2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 18 - CRIMINAL CODE (§§ 18-1-101 — 18-26-102) › Article 1.3 - SENTENCING IN CRIMINAL CASES (§§ 18-1.3-101 — 18-1.3-1407) › Part 5 - MISDEMEANOR AND PETTY OFFENSE SENTENCING (§§ 18-1.3-501 — 18-1.3-510) › Section 18-1.3-510 - Fentanyl education and treatment program

(1)
Upon conviction of any offense pursuant to part 4 of article
18
of this title 18 for a material, compound, mixture, or preparation that contains any amount of fentanyl, carfentanil, benzimidazole opiate, or an analog thereof as described in section
18-18-204 (2)(g)
, the court shall require a substance abuse assessment pursuant to section
18-1.3-209
. The substance abuse assessment must include information regarding the person's history of substance use, specifically the use of fentanyl, carfentanil, benzimidazole opiate, or any analog thereof; the person's amenability to treatment; and the level of treatment, if any, necessary to address the person's substance use disorder to be provided during the person's probation or deferred judgment supervision.
(2)
If the substance abuse assessment described in subsection (1) of this section recommends community-based treatment, the person shall complete the assessed level of treatment consistent with the provisions of section
18-1.3-209
.
(3)
(a)
If the substance abuse assessment described in subsection (1) of this section recommends as a condition of probation placement in a residential treatment facility for treatment of an addiction that includes fentanyl, carfentanil, benzimidazole opiate, or an analog thereof, the court shall order residential treatment as a condition of probation. The residential treatment facility must be approved by the behavioral health administration in the department of human services and designed for treatment of an addiction that includes fentanyl, carfentanil, benzimidazole opiate, or an analog thereof. Placement in a residential program as a condition of probation is limited to the period of time that the placement is clinically necessary. The residential placement costs must be paid from the correctional treatment cash fund, existing pursuant to section
18-19-103 (4)
, for a person on probation and is determined by the court to be indigent, is represented by court-appointed counsel, or is otherwise unable to afford the cost of the placement.
(b)
Notwithstanding subsection (3)(a) of this section to the contrary, the court may order non-residential treatment as a condition of probation if the court makes findings on the record that a residential treatment facility does not exist, is not accessible for the person within a reasonable period of time, or non-residential treatment is available to address the person's treatment needs.
(4)
A person, regardless of whether the person is receiving treatment in a community-based or residential treatment facility pursuant to subsection (2) or (3) of this section, must complete the fentanyl education program developed by the behavioral health administration pursuant to section
27-80-128
. The fentanyl education program must include information regarding the nature and addictive elements of synthetic opiates, their dangers to a person's life and health, access to and administration of opioid antagonists and non-laboratory synthetic opiate detection tests, and laws regarding synthetic opiates, including criminal penalties and immunity for reporting an overdose event pursuant to section
18-1-711
. The fentanyl education program costs must be paid from the correctional treatment cash fund, existing pursuant to section
18-19-103 (4)
, for a person on probation and who is determined by the court to be indigent, is represented by court-appointed counsel, or is otherwise unable to afford the cost of placement.
Amended by 2024 Ch. 458,§ 17, eff. 6/6/2024.
Added by 2022 Ch. 225, § 11, eff. 1/1/2023.