§ 25.5-10-227 — Right to personal property

Colorado § 25.5-10-227

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 25.5: Health
• Art.: Community Living

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(1) Each person receiving services
has the right to the possession and use of such person's own clothing and personal
effects. If the service agency holds any of such person's personal effects for any
reason, such retention shall be promptly recorded in such person's record and the
reason for retention shall also be recorded.

(2) Upon the request of a person receiving services, a service agency may
hold money or funds belonging to the person receiving services, received by such
person, or received by the service agency for such person. All such money or funds
shall be held by the service agency as trustee for the person receiving services.
Upon request, an accounting shall be rendered by the service agency.

(3) Upon request, a person receiving services is entitled to receive
reasonable amounts of such person's money or funds held in trust.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2013: Entire article added with relocations, (HB 13-1314), ch. 323, p. 1776, � 1, effective March 1, 2014.