(1)The state court administrator
shall establish a diversion funding committee, referred to in this section as the
committee. The committee shall consist of:
(a)The attorney general or his or her designee;
(b)The executive director of a statewide organization representing district
attorneys or his or her designee;
(c)The state public defender or his or her designee;
(d)The director of the division of criminal justice in the department of public
safety; and
(e)The state court administrator or his or her designee;
(2)(a) The committee shall develop funding guidelines, including permissible
uses for the funding, and an application process for elected district attorneys to
request funds appropriated by the general assembly in order to operate an adult
diversion program cons
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(1) The state court administrator
shall establish a diversion funding committee, referred to in this section as the
committee. The committee shall consist of:
(a) The attorney general or his or her designee;
(b) The executive director of a statewide organization representing district
attorneys or his or her designee;
(c) The state public defender or his or her designee;
(d) The director of the division of criminal justice in the department of public
safety; and
(e) The state court administrator or his or her designee;
(2) (a) The committee shall develop funding guidelines, including permissible
uses for the funding, and an application process for elected district attorneys to
request funds appropriated by the general assembly in order to operate an adult
diversion program consistent with section 18-1.3-101, C.R.S.
(b) The committee shall also develop an application that includes but is not
limited to:
(I) A description of the adult pretrial diversion program, including the
project's goals, objective, and timeline for implementation;
(II) The number of adults that could be enrolled in a pretrial diversion
program using the funds requested and a description of the eligibility criteria
developed by the district attorney;
(III) The process and method by which a participant's treatment or services
needs will be assessed;
(IV) Outcomes and performance measures that the program will use in its
evaluation;
(V) Itemized expenses for the amount of the funding request and whether
the funding request is for a new adult pretrial diversion program or funding to
continue or expand an existing adult pretrial diversion program;
(VI) The diversion supervision fees, if any, that the district attorney will
require as a condition of participation in a pretrial diversion program; and
(VII) A list of any other agencies, organizations, service providers, or planning
groups that would be involved in the planning and implementation of the project.
(3) The committee must review all funding requests submitted by a district
attorney to support an adult pretrial diversion program. By majority vote, the
committee may approve all or a portion of a funding request that meets the
guidelines established pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of this section or
deny a request.
(4) The judicial department shall execute the contract and allocate the
funding requests approved by the committee.
(5) A district attorney who receives funding pursuant to this section shall
collect data and provide a status report to the judicial department by a date
prescribed by the committee that includes but is not limited to:
(a) The number of people screened and the number of people who met the
diversion program criteria;
(b) The number of people enrolled in the adult pretrial diversion program;
(c) Demographic information on those enrolled in the adult pretrial diversion
program including age, gender, and ethnicity;
(d) Participant status, including the number of people who have successfully
completed the diversion program, the number of people still under active
supervision in the diversion program, the number of people terminated from the
diversion program, and the reason for their termination;
(e) The accounting of the funds expended and the amount of any funds
unexpended and unencumbered at the end of the funding period;
(f) The number of people screened for behavioral health treatment; and
(g) The number of people referred to behavioral health treatment.
(6) Notwithstanding section 24-1-136 (11)(a)(I), by January 31, 2015, and each
January 31 thereafter, the judicial department shall provide to the joint budget
committee a status report that includes the information required by subsection (5)
of this section.
(7) Any funds provided to a district attorney for purposes of operating an
adult pretrial diversion program pursuant to this section shall not be reverted to the
general fund if unexpended by the end of the fiscal year in which the funds were
received.