§ 24-1-120 — Department of human services - creation

Colorado § 24-1-120

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 24: Government
• Art.: Administrative Organization Act of 1968

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(1) There is hereby
created a department of human services, the head of which shall be the executive
director of the department of human services, which office is hereby created. The
governor shall appoint the executive director, with the consent of the senate, and
the executive director shall serve at the pleasure of the governor. The
reappointment of an executive director after initial election of a governor shall be
subject to the provisions of section 24-20-109.

(2) Except as otherwise provided in title 26, the powers, duties, and functions
of the department of human services include the powers, duties, and functions of
the former department of social services and the former department of institutions,
and the department of social services and the department of institutions are
abolished.

(3) The powers, duties, and functions of the department of human services
include the powers, duties, and functions of the former state board of social
services, created in article 1 of title 26, which is renamed as the state board of
human services. The state board of human services is a type 1 entity, as defined in
section 24-1-105.

(4) Unless otherwise transferred to the department of early childhood,
department of health care policy and financing, or the department of public health
and environment, the department of human services exercises the following powers
and performs the following duties and functions:

(a) The powers, duties, and functions relating to public assistance and
welfare;

(b) and (c) Repealed.

(5) The department of human services includes the following:

(a) The Colorado commission on the aging, created pursuant to section 26-11-101, and the office of the director of the commission, created pursuant to section
26-11-104, which are type 2 entities, as defined in section 24-1-105, and which
exercise their powers and perform their duties and functions under the department
of human services.

(b) The Colorado veterans community living center at Homelake, created
pursuant to section 26-12-203, which is a type 2 entity, as defined in section 24-1-105.

(c) The Colorado veterans community living centers, created in part 2 of
article 12 of title 26, which are type 2 entities, as defined in section 24-1-105.

(d) Repealed.

(e) The powers, duties, and functions regarding the state information agency
pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, created in article 5 of title
14.

(f) The state office on aging, created in part 2 of article 11 of title 26. The
state office on aging is a type 2 entity, as defined in section 24-1-105, and exercises
its powers and performs its duties and functions under the department of human
services.

(g) The adoption intermediary commission, created in part 3 of article 5 of
title 19. The adoption intermediary commission is a type 1 entity, as defined in
section 24-1-105, and exercises its powers and performs its duties and functions
under the department of human services.

(g.5) The communication services for people with disabilities enterprise,
created in article 21 of title 26. The enterprise is a type 1 entity, as defined in
section 24-1-105, and exercises its powers and performs its duties and functions
under the department.

(g.7) The division for the deaf, hard of hearing, and deafblind created in
article 21 of title 26. The division is a type 2 entity, as defined in section 24-1-105,
and exercises its powers and functions under the department.

(h) The Colorado commission for the deaf, hard of hearing, and deafblind
advisory council, created in article 21 of title 26.

(i) and (j) Repealed.

(k) The board of commissioners of veterans community living centers,
created in section 26-12-402. The board of commissioners of veterans community
living centers is a type 2 entity, as defined in section 24-1-105, and exercises its
powers and performs its duties and functions under the department.

(l) Repealed.

(m) The early childhood leadership commission created by part 3 of article 1
of title 26.5.

(6) The department consists of the following divisions, units, offices, and
boards:

(a) and (b) Repealed.

(c) The juvenile parole board, created pursuant to section 19-2.5-1201. The
juvenile parole board is a type 1 entity, as defined in section 24-1-105, and exercises
its powers and performs its duties and functions under the department of human
services as a division thereof.

(d) Repealed.

(e) The division of youth services, created pursuant to section 19-2.5-1501,
and the office of the director of the division of youth services are type 2 entities, as
defined in section 24-1-105, and exercise their powers and perform their duties and
functions under the department of human services.

(f) The behavioral health administration established in article 50 of title 27.
The behavioral health administration and its powers, duties, and functions are
transferred by a type 2 transfer to the department of human services.

(7) The department of human services shall supervise and control the
following institutions, all of which are type 2 entities, as defined in section 24-1-105:

(a) Colorado mental health institute at Pueblo;

(b) Wheat Ridge regional center;

(c) Grand Junction regional center;

(d) Pueblo regional center;

(e) Lookout Mountain school at Golden;

(f) Mount View school at Morrison;

(g) Colorado mental health institute at Fort Logan, in Denver;

(h) Adams youth services center at Brighton;

(i) Gilliam youth services center at Denver;

(j) Grand Mesa youth services center at Grand Junction;

(k) Pueblo youth services center;

(l) Zebulon Pike youth services center at Colorado Springs;

(m) Lookout Mountain youth services center at Golden;

(n) Mount View youth services center at Denver;

(o) Lathrop Park youth camp at Walsenburg.

(8) The Colorado developmental disabilities council, created in part 2 of
article 10.5 of title 27, is a type 1 entity, as defined in section 24-1-105, and
exercises its powers and performs its duties and functions under the department of
human services.

(9) The Colorado brain injury trust fund board, created in section 26-1-302, is
a type 2 entity, as defined in section 24-1-105, and exercises its powers and
performs its duties and functions under the department of human services.

(10) Repealed.

(11) The Tony Grampsas youth services board, created in section 26-6.8-103,
is a type 2 entity, as defined in section 24-1-105, and exercises its powers and
performs its duties and functions under the department of human services.

(12) The office of the ombudsman for behavioral health access to care,
created in section 27-80-303, is a type 1 entity, as defined in section 24-1-105, and
exercises its powers and performs its duties and functions under the department of
human services.

Legislative History

Source: L. 68: p. 83, � 20. L. 69: p. 1188, � 4. C.R.S. 1963: � 3-28-20. L. 71: p. 104, � 10. L. 73: pp. 1223, 1508, �� 13, 14, 2. L. 78: (3) added, p. 265, � 61, effective May 23. L. 85: (4)(d) added, � 4, effective May 29. L. 86: (1) amended, p. 885, � 7, effective May 23. L. 89: (4)(b) amended, p. 1235, � 12, effective April 6; (5) added, p. 1549, � 2, effective July 1. L. 91: (4)(e) added, p. 890, � 15, effective June 5. L. 92: (5) repealed, p. 2136, � 2, effective July 1. L. 93: Entire section R&RE, p. 1092, � 7, effective July 1, 1994. L. 94: (4)(c) added, p. 2606, � 6, effective July 1; (6)(d) amended, p. 2555, � 49, effective January 1, 1995. L. 96: (6)(b) and (6)(c) amended and (6)(e) added, p. 1694, � 32, effective January 1, 1997. L. 2000: (5)(h) added, p. 1628, � 3, effective June 1. L. 2001: (4)(c) amended, p. 251, � 5, effective March 29; (4)(c) repealed and (5)(e) amended, pp. 1287, 1272, �� 83, 28, effective June 5. L. 2002: (6)(d) amended, p. 666, � 13, effective May 28; (5)(c), (6)(d), and (8) amended, p. 1022, � 39, effective June 1; (6)(a) repealed, p. 357, � 11, effective July 1; (6)(d) amended, p. 1919, � 10, effective July 1; (9) added, p. 1609, � 2, effective January 1, 2003. L. 2004: (5)(i) added, p. 861, � 2, effective May 21; (9) amended, p. 1200, � 60, effective August 4. L. 2005: (5)(j) added, p. 599, � 1, effective July 1. L. 2007: (5)(k) added, p. 441, � 2, effective July 1; (5)(l) added, p. 1221, � 2, effective August 3. L. 2008: (6)(b) repealed, p. 1105, � 9, effective July 1. L. 2009: (9) amended, (SB 09-005), ch. 135, p. 591, � 10, effective April 20; (5)(b) amended, (SB 09-056), ch. 177, p. 785, � 5, effective April 22. L. 2010: IP(6) and (6)(d) amended, (SB 10-175), ch. 188, p. 794, � 50, effective April 29. L. 2011: (5)(b) amended, (HB 11-1303), ch. 264, p. 1163, � 53, effective August 10. L. 2012: (5)(b) amended, (HB 12-1063), ch. 149, p. 537, � 5, effective May 3. L. 2013: (5)(m), (10), and (11) added, (HB 13-1117), ch. 169, p. 588, � 20, effective July 1; (5)(k) amended, (HB 13-1300), ch. 316, p. 1680, � 47, effective August 7. L. 2014: (5)(b), (5)(c), and (5)(k) amended, (SB 14-096), ch. 59, p. 262, � 2, effective August 6. L. 2015: (4)(b)(II) added by revision, (SB 15-239), ch. 160, pp. 487, 490, �� 4, 14. L. 2017: IP(6) and (6)(d) amended, (SB 17-242), ch. 263, p. 1256, � 16, effective May 25; IP(6) and (6)(e) amended, (HB 17-1329), ch. 381, p. 1980, � 50, effective June 6. L. 2018: (5)(h) amended, (HB 18-1108), ch. 303, p. 1836, � 9, effective August 8; (12) added, (HB 18-1357), ch. 252, p. 1551, � 2, effective August 8. L. 2019: (9) amended, (HB 19-1147), ch. 178, p. 2033, � 12, effective August 2. L. 2020: (5)(i) amended, (HB 20-1402), ch. 216, p. 1050, � 43, effective June 30. L. 2021: (10) amended, (HB 21-1248), ch. 335, p. 2167, � 4, effective September 7; (6)(c) and (6)(e) amended, (SB 21-059), ch. 136, p. 741, � 104, effective October 1; (5)(m) amended, (HB 21-1304), ch. 307, p. 1856, � 7, effective July 1, 2022. L. 2022: IP(4) amended and (10) repealed, (HB 22-1295), ch. 123, p. 842, � 61, effective July 1; (6)(d) amended and (6)(f) added, (HB 22-1278), ch. 222, p. 1505, � 49, effective July 1; (2), (3), IP(4), (4)(a), IP(5), (5)(a), (5)(b), (5)(c), (5)(e), (5)(f), (5)(g), (5)(h), (5)(k), IP(6), (6)(c), (6)(e), IP(7), (8), (9), (10), (11), and (12) amended and (5)(d) and (5)(i) repealed, (SB 22-162), ch. 469, p. 3372, � 63, effective August 10; (6)(d) amended, (SB 22-162), ch. 469, p. 3433, � 227, effective August 10. L. 2023: (6)(d) repealed, (HB 23-1236), ch. 206, p. 1051, � 5, effective May 16. L. 2025: (5)(g.5) and (5)(g.7) added and (5)(h) amended, (HB 25-1154), ch. 230, p. 1086, � 24, effective May 22.