§ 19-2.5-1402 — Juvenile community review board

Colorado § 19-2.5-1402

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 19: Children's
• Art.: The Colorado Juvenile Justice System

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(1) A board of county
commissioners or the city council of the city and county of Denver or more than one
board of county commissioners may adopt a written resolution requiring approval
by a juvenile community review board of residential community placements within
its county of juveniles under commitment to the department of human services.
Upon the effective date of such resolution and notice to the department of human
services, a juvenile committed to the custody of the department of human services
shall not be placed into a residential community placement in that county or region
unless and until the placement is approved by the juvenile community review board.

(2) A juvenile community review board may be consolidated with other local
advisory boards pursuant to section 24-1.7-103.

(3) Notification of any placement of a juvenile under the jurisdiction of the
juvenile parole board must be made to the juvenile community review board prior to
or at the time of placement.

(4) (a) Prior to placement of a juvenile in a residential community placement,
the juvenile community review board shall review the juvenile's case file. It is the
responsibility of the department of human services to provide accurate information
regarding the juvenile and the proposed placement to the juvenile community
review board. The information must include, but not be limited to, a history of
delinquent adjudications, a social history, an educational history, a mental health
treatment history, a drug and alcohol treatment history, and a summary of
institutional progress. Each juvenile case referred to the board must be reviewed
within fourteen days from the date the referral is received.

(b) The board shall review the juvenile's case file and make a decision
regarding residential community placement, taking into consideration the results of
a validated risk and needs assessment adopted pursuant to section 24-33.5-2402
(1), as it existed prior to its repeal in 2022, by the department of human services, the
criteria established by the juvenile community review board based on the interests
of the community, and guidance established by the department of human services
in consultation with the committee on juvenile justice reform established pursuant
to section 24-33.5-2401, as it existed prior to its repeal in 2022. The criteria must
be based upon researched factors that have been demonstrated to be correlative to
risk to the community.

(c) All names, addresses, and information regarding a juvenile case reviewed
by the juvenile community review board are confidential and not disclosed except
to the board or its designees, the Colorado bureau of investigation, and any law
enforcement agency, without express written permission of the juvenile and the
legal custodian.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2021: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 21-059), ch. 136, p. 675, � 2, effective October 1. L. 2022: (4)(b) amended, (HB 22-1211), ch. 79, p. 395, � 10, effective December 31.