Colorado statute
C.R.S. § 19-2.5-1516 — Juvenile detention facilities - behavioral or mental health disorder screening.
Current through 2025 Regular Session
Part of Part 15: FACILITIES, Colorado Revised Statutes.
Full text of C.R.S. § 19-2.5-1516
Statutory text current through the 2025 Regular Session. This is an officially sanctioned publication using the official text of the Colorado Revised Statutes; it is not the official statutes of the State of Colorado.
(1) The executive director of the department of human services may implement a behavioral or mental health disorder screening program to screen juveniles held in juvenile detention facilities following adjudication. If the executive director chooses to implement a behavioral or mental health disorder screening program, the executive director shall use the standardized behavioral or mental health disorder screening developed pursuant to section 16-11.9-102 and conduct the screening in accordance with procedures established pursuant to said section. (2) Prior to implementation of a behavioral or mental health disorder screening program pursuant to this section, if implementation of the program would require an increase in appropriations, the executive director shall submit to the joint budget committee a request for funding in the amount necessary to implement the behavioral or mental health disorder screening program. If implementation of the behavioral or mental health disorder screening program would require an increase in appropriations, implementation of the program is conditional upon approval of the funding request.
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