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2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 13 - COURTS AND COURT PROCEDURE (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-100-104) › ADVOCATES (§§ 13-91-101 — 13-100-104) › Article 93 - ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW (§§ 13-93-101 — 13-93-314) › Part 3 - [Effective 8/7/2024] LICENSED LEGAL PARAPROFESSIONALS (§§ 13-93-301 — 13-93-314) › Section 13-93-307 - [Effective 8/7/2024] Individuals forbidden to practice

A coroner, sheriff, deputy sheriff, or jailer, though qualified, shall not practice as a licensed legal paraprofessional in the county in which the individual is commissioned or appointed, and a clerk of the supreme court or district court shall not practice as a licensed legal paraprofessional in the court in which the individual is the clerk.
Added by 2024 Ch. 131,§ 1, eff. 8/7/2024.
2024 Ch. 131, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 13 - COURTS AND COURT PROCEDURE (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-100-104) › ADVOCATES (§§ 13-91-101 — 13-100-104) › Article 93 - ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW (§§ 13-93-101 — 13-93-314) › Part 3 - [Effective 8/7/2024] LICENSED LEGAL PARAPROFESSIONALS (§§ 13-93-301 — 13-93-314) › Section 13-93-308 - [Effective 8/7/2024] Judge not to act as licensed legal paraprofessional

(1)
It is unlawful for judges of the district, county, and municipal courts to:
(a)
Counsel or advise in or write any petition or answer or other pleadings in any proceeding as a licensed legal paraprofessional;
(b)
Perform any service as a licensed legal paraprofessional; or
(c)
Be interested in any profits or emoluments arising out of any practice in any of the courts, except costs in the judge's own courts.
(2)
Subsection (1) of this section does not apply to:
(a)
A county court judge who is also a licensed legal paraprofessional who practices in counties of certain classes as specified by the laws relating to county courts in courts other than the judge's county court and in matters that have not come before the county court; and
(b)
A municipal judge who is also a licensed legal paraprofessional who practices in courts other than the judge's municipal court and in matters that have not come before the municipal court.
Added by 2024 Ch. 131,§ 1, eff. 8/7/2024.
2024 Ch. 131, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 13 - COURTS AND COURT PROCEDURE (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-100-104) › ADVOCATES (§§ 13-91-101 — 13-100-104) › Article 93 - ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW (§§ 13-93-101 — 13-93-314) › Part 3 - [Effective 8/7/2024] LICENSED LEGAL PARAPROFESSIONALS (§§ 13-93-301 — 13-93-314) › Section 13-93-309 - [Effective 8/7/2024] Practicing law without license deemed contempt

An individual who, without having obtained a license from the supreme court of this state, advertises, represents, or holds the individual's self out in any manner as a licensed legal paraprofessional or who appears in any court of record in this state to conduct a suit, action, proceeding, or cause for another individual is guilty of contempt of the supreme court of this state and of the court in which the individual appears and must be punished according to law.
Added by 2024 Ch. 131,§ 1, eff. 8/7/2024.
2024 Ch. 131, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 13 - COURTS AND COURT PROCEDURE (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-100-104) › ADVOCATES (§§ 13-91-101 — 13-100-104) › Article 93 - ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW (§§ 13-93-101 — 13-93-314) › Part 3 - [Effective 8/7/2024] LICENSED LEGAL PARAPROFESSIONALS (§§ 13-93-301 — 13-93-314) › Section 13-93-310 - [Effective 8/7/2024] Notice of charges - time to show cause

Before a licensed legal paraprofessional's name is stricken off the roll created in section 13-93-305, the clerk of the supreme court shall provide written notice to the licensed legal paraprofessional stating distinctly the grounds of complaint or the charges exhibited against the licensed legal paraprofessional. After receiving the notice, the licensed legal paraprofessional may request a hearing and must be allowed reasonable time to collect and prepare testimony for the licensed legal paraprofessional's defense. Any licensed legal paraprofessional whose name, at any time, is stricken from the roll by order of the court is considered as though the licensed legal paraprofessional's name had never been written on the roll until a time when the justices, in open court, authorize the licensed legal paraprofessional to be listed on the roll.
Added by 2024 Ch. 131,§ 1, eff. 8/7/2024.
2024 Ch. 131, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 13 - COURTS AND COURT PROCEDURE (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-100-104) › ADVOCATES (§§ 13-91-101 — 13-100-104) › Article 93 - ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW (§§ 13-93-101 — 13-93-314) › Part 3 - [Effective 8/7/2024] LICENSED LEGAL PARAPROFESSIONALS (§§ 13-93-301 — 13-93-314) › Section 13-93-311 - [Effective 8/7/2024] Licensed legal paraprofessional not to be surety

A licensed legal paraprofessional shall not become surety in any bond or recognizance of any sheriff or coroner, in any bond or recognizance for the appearance of any person charged with any public offense, or upon any bond or recognizance authorized by any statute to be taken for the payment of any sum of money into court in default of the principal, without the consent of a judge of the district court first having approved the surety.
Added by 2024 Ch. 131,§ 1, eff. 8/7/2024.
2024 Ch. 131, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 13 - COURTS AND COURT PROCEDURE (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-100-104) › ADVOCATES (§§ 13-91-101 — 13-100-104) › Article 93 - ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW (§§ 13-93-101 — 13-93-314) › Part 3 - [Effective 8/7/2024] LICENSED LEGAL PARAPROFESSIONALS (§§ 13-93-301 — 13-93-314) › Section 13-93-312 - [Effective 8/7/2024] Judge not to have law partner

A judge shall not have a partner acting as attorney, counsel, or licensed legal paraprofessional in any court in the judge's judicial district, county, municipality, or precinct.
Added by 2024 Ch. 131,§ 1, eff. 8/7/2024.
2024 Ch. 131, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 13 - COURTS AND COURT PROCEDURE (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-100-104) › ADVOCATES (§§ 13-91-101 — 13-100-104) › Article 93 - ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW (§§ 13-93-101 — 13-93-314) › Part 3 - [Effective 8/7/2024] LICENSED LEGAL PARAPROFESSIONALS (§§ 13-93-301 — 13-93-314) › Section 13-93-313 - [Effective 8/7/2024] Licensed legal paraprofessional's lien - notice of claim filed

A licensed legal paraprofessional has a lien on any money, property, choses in action, or claims and demands in the licensed legal paraprofessional's hands, on any judgment the licensed legal paraprofessional may have obtained or assisted in obtaining, in whole or in part, and on any and all claims and demands in suit for any fees or balance of fees due or to become due from any client. In the case of demands in suit and in the case of judgments obtained in whole or in part by any licensed legal paraprofessional, the licensed legal paraprofessional may file, with the clerk of the court when a cause is pending, notice of the licensed legal paraprofessional's claim as lienor, setting forth specifically the agreement of compensation between the licensed legal paraprofessional and the licensed legal paraprofessional's client, which notice, duly entered of record, is notice to all persons and to all parties, including the judgment creditor, to all persons in the case against whom a demand exists, and to all persons claiming by, through, or under any person having a demand in suit or having obtained a judgment that the licensed legal paraprofessional whose appearance has been entered has a first lien on the demand in suit or on the judgment for the amount of the licensed legal paraprofessional's fees. The notice of lien shall not be presented in any manner to the jury in the case in which the same is filed. The lien may be enforced by the proper civil action.
Added by 2024 Ch. 131,§ 1, eff. 8/7/2024.
2024 Ch. 131, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 13 - COURTS AND COURT PROCEDURE (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-100-104) › ADVOCATES (§§ 13-91-101 — 13-100-104) › Article 93 - ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW (§§ 13-93-101 — 13-93-314) › Part 3 - [Effective 8/7/2024] LICENSED LEGAL PARAPROFESSIONALS (§§ 13-93-301 — 13-93-314) › Section 13-93-314 - [Effective 8/7/2024] Other property to which lien attaches

A licensed legal paraprofessional has a lien for a general balance of compensation upon any papers of the licensed legal paraprofessional's client that have come into the licensed legal paraprofessional's possession in the course of the licensed legal paraprofessional's professional employment and upon money due to the licensed legal paraprofessional's client in the hands of the adverse party in an action or proceeding in which the licensed legal paraprofessional was employed from the time of giving notice of the lien to that party.
Added by 2024 Ch. 131,§ 1, eff. 8/7/2024.
2024 Ch. 131, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 13 - COURTS AND COURT PROCEDURE (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-100-104) › ADVOCATES (§§ 13-91-101 — 13-100-104) › Article 94 - OFFICE OF PUBLIC GUARDIANSHIP (§§ 13-94-101 — 13-94-111) › Section 13-94-101 - Short title

The short title of this article 94 is the "Office of Public Guardianship Act".
Added by 2017 Ch. 319,§ 1, eff. 6/5/2017.
L. 2017: Entire article added, (HB 17-1087), ch. 319, p. 1714, § 1, effective June 5.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 13 - COURTS AND COURT PROCEDURE (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-100-104) › ADVOCATES (§§ 13-91-101 — 13-100-104) › Article 94 - OFFICE OF PUBLIC GUARDIANSHIP (§§ 13-94-101 — 13-94-111) › Section 13-94-102 - Legislative declaration

(1)
The general assembly finds and declares that:
(a)
Due to incapacity, some adults in Colorado are unable to meet essential requirements for their health or personal care;
(b)
Private guardianship is not an option for such an adult when:
(I)
No responsible family members or friends are available and appropriate to serve as a guardian; and
(II)
He or she lacks adequate resources to compensate a private guardian and pay the costs associated with an appointment proceeding;
(c)
Volunteer and public service programs are currently inadequate to provide legal guardianship services to indigent and incapacitated adults in Colorado;
(d)
Colorado courts struggle to address the needs of indigent and incapacitated adults who lack the resources to provide for their own guardianship needs; and
(e)
Without a system providing legal guardianship services to indigent and incapacitated adults, the courts are left with few options for addressing these adults' needs.
(2)
In establishing the office of public guardianship, the general assembly intends:
(a)
That the office will:
(I)
Provide guardianship services to indigent and incapacitated adults who:
(A)
Have no responsible family members or friends who are available and appropriate to serve as a guardian;
(B)
Lack adequate resources to compensate a private guardian and pay the costs associated with an appointment proceeding; and
(C)
Are not subject to a petition for appointment of guardian filed by a county adult protective services unit or otherwise authorized by section
26-3.1-104
.
(II)
Repealed.
(b)
Repealed.
(3)
In creating the office of public guardianship, it is also the intention of the general assembly to:
(a)
Treat liberty and autonomy as paramount values for all state residents;
(b)
Authorize public guardianship only to the extent necessary to provide for health or safety when the legal conditions for appointment of a guardian are met;
(c)
Permit incapacitated adults to participate as fully as possible in all decisions that affect them;
(d)
Assist incapacitated adults to regain or develop their capacities to the maximum extent possible;
(e)
Promote the availability of guardianship services for adults who need them and for whom adequate services may otherwise be unavailable;
(f)
Maintain and not alter or expand judicial authority to determine that any adult is incapacitated; and
(g)
Maintain and not alter or expand any authority vested in the state department of human services and county departments of human or social services.
Amended by 2023 Ch. 282,§ 1, eff. 5/30/2023.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 276, §1, eff. 6/21/2021.
Added by 2017 Ch. 319, §1, eff. 6/5/2017.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 13 - COURTS AND COURT PROCEDURE (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-100-104) › ADVOCATES (§§ 13-91-101 — 13-100-104) › Article 94 - OFFICE OF PUBLIC GUARDIANSHIP (§§ 13-94-101 — 13-94-111) › Section 13-94-103 - Definitions

(1)
Except as otherwise indicated in this section, the definitions set forth in section
15-14-102
apply to this article 94.
(2)
As used in this article 94, unless the context otherwise requires:
(a)
"Board" means the board of directors for the office of public guardianship created pursuant to section
13-94-104.1
.
(a.5)
"Client" means a person receiving guardianship services from the office.
(b)
"Direct care provider" means a health-care facility, as defined in section
15-14-505 (5)
, or a health-care provider, as defined in section
15-14-505 (6)
.
(c)
"Director" means the director of the office, appointed by the board pursuant to section
13-94-104.1
.
(d)
"Guardian" means an individual employed by the office to provide guardianship services on behalf of the office to one or more adults.
(e)
"Office" means the office of public guardianship created in section
13-94-105
.
(f)
"Public guardianship services" means the services provided by a guardian appointed under this article 94 who is compensated by the office.
Amended by 2023 Ch. 282,§ 2, eff. 5/30/2023.
Added by 2017 Ch. 319, §1, eff. 6/5/2017.
L. 2017: Entire article added, (HB 17-1087), ch. 319, p. 1716, § 1, effective June 5.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 13 - COURTS AND COURT PROCEDURE (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-100-104) › ADVOCATES (§§ 13-91-101 — 13-100-104) › Article 94 - OFFICE OF PUBLIC GUARDIANSHIP (§§ 13-94-101 — 13-94-111) › Section 13-94-104 - Public guardianship commission created - repeal

(1)
The public guardianship commission is hereby created within the judicial department. The commission includes five members, to be appointed as follows:
(a)
On or before November 1, 2017, the Colorado supreme court shall appoint three members, no more than one of whom is from the same political party. Two of the supreme court's appointees must be attorneys admitted to practice law in this state, and one must be a resident of Colorado not admitted to practice law in this state.
(b)
On or before November 1, 2017, the governor shall appoint two members. One of the governor's appointees must be an attorney admitted to practice law in this state, and one must be a resident of Colorado not admitted to practice law in this state.
(c)
In making appointments to the commission, the supreme court and the governor shall consider place of residence, sex, race, and ethnic background; and
(d)
No member of the commission may be a judge, prosecutor, public defender, or employee of a law enforcement agency during his or her service on the commission.
(2)
Each member of the commission serves at the pleasure of the member's appointing authority; except that each member's term of service concludes with the repeal of this section pursuant to subsection (5) of this section.
(3) and (4)
Repealed.
(5)
This section is repealed, effective August 31, 2023.
Amended by 2023 Ch. 282,§ 3, eff. 5/30/2023.
Amended by 2019 Ch. 366, §1, eff. 7/1/2019.
Added by 2017 Ch. 319, §1, eff. 6/5/2017.
L. 2017: Entire article added, (HB 17-1087), ch. 319, p. 1716, § 1, effective June 5.
Section 9 of chapter 366 (HB 19-1045), Session Laws of Colorado 2019, provides that the act changing this section applies to fees assessed on or after July 1, 2019.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 13 - COURTS AND COURT PROCEDURE (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-100-104) › ADVOCATES (§§ 13-91-101 — 13-100-104) › Article 94 - OFFICE OF PUBLIC GUARDIANSHIP (§§ 13-94-101 — 13-94-111) › Section 13-94-106 - Costs - waiver of court costs and filing fees - bond not required

(1)
The court shall waive court costs and filing fees in any proceeding in which an indigent and incapacitated adult is receiving public guardianship services from the office and shall waive filing fees for petitions for guardianship filed by the office in a case that involves a person who is eligible for guardianship services from the office.
(2)
A court shall not require the office or a guardian employed by the office to post a bond as a condition for appointment as a guardian or to provide services pursuant to this article 94.
Amended by 2023 Ch. 282,§ 6, eff. 5/30/2023.
Added by 2017 Ch. 319, §1, eff. 6/5/2017.
L. 2017: Entire article added, (HB 17-1087), ch. 319, p. 1719, § 1, effective June 5.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 13 - COURTS AND COURT PROCEDURE (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-100-104) › ADVOCATES (§§ 13-91-101 — 13-100-104) › Article 94 - OFFICE OF PUBLIC GUARDIANSHIP (§§ 13-94-101 — 13-94-111) › Section 13-94-107 - Director shall develop rules

(1)
The director shall develop rules to implement this article 94. The rules, at a minimum, must include policies concerning:
(a)
Conflicts of interest for guardians employed pursuant to this article 94;
(b)
The solicitation and acceptance of gifts, grants, and donations pursuant to section
13-94-108 (3)
; and
(c)
A list of the organizations that certify guardians and whose certifications are recognized by the office.
Amended by 2023 Ch. 282,§ 7, eff. 5/30/2023.
Added by 2017 Ch. 319, §1, eff. 6/5/2017.
L. 2017: Entire article added, (HB 17-1087), ch. 319, p. 1719, § 1, effective June 5.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 13 - COURTS AND COURT PROCEDURE (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-100-104) › ADVOCATES (§§ 13-91-101 — 13-100-104) › Article 94 - OFFICE OF PUBLIC GUARDIANSHIP (§§ 13-94-101 — 13-94-111) › Section 13-94-108 - Office of public guardianship cash fund - created - gifts, grants, and donations

(1)
The office of public guardianship cash fund, referred to in this section as the "fund", is created in the state treasury. The fund consists of any money appropriated to the fund by the general assembly.
(2)
The money in the fund is annually appropriated to the judicial department to pay the expenses of the office. All interest and income derived from the investment and deposit of money in the fund is credited to the fund. Any unexpended and unencumbered money remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year must remain in the fund and not be credited or transferred to the general fund or any other fund.
(3)
The office may seek, accept, and expend gifts, grants, or donations from private or public sources for the purposes of this article 94; except that the office may not accept a gift, grant, or donation that is subject to conditions that are inconsistent with this article 94 or any other law of the state.
Amended by 2023 Ch. 282,§ 8, eff. 5/30/2023.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 276, §2, eff. 6/21/2021.
Added by 2017 Ch. 319, §1, eff. 6/5/2017.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 13 - COURTS AND COURT PROCEDURE (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-100-104) › ADVOCATES (§§ 13-91-101 — 13-100-104) › Article 94 - OFFICE OF PUBLIC GUARDIANSHIP (§§ 13-94-101 — 13-94-111) › Section 13-94-109 - No entitlement created

Public guardianship services are dependent upon the availability of funding, and nothing in this article 94 creates an entitlement.
Added by 2017 Ch. 319,§ 1, eff. 6/5/2017.
L. 2017: Entire article added, (HB 17-1087), ch. 319, p. 1720, § 1, effective June 5.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 13 - COURTS AND COURT PROCEDURE (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-100-104) › ADVOCATES (§§ 13-91-101 — 13-100-104) › Article 94 - OFFICE OF PUBLIC GUARDIANSHIP (§§ 13-94-101 — 13-94-111) › Section 13-94-110 - Immunity

As an agency of the judicial department, the office is a public entity, as defined in section
24-10-103(5)
, for the purposes of the "Colorado Governmental Immunity Act", article
10
of title
24
.
Added by 2017 Ch. 319,§ 1, eff. 6/5/2017.
L. 2017: Entire article added, (HB 17-1087), ch. 319, p. 1720, § 1, effective June 5.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 13 - COURTS AND COURT PROCEDURE (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-100-104) › ADVOCATES (§§ 13-91-101 — 13-100-104) › Article 94 - OFFICE OF PUBLIC GUARDIANSHIP (§§ 13-94-101 — 13-94-111) › Section 13-94-111 - [Repealed]

Repealed by 2023 Ch. 282,§ 9, eff. 5/30/2023.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 276, §3, eff. 6/21/2021.
Amended by 2019 Ch. 366, §3, eff. 7/1/2019.
Added by 2017 Ch. 319, §1, eff. 6/5/2017.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 13 - COURTS AND COURT PROCEDURE (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-100-104) › ADVOCATES (§§ 13-91-101 — 13-100-104) › Article 95 - OFFICE OF THE STATEWIDE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH COURT LIAISON (§§ 13-95-101 — 13-95-109) › Section 13-95-101 - [Effective Until 8/7/2024] Legislative declaration and intent

(1)
The general assembly finds and declares that:
(a)
Colorado's citizens who are living with mental health and substance use disorders are overrepresented in the criminal justice system, and they are at a significantly greater risk of incurring criminal justice involvement, longer terms of involvement, and harsher consequences of that involvement when compared to the general public;
(b)
Colorado must make a commitment to ensure that all individuals within the criminal justice system are treated fairly and humanely, regardless of their behavioral health history or mental state; and
(c)
There is a significant need for enhanced communication among health-care systems, behavioral health systems, and criminal justice entities, including law enforcement, defense attorneys, district attorneys, county attorneys, judges, and probation, to foster collaboration that provides all individuals with a fair chance of living a healthy and productive life.
(2)
The general assembly further finds that:
(a)
Colorado has an obligation to ensure that entities within the criminal justice system are equipped with a greater understanding of behavioral health treatment options in the community; and
(b)
Community mental health providers, including community mental health centers, are a critical component of achieving positive outcomes for individuals living with mental health, behavioral health, and substance use disorders and have long held an essential role in engaging criminal justice entities.
(3)
The general assembly therefore finds that it is critical to create a network of professionals who can comprehensively bridge the criminal justice system and the community behavioral health systems across the state in order to:
(a)
Promote positive outcomes for individuals living with mental health or co-occurring behavioral health conditions;
(b)
Inform criminal justice entities about community treatment options; and
(c)
Connect individuals to behavioral health services.
(4)
Therefore, the general assembly declares that a statewide behavioral health court liaison program provides a method for collaboration and consultation among behavioral health providers, district attorneys, county attorneys, and defense attorneys about available community-based behavioral health services and supports, competency evaluations, restoration to competency services, and other relevant decisions and issues facing individuals with mental health or co-occurring behavioral health challenges, including mental health disabilities, who are involved with the criminal or juvenile justice system, including appropriateness for community treatment and resource availability.
Renumbered from C.R.S. §
16-11.9-201
and amended by 2023 Ch. 119,§ 1, eff. 4/27/2023.
This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 13 - COURTS AND COURT PROCEDURE (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-100-104) › ADVOCATES (§§ 13-91-101 — 13-100-104) › Article 95 - OFFICE OF THE STATEWIDE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH COURT LIAISON (§§ 13-95-101 — 13-95-109) › Section 13-95-102 - [Effective Until 8/7/2024] Definitions

As used in this article 95, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
"Behavioral health challenge" refers to mental health and co-occurring challenges that may or may not have been previously diagnosed, including substance use challenges and mental disabilities.
(2)
"Behavioral health services" or "behavioral health systems" means service systems that encompass prevention and promotion of emotional health, prevention and treatment services for behavioral health challenges, and recovery support.
(3)
"Co-occurring challenge" means a disorder that may or may not have been previously diagnosed that commonly coincides with behavioral health challenges and may include, but is not limited to, substance abuse and substance use disorders, intellectual and developmental disabilities, fetal alcohol syndrome, and traumatic brain injury.
(4)
"Commission" means the bridges program commission created in section
13-95-104
.
(5)
"Court liaison" means a person who is hired or contracted by the office as a dedicated behavioral health court liaison pursuant to this article 95.
(6)
"Director" means the director of the office described in section
13-95-103
.
(7)
"Mental disability" means a psychiatric disability, developmental disability, learning disability, or cognitive impairment, including a traumatic brain injury and dementia diseases and related disabilities as defined in section
25-1-502
.
(8)
"Office" means the office of the statewide behavioral health court liaison established in section
13-95-103
.
(9)
"Participant" means an individual with behavioral health challenges who is involved with the criminal or juvenile justice system and for whom a court liaison has been appointed pursuant to a court order.
(10)
"Program" or "bridges program" means the statewide behavioral health court liaison program established in section
13-95-105
.
(11)
"Social determinants of health" means the non-medical factors that influence health outcomes, including health-care access and quality, education access and quality, social and community context, economic stability, housing, and transportation.
(12)
"State court administrator" means the state court administrator established pursuant to section
13-3-101
.
Renumbered from C.R.S. §
16-11.9-202
and amended by 2023 Ch. 119,§ 1, eff. 4/27/2023.
This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 13 - COURTS AND COURT PROCEDURE (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-100-104) › ADVOCATES (§§ 13-91-101 — 13-100-104) › Article 95 - OFFICE OF THE STATEWIDE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH COURT LIAISON (§§ 13-95-101 — 13-95-109) › Section 13-95-102 - [Effective 8/7/2024] Definitions

As used in this article 95, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
"Behavioral health challenge" refers to mental health and co-occurring challenges that may or may not have been previously diagnosed, including substance use challenges and mental disabilities.
(2)
"Behavioral health services" or "behavioral health systems" means service systems that encompass prevention and promotion of emotional health, prevention and treatment services for behavioral health challenges, and recovery support.
(2.5)
"Bridges court liaison" means a person who is hired or contracted by the office as a court liaison pursuant to this article 95.
(2.6)
"Bridges court liaison program" or "court liaison program" means the court liaison program created pursuant to section 13-95-105.
(2.7)
"Bridges wraparound care coordinator" means a person who is hired or contracted by the office as a wraparound care coordinator pursuant to section 13-95-105 (2).
(2.8)
"bridges wraparound care program" means the bridges wraparound care program created pursuant to section 16-8.6-103.
(3)
"Co-occurring challenge" means a disorder that may or may not have been previously diagnosed that commonly coincides with behavioral health challenges and may include, but is not limited to, substance abuse and substance use disorders, intellectual and developmental disabilities, fetal alcohol syndrome, and traumatic brain injury.
(4)
"Commission" means the bridges of Colorado commission created in section
13-95-104
.
(5)
[Repealed by 2024 Amendment.]
(6)
"Director" means the director of the office described in section
13-95-103
.
(7)
"Mental disability" means a psychiatric disability, developmental disability, learning disability, or cognitive impairment, including a traumatic brain injury and dementia diseases and related disabilities as defined in section
25-1-502
.
(8)
"Office" means the office of bridges of Colorado established in section
13-95-103
.
(9)
"Participant" means an individual with behavioral health challenges who is involved with the criminal or juvenile justice system and for whom a bridges court liaison or bridges wraparound care coordinator has been appointed pursuant to a court order.
(10)
[Repealed by 2024 Amendment.]
(11)
"Social determinants of health" means the non-medical factors that influence health outcomes, including health-care access and quality, education access and quality, social and community context, economic stability, housing, and transportation.
(12)
"State court administrator" means the state court administrator established pursuant to section
13-3-101
.
Amended by 2024 Ch. 471,§ 3, eff. 8/7/2024.
Renumbered from C.R.S. §
16-11.9-202
and amended by 2023 Ch. 119,§ 1, eff. 4/27/2023.
2024 Ch. 471, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 13 - COURTS AND COURT PROCEDURE (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-100-104) › ADVOCATES (§§ 13-91-101 — 13-100-104) › Article 95 - OFFICE OF THE STATEWIDE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH COURT LIAISON (§§ 13-95-101 — 13-95-109) › Section 13-95-105 - [Effective Until 8/7/2024] Statewide behavioral health court liaison program - established - purpose - administration

(1)
The statewide behavioral health court liaison program, known as the bridges program, is established in the office. Beginning July 1, 2023, the office shall operate the bridges program in each judicial district in the state. The office shall distribute court liaison and program resources equitably in each judicial district and shall ensure that the program services in each judicial district are consistent with the policies, procedures, and best practices of the bridges program, as established by the office and commission, and are aligned with statewide goals and legislative intent.
(2)
The purpose of the bridges program is to identify and dedicate behavioral health professionals to serve as court liaisons in each state judicial district. The court liaisons shall facilitate communication and collaboration between judicial and behavioral health systems. The office shall hire, or enter into contracts for, individuals to serve as court liaisons who provide program services to courts and participants in judicial districts.
(3)
(a)
The bridges program must keep judges, district attorneys, county attorneys, and defense attorneys informed about available community-based behavioral health services, including services for defendants who have been ordered to undergo a competency evaluation or receive competency restoration services pursuant to article
8.5
of title
16
and article
2.5
of title
19
.
(b)
The bridges program must make efforts to connect participants to, and support engagement with, behavioral health services and services for social determinants of health and to promote positive outcomes for individuals living with behavioral health challenges.
(c)
The bridges program must make efforts to collaborate with service providers, including the office within a state department responsible for assisting civil and forensic mental health patients and jail-based behavioral health providers, to ensure continuity of care and service delivery in a manner that avoids duplication and bifurcation of services.
Added by 2023 Ch. 119,§ 1, eff. 4/27/2023.
This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 13 - COURTS AND COURT PROCEDURE (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-100-104) › ADVOCATES (§§ 13-91-101 — 13-100-104) › Article 95 - OFFICE OF THE STATEWIDE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH COURT LIAISON (§§ 13-95-101 — 13-95-109) › Section 13-95-105 - [Effective 8/7/2024] Bridges of Colorado - programs - administration

(1)
The office shall operate the bridges court liaison program and the bridges wraparound care program in each judicial district in the state. The office shall provide personnel and program resources equitably in each judicial district and shall ensure that the program services in each judicial district are consistent with the policies, procedures, and best practices as established by the office and commission, and are aligned with statewide goals and legislative intent.
(2)
The office shall facilitate communication and collaboration between judicial and behavioral health systems. by:
(a)
Hiring, or entering into contracts for, individuals to serve as:
(I)
bridges court liaisons who provide bridges court liaison program services to courts and participants in judicial districts; and
(II)
Bridges wraparound care coordinators who provide wraparound care program services to courts and participants in judicial districts pursuant to article 8.6 of title 16; and
(b)
Providing consultation and training to criminal and juvenile justice personnel regarding behavioral health and program best practices.
(3)
[Deleted by 2024 Amendment.]
Amended by 2024 Ch. 471,§ 6, eff. 8/7/2024.
Added by 2023 Ch. 119,§ 1, eff. 4/27/2023.
2024 Ch. 471, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 13 - COURTS AND COURT PROCEDURE (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-100-104) › ADVOCATES (§§ 13-91-101 — 13-100-104) › Article 95 - OFFICE OF THE STATEWIDE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH COURT LIAISON (§§ 13-95-101 — 13-95-109) › Section 13-95-107 - [Effective Until 8/7/2024] Bridges program participant services funding

(1)
Subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly, the office may expend appropriated program money to provide, or contract for the provision of, behavioral health services, basic necessities, transitional housing, and other services to support the social determinants of health, for participants.
(2)
Requests for money must be submitted through the appointed court liaison or other employee or designee of the office.
(3)
The office shall make payments to the entity providing services to participants and shall not make payments directly to a participant.
Added by 2023 Ch. 119,§ 1, eff. 4/27/2023.
This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 13 - COURTS AND COURT PROCEDURE (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-100-104) › ADVOCATES (§§ 13-91-101 — 13-100-104) › Article 95 - OFFICE OF THE STATEWIDE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH COURT LIAISON (§§ 13-95-101 — 13-95-109) › Section 13-95-107 - [Effective 8/7/2024] Bridges of Colorado program participant services funding

(1)
Subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly, the office may expend appropriated program money to provide, or contract for the provision of, behavioral health services, basic necessities, transitional housing, and other services to support the social determinants of health, for participants.
(2)
Requests for money must be submitted through the appointed bridges court liaison or other employee or designee of the office.
(3)
The office shall make payments to the entity providing services to participants and shall not make payments directly to a participant.
Amended by 2024 Ch. 471,§ 8, eff. 8/7/2024.
Added by 2023 Ch. 119,§ 1, eff. 4/27/2023.
2024 Ch. 471, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 13 - COURTS AND COURT PROCEDURE (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-100-104) › ADVOCATES (§§ 13-91-101 — 13-100-104) › Article 95 - OFFICE OF THE STATEWIDE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH COURT LIAISON (§§ 13-95-101 — 13-95-109) › Section 13-95-108 - Gifts, grants, and donations

The office may seek, accept, and expend gifts, grants, or donations from private or public sources for the purposes of this article 95.
Added by 2023 Ch. 119,§ 1, eff. 4/27/2023.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 13 - COURTS AND COURT PROCEDURE (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-100-104) › ADVOCATES (§§ 13-91-101 — 13-100-104) › Article 95 - OFFICE OF THE STATEWIDE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH COURT LIAISON (§§ 13-95-101 — 13-95-109) › Section 13-95-109 - [Effective Until 8/7/2024] Reporting requirements

(1)
On or before November 1 of each year, the office shall report to the joint budget committee, or any successor committee, about the office's work and administration of the bridges program during the prior year. The report must include:
(a)
The number and competency status of cases in the past year when a court liaison was appointed and outcomes in those cases related to the legislative intent and statewide goals of the program, as set forth in this article 95, including data related to alternatives to competency services, alternatives to custody, and alternatives to criminal justice system involvement; and
(b)
Information concerning the use of money from the bridges program participant service fund, including a summary of how money from the fund is being used to alleviate system gaps and barriers to services.
(2)
Notwithstanding section
24-1-136 (11)(a)(I)
, the reporting requirement described in this section continues indefinitely.
Added by 2023 Ch. 119,§ 1, eff. 4/27/2023.
This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 13 - COURTS AND COURT PROCEDURE (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-100-104) › ADVOCATES (§§ 13-91-101 — 13-100-104) › Article 95 - OFFICE OF THE STATEWIDE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH COURT LIAISON (§§ 13-95-101 — 13-95-109) › Section 13-95-109 - [Effective 8/7/2024] Reporting requirements

(1)
On or before November 1 of each year, the office shall report to the joint budget committee, or any successor committee, about the office's work and administration of bridges court liaison program and bridges wraparound care program during the prior year. The report must include:
(a)
The number and competency status of cases in the past year when a bridges court liaison was appointed and outcomes in those cases related to the legislative intent and statewide goals of the office, as set forth in this article 95, including data related to alternatives to competency services, alternatives to custody, and alternatives to criminal justice system involvement;
(b)
Information concerning the use of money from the bridges of Colorado program participant service fund, including a summary of how money from the fund is being used to alleviate system gaps and barriers to services; and
(c)
The number of participants and status of cases in the past year when a bridges wraparound care coordinator was appointed and the outcomes of the cases related to the legislative intent and statewide goals of the office, as set forth in article 8.6 of title 16, including data related to alternatives to competency services, alternatives to custody, and alternatives to criminal justice system involvement.
(2)
Notwithstanding section
24-1-136 (11)(a)(I)
, the reporting requirement described in this section continues indefinitely.
Amended by 2024 Ch. 471,§ 9, eff. 8/7/2024.
Added by 2023 Ch. 119,§ 1, eff. 4/27/2023.
2024 Ch. 471, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 13 - COURTS AND COURT PROCEDURE (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-100-104) › ADVOCATES (§§ 13-91-101 — 13-100-104) › Article 100 - OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES FOR INDEPENDENT AGENCIES (§§ 13-100-101 — 13-100-104) › Section 13-100-101 - Legislative declaration

(1)
The general assembly finds, determines, and declares that:
(a)
The provision of administrative support services for independent agencies created in the judicial department and associated appropriations should be as efficient as possible;
(b)
Since 2015, five additional independent agencies, not including the office of administrative services for independent agencies, have been added to the judicial department. Since their inception, none of these five independent agencies and the independent ethics commission, established in 2007, have received direct appropriations or other direct funding necessary to deliver internal support of the administrative services outlined in section 13-100-103 (8)(a).
(c)
The intent of the general assembly when creating each independent agency was that the judicial department, through the office of the state court administrator, could most efficiently provide centralized administrative support services to the independent agencies. However, the judicial department has increasingly limited or restricted administrative support services to these independent agencies, and the independent agencies have not received access to statewide systems and structures of support that are generally provided to state programs.
(d)
It is critical that the office of administrative services for independent agencies be established for the provision of centralized administrative support services for current and future independent agencies that are in need of administrative support from the office of administrative services for independent agencies. Furthermore, it is imperative that the judicial department, through the office of the state court administrator, provide these administrative support services for the office of administrative services for independent agencies and the included agencies until the transition of services is complete, and effectively partner with the office of administrative services for independent agencies and support the transition of services described in this article 100 until the transition of services is complete.
Amended by 2024 Ch. 308,§ 1, eff. 5/31/2024.
Added by 2023 Ch. 96,§ 1, eff. 4/20/2023.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 13 - COURTS AND COURT PROCEDURE (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-100-104) › ADVOCATES (§§ 13-91-101 — 13-100-104) › Article 100 - OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES FOR INDEPENDENT AGENCIES (§§ 13-100-101 — 13-100-104) › Section 13-100-102 - Definitions

As used in this article 100, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
"Budget request amendment" has the same meaning set forth in section 2-3-208.
(2)
"Compensation template" means the statewide system used to budget, by state agency, for employee benefits and salary as determined by the governor's office of state planning and budgeting and the department of personnel.
(3)
"Included agencies" means the independent agencies within the judicial department that the office provides administrative and fiscal support services to pursuant to this article 100 and includes the office of the child protection ombudsman, the independent ethics commission, the office of public guardianship, the commission on judicial discipline, the office of alternative defense counsel, the office of the child's representative, the office of the respondent parents' counsel, the office of the statewide behavioral health court liaison, the office of the judicial discipline ombudsman, and any other independent agency added to the judicial department on or after July 1, 2024. The office of state public defender is not an included agency.
(4)
"Office" means the office of administrative services for independent agencies created in section 13-100-103.
(5)
"Technical support liaison" means an individual employed by a statewide central services agency in the executive branch or equivalent office or unit in the judicial branch that the agency, office, or unit designates as the liaison to provide technical support to the office.
Amended by 2024 Ch. 308,§ 1, eff. 5/31/2024.
Added by 2023 Ch. 96,§ 1, eff. 4/20/2023.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 13 - COURTS AND COURT PROCEDURE (§§ 13-1-101 — 13-100-104) › ADVOCATES (§§ 13-91-101 — 13-100-104) › Article 100 - OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES FOR INDEPENDENT AGENCIES (§§ 13-100-101 — 13-100-104) › Section 13-100-104 - Budget requests and annual statewide compensation adjustments

(1)
The office shall submit a single, consolidated budget request, pursuant to the requirements of section 2-3-208, that includes budget request amendments from each included agency, if provided.
(2)
The office shall coordinate all state budget process communications with the joint budget committee and the office of state planning and budgeting for the included agencies.
(3)
The office shall use standard joint budget committee and office of state planning and budgeting budget schedules and budget data systems to prepare budget documents.
(4)
The office shall maintain a consolidated compensation schedule for each staff position in the included agencies. The consolidated compensation schedule must include the following information for each staff position:
(a)
Included agency job title;
(b)
Equivalent job classification that the position is anchored to in the executive branch, judicial branch, or office of state public defender compensation plan;
(c)
Current salary range for the equivalent job classification;
(d)
Current salary and percentile position in range; and
(e)
The state fiscal year in which the staff position was added.
(5)
(a)
The office shall submit a single, consolidated statewide compensation and benefits budget amendment request that accounts for all included agencies as generated by each included agency compensation template or any future equivalent replacement system used and defined by the office of state planning and budgeting and the department of personnel.
(b)
Agency compensation template formulas and calculation structure must not be modified in creating compensation and benefits budget amendment requests.
(c)
If any agency compensation template includes a manual adjustment to reflect positions that are approved but unfilled, vacant, or have been eliminated or reclassified, at the time the payroll data download is used to populate the template, the manual adjustments or changes must be documented in the compensation adjustment request narrative, by position for each discrete manual adjustment included. Each reclassification that adjusts a position to a different equivalent job classification defined in section (4)(b) of this section must be specifically explained in the request narrative.
Amended by 2024 Ch. 308,§ 1, eff. 5/31/2024.