§ 24-1.9-102.3 — Duties of individualized service and support teams

Colorado § 24-1.9-102.3

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 24: Government
• Art.: Collaborative Management of Multi-agency

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(1) A local
collaborative management program, as described in section 24-1.9-102, must create
one or more individualized service and support teams. An individualized service and
support team may refer a child to services and may establish a service and support
plan for a child after meeting with the child, the child's family, and any other
relevant party or community partners.

(2) The information form for children created in section 24-1.9-102.7, or any
other form created by the local collaborative management program, may be used
by multiple agencies to refer a child to a local collaborative management program
in accordance with the local collaborative management program's memorandum of
understanding. Such agencies include, but are not limited to:

(a) Law enforcement;

(b) A district attorney;

(c) A school;

(d) A family resource center;

(e) A child advocacy center; and

(f) A county department of human or social services.

(3) The following persons or agencies may have access to records created by
an individualized service and support team, including service and support plans:

(a) The county department of human or social services when investigating a
report of a known or suspected incident of child abuse or neglect or providing
services for a child or family who is the subject of the report;

(b) An agency with legal responsibility or authorization to care for, treat, or
supervise a child who is the subject of the record;

(c) A parent, legal guardian or custodian, or other person responsible for the
health or welfare of a child named in a record, or the assigned designee of any such
person acting by and through a validly executed power of attorney;

(d) The child named in the record and the child's guardian ad litem or counsel
for youth;

(e) (I) A service provider who is and continues to be officially and
professionally involved in the care of the child who is the subject of the record, but
only with regard to information that the service provider has a need to know in order
to fulfill the service provider's professional, official, and ongoing role, including:

(A) Hospital personnel engaged in the admission, care, or treatment of the
child;

(B) Mental health professionals;

(C) Physicians or surgeons, including physicians in training;

(D) Registered nurses or licensed practical nurses;

(E) Dentists;

(F) Psychologists licensed pursuant to part 3 of article 245 of title 12;

(G) Unlicensed psychotherapists;

(H) Professional counselors licensed pursuant to part 6 of article 245 of title
12;

(I) Marriage and family therapists licensed pursuant to part 5 of article 245
of title 12;

(J) Public or private school officials or employees;

(K) Social workers licensed pursuant to part 4 of article 245 of title 12 or
individuals employed by an agency that is licensed or certified pursuant to part 9 of
article 6 of title 26 or part 3 of article 5 of title 26.5;

(L) Victim's advocates, as defined in section 13-90-107 (1)(k)(II);

(M) Clergy members, as defined in section 19-3-304 (2)(aa)(III); or

(N) Educators providing services through the federal special supplemental
nutrition program for women, infants, and children, as provided for in 42 U.S.C. sec.
1786.

(II) Information disclosed to a service provider pursuant to this subsection
(3)(e) is confidential and shall not be disclosed by the service provider to any other
person, except as provided by law.

(4) Information disclosed pursuant to subsection (3) of this section must not
include the contact information of a victim, or any identifying information of a
victim, unless the victim consents to sharing information.

(5) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a child's
records, statements, or history with the local collaborative management program
are not, without the child's consent, admissible as evidence in any adjudicatory or
criminal hearing in which the child is accused and are not subject to subpoena in
any adjudicatory or criminal hearing in which the juvenile is accused. This
subsection (5) does not supercede any obligations and duties of any mandatory
reporter pursuant to section 19-3-304.

(6) The court with jurisdiction to hear the case at issue may have access to
the current service and support plan created by an individualized service and
support team.

(7) Nothing in this section prohibits the release of records created by the
individualized service and support team pursuant to existing law of this state.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2023: Entire section added, (HB 23-1249), ch. 287, p. 1723, � 4, effective August 7. L. 2025: IP(3) amended and (6) and (7) added, (HB 25-1035), ch. 32, p. 170, � 2, effective March 26.