§ 27-94-105 — Admissions to center - transfers - releases

(1) A person who by
law is committed to the department of human services for placement in a state
hospital may be committed to or placed in the center upon order of a court of
competent jurisdiction, except those persons committed to the Colorado mental
health institute at Pueblo pursuant to a judicial determination of not guilty by
reason of insanity and those persons committed under section 16-8-106 (1), C.R.S.,
relating to commitments for observation and examination.

(2) A person placed at the center may be transferred to the Colorado mental
health institute at Pueblo, the Wheat Ridge regional center, the Grand Junction
regional center, the Pueblo regional center, the Mount View school, or the Lookout
Mountain school in accordance with law.

(3) A person placed at the center may be released under such terms and
conditions as would entitle him or her to his or her release from the Colorado
mental health institute at Pueblo.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2010: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 10-175), ch. 188, p. 776, � 2, effective April 29.