Colorado legal term
Cost of care in Colorado Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Colorado legislative session
In Colorado criminal law, “Cost of care” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the Colorado criminal code.
What does “Cost of care” mean in Colorado criminal law?
"Cost of care" means the cost to the department or the local government charged with the custody of an offender for providing room, board, clothing, medical care, and other normal living expenses for an offender confined to a jail or correctional facility, or any costs associated with maintaining an offender in a home detention program contracted for by the department of public safety, as determined by the executive director of the department of corrections or the executive director of the department of public safety, whichever is appropriate, or the cost of supervision of probation when the o (C.R.S. § 18-1.3-701)
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