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Persons with Mental Illness in the Criminal Justice System - Colorado's Response

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Courts & Judicial

Crimes, Corrections, & Enforcement

Human Services

Public Health

Agency

Legislative Council Staff

Published

02/07/2017

This issue brief outlines Colorado's efforts to address issues associated with persons with mental illness in the criminal justice system.

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Colorado’s Child Welfare System (18-14)

Colorado’s child welfare system provides a range of services to protect children from abuse and neglect and to assist families in caring for their children. This issue brief provides an overview of the child welfare system in Colorado, including administration and funding, reporting...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

09/26/2018

Subjects:

Children & Domestic Matters

Human Services

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Judicial Selection and Retention (18-12)

The Colorado Constitution allows voters to decide whether justices and judges stay on the bench after they have been appointed and have had time to establish a judicial record by serving an initial term. Some form of this process, otherwise known as the merit selection and retention of justices...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

09/18/2018

Subject:

Courts & Judicial

Tax Expenditure Evaluation

Hunger Relief Income Tax Credit & Crop and Livestock Contribution Corporate Income Tax Credit

Report No. 2018-TE4

Publishing Agency:

Office of the State Auditor

Date:

09/15/2018

Subjects:

Agriculture

Fiscal Policy & Taxes

Human Services

Summary of Major Legislation

Summary of Crimes and Law Enforcement Legislation (2018)

During the 2018 legislative session, the General Assembly introduced numerous bills concerning crimes,criminal penalties, and law enforcement.

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

09/07/2018

Subjects:

Courts & Judicial

Crimes, Corrections, & Enforcement

Summary of Major Legislation

Summary of Corrections Legislation (2018)

During the 2018 legislative session, the General Assembly introduced numerous bills concerning the state’s correctional system and associated issues.

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

09/07/2018

Subject:

Crimes, Corrections, & Enforcement

Summary of Major Legislation

Summary of Children and Domestic Matters Legislation (2018)

During the 2018 legislative session, the General Assembly considered measures related to child welfare and foster care, youth mental health and suicide prevention, child abuse prevention, the juvenile justice system, and other aspects of family law. The bills described in this document passed...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

08/29/2018

Subjects:

Children & Domestic Matters

Human Services

Summary of Major Legislation

Summary of Human Services Legislation (2018)

During the 2018 legislative session, the General Assembly considered measures related to increasing access to behavioral health services, increasing capacity for competency restoration, protecting children in foster care, child care assistance funding, and increasing the effectiveness of other...

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

08/29/2018

Subject:

Human Services

Summary of Major Legislation

Summary of Public Health Legislation (2018)

During the 2018 session, the General Assembly considered bills related to suicide prevention, requests to study public health effects, changes to certificates and databases overseen by the Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE), nad other public health-related legislation.

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

08/29/2018

Subject:

Public Health

Summary of Major Legislation

Summary of Civil Law Legislation (2018)

During the 2018 legislative session, the Colorado General Assembly considered measures related to civil law. Specifically, the legislature considered bills regarding civil protections, the statute of limitations for domestic violence offenses, immunity, jurisdiction, and liability.

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

07/19/2018

Subjects:

Civil Law

Courts & Judicial

Staff Publications

Adams County Youth Services Center Property Acquisition

This memorandum summarizes a request from the Department of Human Services (DHS) to acquire a 15-acre parcel of land from Adams County for the construction of a new youth services center in the 17th Judicial District.

Publishing Agency:

Legislative Council Staff

Date:

07/18/2018

Subjects:

Capital Construction

Human Services

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