Colorado § 19-2.5-1405 Working group - allocation of beds

Colorado Statutes

§ 19-2.5-1405 — Working group - allocation of beds

Colorado § 19-2.5-1405

Title 19Children's

Art.The Colorado Juvenile Justice System

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Bluebook

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1405 (2026).

Text

(1)The executive director of the department of human services and the state court administrator in the judicial department, or their designees, in consultation with the division of criminal justice of the department of public safety, the office of state planning and budgeting, the Colorado district attorneys' council, and law enforcement representatives, shall form a working group that has the following duties:

(a)To allocate and reallocate, as necessary, a number of juvenile detention beds to each catchment area in the state created pursuant to section 19-2.5-1513, as limited by the number of juvenile beds established pursuant to section 19-2.5-1514. The working group may allocate or reallocate any portion of the detention beds allocated to catchment areas to the judicial distr

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(1) The executive director
of the department of human services and the state court administrator in the
judicial department, or their designees, in consultation with the division of criminal
justice of the department of public safety, the office of state planning and
budgeting, the Colorado district attorneys' council, and law enforcement
representatives, shall form a working group that has the following duties:

(a) To allocate and reallocate, as necessary, a number of juvenile detention
beds to each catchment area in the state created pursuant to section 19-2.5-1513,
as limited by the number of juvenile beds established pursuant to section 19-2.5-1514. The working group may allocate or reallocate any portion of the detention
beds allocated to catchment areas to the judicial districts within those catchment
areas. Judicial districts shall not exceed the number of beds allocated to them
except for circumstances provided for in subsection (1)(b) of this section.

(b) To develop a mechanism for judicial districts to collaboratively use
detention beds allocated to catchment areas but unallocated to judicial districts
and a mechanism to loan detention beds to other judicial districts; and

(c) To develop emergency release guidelines that must be used by each
judicial district to prevent placement of a juvenile in a juvenile detention facility in
excess of the total number of juvenile detention beds established pursuant to
section 19-2.5-1514.

(d) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2025).

Legislative History

Source: L. 2021: IP(1) and (1)(b) amended, (SB 21-071), ch. 463, p. 3335, � 5, effective July 6; entire article added with relocations, (SB 21-059), ch. 136, p. 680, � 2, effective October 1. L. 2025: Entire section amended, (HB 25-1146), ch. 358, p. 1931, � 1, effective July 1.