Colorado § 25-20.5-2304 Purposes and duties of overdose fatality review teams

Colorado Statutes

§ 25-20.5-2304 — Purposes and duties of overdose fatality review teams

Colorado § 25-20.5-2304

Title 25Public

Art.Prevention, Intervention, and Treatment

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-20.5-2304 (2026).

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(1)

(a)The purpose of each local team is to:

(I)Promote cooperation and coordination among agencies involved in the investigation of drug overdose fatalities;

(II)Develop an understanding of the causes and incidence of drug overdose fatalities in the jurisdiction where the local team operates;

(III)Plan for and recommend changes within the agencies represented on the local team to prevent drug overdose fatalities; and

(IV)Advise local, regional, and state policymakers about potential changes to law, policy, funding, or practice to prevent drug overdoses.

(b)To achieve its purpose, each local team shall:

(I)Establish and implement protocols and procedures;

(II)Conduct a multidisciplinary review of information received pursuant to section 25-20.5-2305 regarding a deceden

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(1)
(a) The purpose of each local team is to:

(I) Promote cooperation and coordination among agencies involved in the
investigation of drug overdose fatalities;

(II) Develop an understanding of the causes and incidence of drug overdose
fatalities in the jurisdiction where the local team operates;

(III) Plan for and recommend changes within the agencies represented on the
local team to prevent drug overdose fatalities; and

(IV) Advise local, regional, and state policymakers about potential changes
to law, policy, funding, or practice to prevent drug overdoses.

(b) To achieve its purpose, each local team shall:

(I) Establish and implement protocols and procedures;

(II) Conduct a multidisciplinary review of information received pursuant to
section 25-20.5-2305 regarding a decedent, which shall include, but not be limited
to:

(A) Consideration of the decedent's points of contact with health-care
systems, social services, educational institutions, child and family services, the
criminal justice system, including law enforcement, and any other systems with
which the decedent had contact prior to the decedent's death; and

(B) Identification of the specific factors and social determinants of health
that put the decedent at risk for an overdose;

(III) Recommend prevention and intervention strategies to improve
coordination of services and investigations among member agencies to reduce
overdose deaths; and

(IV) Collect, analyze, interpret, and maintain local data on overdose deaths.

(c) The local team shall aggregate all information and may not share or
otherwise disseminate personally identifiable information without a signed consent
form from the decedent's next of kin.

(2) Each local team shall submit an annual report to the county or district
public health agency or agencies served by the local team containing de-identified
information specified in subsection (1) of this section.