his or her designee;

(c)

Three members shall represent licensed adoption agencies and shall be appointed by a representative of a private adoption agency. Such representative shall be selected by the executive director of the department.

(d)

Three members shall represent either adoptees, adoptive parents, biological parents of adoptees, or biological siblings of adoptees and shall be selected by the executive director of the department;

(e)

Two members shall represent confidential intermediaries and shall have completed training as confidential intermediaries. Such members shall be appointed by the executive director of the department.

(2)

The commission shall have responsibility for:

(a)

Drafting a manual of standards for training confidential intermediaries and licensed child placement agencies that perform searches and contact persons pursuant to section 19-5-305 (3)(b)(III);

(b)

Monitoring confidential intermediary training programs and child placement agencies with search and consent programs to ensure compliance with the standards set forth in the manual, with authority to approve or deny such programs based upon compliance with such standards;

(c)

Maintaining an up-to-date list of persons who have completed training as confidential intermediaries or as persons who conduct searches for child placement agencies and communicating such list to the judicial department.

(3)

The commission shall adopt its own rules of procedure, shall select a chairman, a vice-chairman, and such other officers as it deems necessary, and shall keep a record of its proceedings. The commission shall meet as often as necessary to carry out its duties, but in no instance shall it meet less than annually. The commission may seek input from confidential intermediary organizations in carrying out its duties.

(4)

The commission shall be voluntary and shall not receive per diem payments.

Source: Section 19-5-303 — Commission created - duties, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-19.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

19‑5‑100.2
Legislative declaration 19‑5‑100.5
Applicability of article 19‑5‑101
Termination of the parent-child legal relationship 19‑5‑102
Venue 19‑5‑102.5
Relinquishment hearings - court docket priority 19‑5‑103
Relinquishment procedure - petition - hearings 19‑5‑103.5
Expedited relinquishment procedure - children under one year of age - other birth parents - notice - termination 19‑5‑103.7
Anticipated expedited relinquishment - children under one year of age - notice to other or possible parent - administrative procedures 19‑5‑104
Final order of relinquishment 19‑5‑105
Proceeding to terminate parent-child legal relationship 19‑5‑105.5
Termination of parent-child legal relationship upon a finding that the child was conceived as a result of sexual assault - legislative declaration - definitions 19‑5‑105.7
Termination of parent-child legal relationship in a case of an allegation that a child was conceived as a result of sexual assault but in which no conviction occurred - legislative declaration - definitions 19‑5‑108
When notice of relinquishment proceedings required 19‑5‑109
Birth parent access to records related to relinquishment of parental rights 19‑5‑200.2
Legislative declaration 19‑5‑201
Who may be adopted 19‑5‑202
Who may adopt 19‑5‑202.5
Adoption hearings - termination appeals - court docket priority - exceptions 19‑5‑203
Availability for adoption 19‑5‑203.5
Confirmatory adoption - short title - definitions 19‑5‑204
Venue 19‑5‑205
Adoption decree of foreign country approved 19‑5‑205.5
Nonpublic agency interstate and foreign adoptions - authority for state department to select agencies - legislative declaration 19‑5‑206
Placement for purposes of adoption 19‑5‑207
Written consent and home study report for public adoptions - fingerprint-based criminal history record checks - investigation - rules 19‑5‑207.3
Placement of sibling groups 19‑5‑207.5
Legislative declaration - standardized home studies - adoptive family resource registry - rules 19‑5‑208
Petition for adoption - open adoption - post-adoption contact agreement 19‑5‑209
Petition - written home study reports 19‑5‑210
Hearing on petition 19‑5‑211
Legal effects of final decree 19‑5‑212
Copies of order of adoption - to whom given 19‑5‑213
Compensation for placing child prohibited 19‑5‑213.5
Unauthorized advertising for adoption purposes - exceptions - penalty - definitions 19‑5‑214
Limitation on annulment of adoption - best interests standard 19‑5‑216
Increased access for adoption - study 19‑5‑217
Enforcement or termination of post-adoption contact agreement 19‑5‑301
Legislative declaration 19‑5‑303
Commission created - duties 19‑5‑304
Confidential intermediaries - confidential intermediary services 19‑5‑305
Access to adoption records - contact with parties to adoption - contact preference form and updated medical history statement - definitions 19‑5‑305.5
Access to personal records relating to a former ward of the state home for dependent and neglected children - other eligible parties - definitions 19‑5‑306
Public information campaign 19‑5‑307
Child placement agency - transfer of records 19‑5‑402
Access to nonidentifying information 19‑5‑403
Authority for department to select agencies
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Current through Fall 2024

§ 19-5-303’s source at colorado​.gov