The governor is hereby authorized to enter into a compact on behalf of this state with any other state or states joining therein in the form substantially as follows: Interstate Compact on Mental Health ARTICLE I The party states find that the proper and expeditious treatment of the mentally ill and mentally deficient can be […]
The executive director of the department of human services, referred to in this part 10 as the “director”, shall be the compact administrator and shall have the power to make any rules and regulations necessary for the administration of this part 10. The director shall cooperate with all departments, agencies, and officers of the state […]
The director may enter into supplementary agreements with appropriate officials of other states pursuant to articles VII and XI of the compact. Source: L. 65: p. 793, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 74-11-3.
The department of human services in its annual budget shall include such amounts necessary to discharge the financial obligations incurred by it to carry out the purposes of the interstate compact on mental health, and the general assembly shall appropriate such sums necessary therefor. Source: L. 65: p. 794, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 74-11-4. […]
The compact administrator is directed to consult with the immediate family of any proposed transferee and, in the case of a proposed transferee from an institution in this state to an institution in another party state, to make no transfer out of the state without approval of the district or probate court. Before granting such […]
Duly authenticated copies of this compact shall, upon its approval, be transmitted by the secretary of state to the governor of each state, the attorney general and the secretary of state of the United States, and the council of state governments. Source: L. 65: p. 794, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 74-11-6.
