§ 26-1-702. Duties of the State Department – Contract to Implement Program – Reporting Requirement
The state department shall use a competitive request-for-proposal process to select an entity to contract with to implement recommendations of the respite care task force created in section 26-1-601. The contract with the selected entity shall end thirty days after the fourth anniversary of the date of the receipt of the contract. In order to […]
§ 26-1-703. Respite Care Task Force Fund – Creation
There is hereby created in the state treasury the respite care task force fund, referred to in this section as the “fund”, to provide money to the state department for the request-for-proposal process pursuant to section 26-1-702. The fund consists of any money appropriated by the general assembly to the fund and any gifts, grants, […]
§ 26-1-305. Education About Brain Injury
The board shall determine the percentage of money credited to the trust fund spent annually on education related to increasing the understanding of brain injury. Source: L. 2002: Entire section added, p. 1608, § 1, effective January 1, 2003. L. 2003: Entire section amended, p. 1998, § 50, effective May 22. L. 2009: Entire section […]
§ 26-1-306. Research Related to Treatment of Brain Injuries – Grants
The board shall determine the percentage of money credited to the trust fund to be spent annually to support research related to the treatment and understanding of brain injuries. The board shall prioritize research related to traumatic brain injuries. The board shall award grants. Persons interested in a grant shall apply to the board in […]
§ 26-1-307. Administrative Costs
The administrative expenses of the board and the state department are paid from money in the trust fund. Source: L. 2002: Entire section added, p. 1608, § 1, effective January 1, 2003. L. 2009: Entire section amended, (SB 09-005), ch. 135, p. 590, § 6, effective April 20. L. 2019: Entire section amended, (HB 19-1147), […]
§ 26-1-309. Trust Fund
There is hereby created in the state treasury the Colorado brain injury trust fund. The trust fund consists of any money collected from surcharges assessed pursuant to sections 30-15-402 (3), 42-4-1307 (10)(c), and 42-4-1701 (4)(e); gifts, grants, or donations; and any other money that the general assembly may appropriate or transfer to the trust fund. […]
§ 26-1-310. Reports to the General Assembly
Notwithstanding section 24-1-136 (11)(a)(I), on September 1, 2009, and each September 1 thereafter, the board shall provide a report to the joint budget committee and the public health care and human services committee of the house of representatives and the health and human services committee of the senate, or any successor committees, on the operations […]
§ 26-1-312. Brain Injury Support in the Criminal Justice System Task Force – Duties – Membership – Report – Repeal
There is created in the state department the brain injury support in the criminal justice system task force, referred to in this section as the “task force”. By August 1, 2021, the board shall convene the task force to develop a plan to integrate into the criminal justice system a model to identify and support […]
§ 26-1-701. Legislative Declaration
The general assembly hereby finds and declares that: On January 29, 2016, the respite care task force, created in section 26-1-601, completed a report with recommendations that was presented to the general assembly; The implementation of the recommendations would benefit those in need of respite care throughout the life span of those in need of […]
§ 26-1-137. Persons Committed to or Placed in a Department of Human Services Facility – Prohibition Against the Use of Restraints on Pregnant Women
As used in this section, “facility staff” means the staff of a state department facility or facility supervised by the executive director. Facility staff, in restraining a woman who is committed to or placed pursuant to this title or title 27, C.R.S., in a state department facility or a facility supervised by the executive director, […]