C.R.S. Section 25-20.5-402
Legislative declaration


(1)

The general assembly hereby finds and declares that protection of the health and welfare of the children of this state is an important goal of the citizens of this state, and the injury and death of infants and children are serious public health concerns that require legislative action. The general assembly further finds that the prevention of child abuse, neglect, and fatalities is a community responsibility; that professionals from disparate disciplines have responsibilities to children and have expertise that can promote the safety and well-being of children; and that multidisciplinary reviews of child abuse, neglect, and fatalities can lead to a greater understanding of the causes of, and methods of preventing, child abuse, neglect, and fatalities.

(2)

It is, therefore, the intent of the general assembly in enacting this part 4 to establish state and local multidisciplinary, multi-agency child fatality prevention review teams. The purpose of these teams is:

(a)

For local or regional review teams, to review specific cases of child fatalities in the team’s service area that occur from birth through seventeen years of age and involve unintentional injury, violence, motor vehicle incidents, child abuse or neglect, sudden unexpected infant death, suicide, or undetermined causes and to provide the state with individual case findings to develop a community approach to the systemic issues surrounding child fatalities;

(b)

For the state review team, to review the individual case findings of the local and regional review teams and to create a report based on those findings to make specific recommendations regarding systemic trends across the state that may help prevent future child fatalities;

(c)

To help the people of Colorado understand the incidence and causes of child fatalities and therefore encourage public action to prevent further child fatalities;

(d)

To identify services provided by public, private, and nonprofit agencies to children and their families that are designed to prevent, and that are effective in preventing, child fatalities;

(e)

To identify gaps or deficiencies that may exist in the delivery of services provided by public, private, and nonprofit agencies to children and their families that are designed to prevent child fatalities; and

(f)

To make recommendations for, act as a catalyst for, and implement any changes to laws, rules, and policies that will support the safe and healthy development of the children in this state and prevent future child fatalities.

Source: Section 25-20.5-402 — Legislative declaration, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-25.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

25‑20.5‑102
Definitions
25‑20.5‑103
Prevention services division - creation
25‑20.5‑104
Functions of division - repeal
25‑20.5‑112
Voluntary competency-based community health worker registry - requirements - rules - definition
25‑20.5‑301
Definitions
25‑20.5‑302
Program
25‑20.5‑303
Cancer, cardiovascular disease, and chronic pulmonary disease program review committee
25‑20.5‑304
Grant program
25‑20.5‑305
Evaluation
25‑20.5‑306
Administration - limitation
25‑20.5‑401
Short title
25‑20.5‑402
Legislative declaration
25‑20.5‑403
Definitions
25‑20.5‑404
Local and regional review teams - creation - membership - authority
25‑20.5‑405
Local review teams - duties - authority
25‑20.5‑406
State review team - creation - membership - vacancies
25‑20.5‑407
State review team - duties - definitions
25‑20.5‑408
Access to records
25‑20.5‑409
Administration - funding - cash fund
25‑20.5‑501
Legislative declaration
25‑20.5‑502
Definitions
25‑20.5‑503
School-based health center grant program - creation - funding - grants
25‑20.5‑801
Community crime victims grant program - created - cash fund
25‑20.5‑802
Repeal of part - sunset review
25‑20.5‑901
Short title
25‑20.5‑902
Definitions
25‑20.5‑903
CARENetwork - structure - resource center
25‑20.5‑1001
Making opiate antagonists available - bulk purchasing - immunity
25‑20.5‑1101
Harm reduction grant program - creation - application - permissible uses - department duties
25‑20.5‑1102
Harm reduction grant program cash fund - creation - repeal
25‑20.5‑1103
Rules
25‑20.5‑1201
Definitions
25‑20.5‑1202
Office of gun violence prevention - created - director - staff - collaboration
25‑20.5‑1203
Gun violence prevention awareness and education - violence intervention grant program - rules
25‑20.5‑1204
Resource bank - duties
25‑20.5‑1205
Federal grants - other funds - gifts, grants, and donations
25‑20.5‑1206
Rules - report
25‑20.5‑1301
Definitions
25‑20.5‑1302
Community behavioral health disaster preparedness and response program - creation - department duties - rules
25‑20.5‑1303
Community behavioral health disaster preparedness and response cash fund
25‑20.5‑1401
Definitions
25‑20.5‑1402
Health-care workforce resilience and retention program - implementation - duties
25‑20.5‑1403
Health-care workforce resilience and retention cash fund
25‑20.5‑1404
Exemption from the procurement code
25‑20.5‑1501
Independent study - report - repeal
25‑20.5‑1601
Overdose detection mapping application program
25‑20.5‑1701
Colorado overdose trends review committee - recommendations - report - repeal
25‑20.5‑1801
Transfer of functions - employees - property - records
25‑20.5‑1802
Colorado substance use disorders prevention collaborative - created - mission - administration - report - repeal
25‑20.5‑1901
Economic mobility program - creation - fund - reporting - legislative declaration
25‑20.5‑2001
Regional health connector program - creation - third-party contract - department duties - rules - definitions
25‑20.5‑2101
Legislative declaration
25‑20.5‑2102
Definitions
25‑20.5‑2103
Disordered eating prevention program - creation - reports
25‑20.5‑2104
Disordered eating prevention research grant program - creation - process - reporting requirements - definitions - repeal
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§ 25-20.5-402’s source at colorado​.gov