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CO HB1017

CO HB1017
Substance Use Disorder Treatment In Criminal Justice System

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Introduced
01/08/2020
In Committee
06/10/2020
Crossed Over
06/29/2020
Passed
06/29/2020
Dead
Signed/Enacted/Adopted
07/13/2020

Introduced Session

2020 Regular Session

Bill Summary

Opioid and Other Substance Use Disorders Study Committee. The bill requires the department of corrections, local jails, multijurisdictional jails, municipal jails, and state department of human services facilities to make available at least one opioid agonist and one opioid antagonist to a person in custody with an opioid use disorder throughout the duration of the person's incarceration or commitment. The bill allows a person to dispose of any controlled substances at a safe station and request assistance in gaining access to treatment for a substance use disorder. The bill defines a "safe station" as any municipal police station; county sheriff's office; or municipal, county, or fire protection district fire station. The bill requires the department of corrections and jails to ensure that continuity of care is provided to inmates prior to release. The bill requires the executive director of the department of corrections, in consultation with the offices of behavioral health and economic security in the department of human services, the department of health care policy and financing, the department of local affairs, and local service providers to develop resources for inmates post-release that provide information to help prepare inmates for release and reintegration into their communities. If a person who is the subject of a petition to seal criminal records has entered into or successfully completed a licensed substance use disorder treatment program, the court is required to consider such factor favorably in determining whether to issue the order. The bill allows the office of behavioral health in the department of human services to contract with cities and counties for the creation, maintenance, or expansion of criminal justice diversion programs. The bill requires the department of human services to include an update regarding the current status of funding and implementation of the criminal justice diversion programs in its annual SMART presentation. The bill appropriates money to the office of behavioral health in the department of human services for criminal justice diversion programs.

AI Summary

This bill: - Requires correctional facilities, jails, and state department facilities to make opioid agonists and antagonists available to persons in custody with opioid use disorder, and encourages them to maintain this treatment throughout incarceration or commitment. - Allows a person to dispose of controlled substances at a "safe station" (a municipal police station, county sheriff's office, or fire station) and request assistance accessing substance use disorder treatment, without facing arrest or prosecution. - Requires correctional facilities and jails to ensure continuity of care, including providing post-release resources and a list of substance use providers, for inmates with substance use disorders prior to release. - Allows the Office of Behavioral Health to contract with cities and counties for the creation, maintenance, or expansion of criminal justice diversion programs to connect law enforcement with behavioral health providers. - Requires the Department of Human Services to report annually on the funding and implementation of these criminal justice diversion programs. - Allows courts to consider a person's successful completion of a licensed substance use disorder treatment program favorably when determining whether to seal the person's criminal records.

Committee Categories

Budget and Finance, Health and Social Services, Military Affairs and Security

Sponsors (4)

Last Action

Governor Signed (on 07/13/2020)

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