Presented to the Opioid and Other Substance Use Disorders Interim Study Committee at its September 2017 meeting.

Presented to the Opioid and Other Substance Use Disorder Interim Study Committee at its September 2017 meeting.

This issue brief addresses the state’s emergency mental health hold procedure, which allows for a person to be involuntarily held for a 72-hour period of treatment and evaluation if he or she appears to have a mental illness and, due to the mental illness, appears to be an imminent danger to...

This memorandum addresses patient access to experimental treatments, including access to clinical trials, participation in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Expanded Access (Compassionate Use) Program, and access to treatments under Colorado’s Right to Try Act. Additionally, this...

This memo explains enhanced sentencing requirements for two different criminal offense categories: crimes of violence and habitual offenders. It also provides sentencing data for offenders convicted of crimes of violence or as habitual offenders between 2014 and 2016.  During this three year...

This memorandum provides an overview of the mandatory minimum sentencing schemes in Colorado law.  It provides information on the general categories of offenses subject to enhanced prison sentences and specific crimes that require a mandatory minimum sentence. Three years of sentencing data are...

During the 2017 legislative session, the General Assembly considered measures related to Colorado’s behavioral health crisis system and the use and misuse of opioids. Other issues considered include child care regulations, child welfare, and a job program for individuals receiving cash...

Final Report to the Colorado General Assembly by the County Courthouse and County Jail Funding and Overcrowding Solutions Interim Study Committee.

Final Report to the Colorado General Assembly by the Legislative Oversight Committee Concerning the Treatment of Persons with Mental Health Disorders in the Criminal and Juvenile Justice Systems.

The Colorado Health Insurance Exchange Oversight Committee was created pursuant to Article 22 of Title 10, Colorado Revised Statutes. The purpose of this committee is to guide Colorado's health insurance exchange, including reviewing the financial and operational plans of the exchange and...

This memorandum provides an overview of state laws that address age of consent for sexual activity.  More specifically, it provides information about the age of sexual consent in Colorado and other states, including exemptions that allow a person below the age of consent to have lawful sex with...