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Issue Briefs
Persons with Mental Illness in the Criminal Justice System - Colorado's Response
This issue brief outlines Colorado's efforts to address issues associated with persons with mental illness in the criminal justice system.
02/07/2017
Courts & Judicial
Crimes, Corrections, & Enforcement
Human Services
Public Health
Issue Briefs
Competency for Criminal Trial in Colorado
The U.S. Constitution guarantees each citizen the right to a fair trial, which includes the right to be present at the trial, able to understand the nature of the proceedings, and able to participate in his or her defense. Whether the defendant’s mental health impaired his or her ability to...
02/07/2017
Courts & Judicial
Crimes, Corrections, & Enforcement
Public Health
Final/Annual Reports
2016 Final Report, Legislative Oversight Committee Concerning the Treatment of Persons with Mental Illness in the Criminal and Juvenile Justice Systems
Final Report to the Colorado General Assembly by the Oversight Committee on Mental Illness in the Criminal Justice System.
Staff Publications
Health Care Resource Book (2020)
The Legislative Council Staff's Health Care Resource Book is intended to serve as a reference guide for information on some of Colorado's major health care issues and programs. The book is divided into two sections.
The first section covers health care spending; private health insurance...
Issue Briefs
Laws Addressing Service Animals and Assistance Animals
According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, approximately 10.3 percent of Colorado’s population reported having a disability in 2015. Many of those individuals use a service animal or assistance animal to cope with their disability. This issue brief defines the...
Final/Annual Reports
Legislative Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery Committee, Final Report
The 2016 final report provides a complete summary of all LEPRRC activity in 2016.
Staff Publications
Charge and Membership of the Opioid and Other Substance Use Disorders Interim Study Committee and Task Force
This memorandum provides an overview of the 2017 membership of the Opioid and Other Substance Use Disorders Interim Study Committee, the origin and charge of the committee, bill request deadlines and procedures, and information regarding committee staff and the committee website. Information is...
Other
Department of Public Health & Environment, Scope of the Problem, Presentation to the Opioid Interim Committee
Presented to the Opioid and Other Substance Use Disorders Interim Study Committee at its July 2017 meeting.
Other
Department of Public Health & Environment, Substance Abuse Prevention Work Presentation to the Opioid Interim Committee
Presented to the Opioid and Other Substance Use Disorders Interim Study Committee at its July 2017 meeting.
Other
Department of Public Health & Environment, Colorado Prescription Drug Profile
Presented to the Opioid and Other Substance Use Disorders Interim Study Committee at its July 2017 meeting.
Other
Department of Public Health & Environment, Heroin in Colorado
Presented to the Opioid and Other Substance Use Disorders Interim Study Committee at its July 2017 meeting.
Other
Colorado Consortium for Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention Presentation to the Opioid Interim Committee
Presented to the Opioid and Other Substance Use Disorders Interim Study Committee at its July 2017 meeting.
Other
Opioid and Other Substance Use Disorders: Origins and Scope of the Problem, Departments of Clinical Pharmacy, Colorado Consortium for Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention
Presented to the Opioid and Other Substance Use Disorders Interim Study Committee at its July 2017 meeting.
Other
Substance Use in Colorado - An Increasing Problem, Colorado Health Institution Presentation
Presented to the Opioid and Other Substance Use Disorders Interim Study Committee at its July 2017 meeting.
Other
Harm Reduction is Just Good Public Health, Harm Reduction Action Center
Presented to the Opioid and Other Substance Use Disorders Interim Study Committee at its July 2017 meeting.
Other
Scope of the Problem: Colorado (Opioids), Office of Behavioral Health
Presented to the Opioid and Other Substance Use Disorders Interim Study Committee at its July 2017 meeting.
Other
Colorado Attorney General, Colorado Naloxone for Life 2016 Infograph
Presented to the Opioid and Other Substance Use Disorders Interim Study Committee at its July 2017 meeting.
07/11/2017
Courts & Judicial
Health Care & Health Insurance
Human Services
Public Health
Other
OpiRescue, Rx Assurance, Presentation
Presented to the Opioid and Other Substance Use Disorders Interim Study Committee at its July 2017 meeting.
Other
Substance Abuse Trend and Response Task Force Overview
Presented to the Opioid and Other Substance Use Disorders Interim Study Committee at its July 2017 meeting.
Other
Substance Abuse Trend and Response Task Force Presentation
Presented to the Opioid and Other Substance Use Disorders Interim Study Committee at its July 2017 meeting.
Other
Substance Abuse Trend and Response Task Force, 2017 Membership
Presented to the Opioid and Other Substance Use Disorders Interim Study Committee at its July 2017 meeting.
Other
Opioid Task Force Duties and Schedule
Presented to the Opioid and Other Substance Use Disorders Interim Study Committee at its August 22, 2017, meeting.
Other
Opioid Use Disorder Screening, Assessment and Treatment in Nursing
Presented to the Opioid and Other Substance Use Disorders Interim Study Committee at its August 22, 2017, meeting.
Other
Colorado Community Corrections Presentation to the Opioid Interim Committee
Presented to the Opioid and Other Substance Use Disorders Interim Study Committee at its August 22, 2017, meeting.
08/29/2017
Crimes, Corrections, & Enforcement
Health Care & Health Insurance
Human Services