S.B. 94-5 Adoption - limitation on annulment - best interests of child. Specifies that the intent of the general assembly in adoption proceedings is to protect and promote the best interests of the children who are the subjects of such proceedings while giving due regard to the interests of any other individuals affected. Requires a court to consider the best interests of a child who is subject to an adoption proceeding when the final decree of adoption is attacked on any basis, and directs the court to sustain the decree unless there is clear and convincing evidence that the decree is not in the best interests of the child.
Applies to all decrees of adoption entered on or after the date of passage.
APPROVED by Governor May 19, 1994
EFFECTIVE May 19, 1994
S.B. 94-21 Children's code recodification - task force - legislative oversight committee - appropriation. Specifies the necessity of recodifying the "Colorado Children's Code". Creates an oversight committee responsible for proposing recodification legislation and adopting policy based on recommendations from a recodification task force. Directs the oversight committee to complete its legislative proposal by November 15, 1995. Describes the membership of the committee.
Establishes a task force for the recodification of the "Colorado Children's Code". Requires that 15 members be appointed by the Governor and represent principle departments and groups affected by the recodification, that 5 members be appointed by the legislative oversight committee and represent local governments, and that 4 members be appointed by the chief justice of the Colorado supreme court and represent certain aspects of the judiciary. Describes the duties of the task force, including requirements that the task force evaluate the "Colorado Children's Code"; provide guidance and make recommendations to the legislative oversight committee in its development of recodification legislation; communicate with affected agencies, providers, and members of the public; and report to the legislative oversight committee. Authorizes the task force to create subcommittees or subgroups in carrying out its duties and allows for such committees or subgroups to be made up of persons other than those on the task force. Describes the issues to be evaluated by the task force and to be addressed in a legislative recodification proposal.
Authorizes the task force to receive contributions, grants, services, and other in-kind donations from private sources to be used for the direct and indirect costs associated with the development of proposed legislation for the recodification of the "Colorado Children's Code", and describes staff who will provide support for the oversight committee.
Repeals the statutory article creating the task force and the oversight committee and mandating the recodification of the "Colorado Children's Code", effective July 1, 1997.
Appropriates $75,000 of federal funds to the department of public safety for allocation to the division of criminal justice for the implementation of the act. Of such moneys, $16,832 is appropriated to the general assembly for allocation to the legislative service agencies.
APPROVED by Governor May 31, 1994
EFFECTIVE May 31, 1994
S.B. 94-70 Adoption - nonpublic agency interstate and foreign adoptions - provision of services. Authorizes the department of human services to select nonpublic agencies to provide services to individuals seeking assistance in nonpublic agency interstate and foreign adoption cases. Requires that such agencies be licensed child placement agencies authorized to handle adoptions or agencies that meet the qualifying criteria to be licensed child placement agencies. Directs the department of human services to promulgate rules establishing criteria by which such agencies are to be selected and identifying the services and functions to be rendered by the agencies. Requires the department to include standards by which the department is to evaluate the agencies' delivery of services.
Permits the agencies selected by the department of human services to provide services in nonpublic agency interstate and foreign adoption cases to charge reasonable and necessary fees and costs to defray the direct and indirect expenses associated with the provision of such services. Directs the department of human services to issue rules establishing guidelines for such fees and costs. Defines "nonpublic agency interstate and foreign adoption".
APPROVED by Governor May 19, 1994
EFFECTIVE July 1, 1994
S.B. 94-88 Child support - establishment and enforcement - determination of parentage - determination of income for child support - postsecondary educational expenses. Effective July 1, 1994, establishes a time limit within which any objection to genetic testing to determine parentage must be made. Establishes the admissibility of such evidence if an objection is not timely made.
Effective upon passage, includes moneys deposited in tax-deferred compensation funds in the definition of "disposable earnings" in garnishment matters. For purposes of determination of income or earnings, identifies that the term "wages" includes tips calculated pursuant to the federal internal revenue service percentage of gross wages.
Effective July 1, 1994, requires a parent seeking an adjustment to his or her income for the support of other children to show that he or she is actually providing support for the other children. Changes the limitation on orders for postsecondary education for a child to the amount listed under the schedule of basic child support obligations. Requires such amount to be subtracted from the obligor's income prior to the calculation of child support for any remaining children in the family. Redefines the term "postsecondary education support" to include only tuition, books, and fees and reduces the age to which room and board may be ordered if the child resides in the home of one parent while attending school or during periods of time in excess of 30 days when school is not in session. Permits the court to order a child seeking postsecondary education expenses, or on whose behalf postsecondary education expenses are sought, and the parent from whom such expenses are sought to attend mediation services prior to a hearing on the issue of postsecondary education expenses. For purposes of determining a parent's income in calculating child support, identifies that a parent enrolled in an educational program reasonably intended to result in a degree or certification within a reasonable period of time and which will result in a higher income shall not be deemed to be underemployed.
Effective upon passage, requires decrees of dissolution of marriage, legal separation, custody, or support to contain an order for immediate deductions for family support in certain circumstances.
Effective upon passage, authorizes the accrual of compounded monthly interest on child support arrearages and debt. Requires interest which is collected by the delegate child support enforcement unit on child support arrearages or debt to be treated as child support collection and distributed in accordance with federal regulations.
Effective upon passage, changes the requirement that attorney fees be awarded at a hearing on an objection to a wage assignment and, instead, permits the award of attorney fees. Establishes that a copy of the family support registry payments record is prima facie evidence of noncompliance with an order for support or maintenance.
For actions filed on or after July 1, 1994, requires the court in ordering a provision for health insurance coverage for any child to direct the obligor's employer to also enroll the obligor, if enrollment of the obligor is a requirement of the health insurance plan. For all orders entered prior to August 1, 1992, requires the obligee or delegate child support enforcement unit to send a copy of the notice of health insurance deduction to the obligor and to the obligor's employer.
Effective upon passage, includes final judgments among those court papers and records that are confidential in paternity actions and authorizes inspection only by the parties to the action and their attorneys of record. Subjects such parties and attorneys to a court order prohibiting such persons from disclosing the genetic testing information contained in the court's record. Restricts access to all papers and records related to paternity actions in the custody of the county department of social services except upon consent of all parties and as permitted by discovery rules and the department's confidentiality procedures; however, permits the results of genetic testing in paternity actions to be provided to all parties when available, without the necessity of formal discovery.
Effective upon passage, establishes statutory procedures for the commencement of a paternity action. Allows the court or delegate child support enforcement unit to enter an order for child support for a period of time that precedes the establishment of paternity. Authorizes any party to demand a jury trial in a paternity action, but requires the trial to be to the court if the results of genetic or other tests indicate the probability of the alleged father's paternity is 99% or greater. Recognizes a paternity determination made by another state as enforceable in the same manner as a judgment of this state.
Effective upon passage, establishes the putative father as the father for purposes of a child's birth certificate if a court determines that the mother's husband is not the father, and the mother and the putative father execute affidavits attesting that the putative father is the father of the child. Allows paternity to be established by default orders issued by the delegate child support enforcement unit under the "Colorado Administrative Procedure Act for the Establishment and Enforcement of Child Support" in circumstances in which the obligor fails to appear for the initial negotiation conference and fails to reschedule such conference.
Effective upon passage, adds the modification of an obligor parent's legal obligation to support his or her dependent children to those matters which the child support enforcement program shall include. Authorizes the state parent locator service or delegate child support enforcement unit to obtain information from credit bureaus concerning individuals obligated to pay support. Eliminates the requirement that an obligor's or obligee's request for modification of an administrative support order be served upon the delegate child support enforcement unit by certified mail.
Effective January 1, 1995, clarifies that the child support enforcement agency is not authorized to establish a spousal support order. Establishes procedures for the enforcement of interstate income withholding.APPROVED by Governor May 31, 1994
PORTIONS EFFECTIVE July 1, 1994; January 1, 1995
S.B. 94-111 Out-of-home placement - reasonable efforts standard - services - definition of child abuse and neglect. Conforms the "reasonable efforts" requirements to avoid out-of-home placements for children to the description of services to be provided by counties and cities and counties. Makes the requirement that counties and cities and counties provide certain services contingent upon available federal moneys and other appropriations for the services. States that the financing of intensive family preservation services is subject to available federal moneys, moneys realized from avoiding costs associated with out-of-home placements, and other appropriations from the general assembly.
Includes acts or omissions described in the "neglected or dependent child" statute in the definition of "child abuse or neglect" for purposes of the child abuse reporting statutes.
APPROVED by Governor May 4, 1994
EFFECTIVE May 4, 1994
S.B. 94-155 Direct filing of charges in district court - habitual juvenile offender - sentencing to the youthful offender system - reports. Establishes a new category of juvenile offenders, the "habitual juvenile offender", who may be charged by the direct filing of an information or indictment in the district court. Requires the sentencing court to sentence an habitual juvenile offender to the youthful offender system in the department of corrections, unless such habitual juvenile offender is ineligible for such sentencing due to prior convictions of certain crimes.
Requires the department of corrections to report to the general assembly and the joint budget committee on or after January 1, 1995, concerning the number of offenders entering the youthful offender system as habitual juvenile offenders, including the criminal history of each habitual juvenile offender. Requires the department of corrections to report annually on the number of habitual juvenile offenders entering the youthful offender system and the number of offenders who have completed the youthful offender system and reoffended.
Applies to any delinquent act that constitutes a felony which is committed on or after July 1, 1994, and which is committed subsequent to 2 prior adjudications of delinquency for separate delinquent acts that constitute felonies, regardless of whether the delinquent acts, upon which the prior adjudications of delinquency were based, were committed on or before July 1, 1994.
Appropriates $8,824 and 0.2 FTE to the judicial department for allocation to the state public defender for the implementation of the act. Reduces the general fund appropriation to the department of human services, division of youth services, community programs, purchase of contract placements, by $1,157,481 and allocates beds provided for in House Bill 94-1340 to implement the act.
APPROVED by Governor June 3, 1994
EFFECTIVE July 1, 1994
S.B. 94-192 Juveniles - youthful offenders - intensive family preservation program for offenders authorized - implementation - plans required. Provides for 2 urban judicial districts and one rural judicial district selected by the chief justice of the Colorado supreme court to participate in a pilot program for the provision of intensive family preservation services for juveniles who might otherwise be committed or sentenced to the department of human services or placed under the supervision of the county department of social services or have been sentenced or committed to the department of human services and are subject to parole, as a condition of parole. Requires that the judicial districts selected for the pilot program commit to implement a plan developed by the department of human services and the state judicial department to include in the pilot program juveniles who are placed on probation and who will be required to participate in the pilot program as a condition of probation. Requires that the judicial districts commit to use a portion of a juvenile services block grant from the state judicial department for the implementation of the plan.
Describes juveniles who are eligible and those who are ineligible for participation in the family preservation pilot program. Describes how juvenile offenders and adjudicated juveniles may be placed in the pilot program. Describes the criteria and the process for the selection of the pilot judicial districts. Describes consequences for a juvenile's failure to cooperate or participate in the family preservation program.
Requires the department of corrections to develop a plan that provides for a similar pilot program for juveniles who: Have been convicted as adults, have had that sentence suspended, have been committed to a determinate sentence in the youthful offender system in the department of corrections, and have successfully completed the institutional phase in the youthful offender system and are subject to intensive supervised community release as a condition of parole. Requires the department of corrections to submit the plan to the general assembly on or before January 1, 1995.
Requires the executive director of the department of human services, in consultation with the judicial department, to develop and implement an intensive family preservation plan for the judicial districts participating in the pilot program. Describes the services available to juveniles and their families under the pilot program, including those that focus on family strengths, crisis intervention, concentrated assistance in the development and enhancement of parenting skills, and individualized and group counseling. Allows the executive director of the department of human services to contract with any public or private entity to provide services.
Requires the department of human services, in consultation with the judicial department, to contract with an independent entity to evaluate annually the progress of the pilot program. Requires the department of human services, in consultation with the judicial department, to submit an annual report to the general assembly on the effectiveness of the program that addresses projected cost-savings and the feasibility of implementing the intensive family preservation program for juveniles statewide.
Repeals the statutory section that requires the department of corrections to develop a plan for implementing the family preservation pilot program for juveniles sentenced to the youthful offender system, effective July 1, 1995. Repeals the family preservation pilot program, effective July 1, 1998.
APPROVED by Governor June 3, 1994
EFFECTIVE July 1, 1994
S.B. 94-205 Child abuse and neglect - grievances against county departments of social services regarding abuse reports - creation of citizen review panels - notice of rights to families. Requires the state department of human services to adopt rules by January 1, 1995, pursuant to which each county department of social services may, at the county's option, implement a conflict resolution process concerning the county department's response to reports of child abuse and neglect. Requires that the rules provide for creation of citizen review panels in participating counties to hear grievances and for transmittal of final appeals to the governing body of each county. Requires that participating counties provide an annual report on the complaints received and their resolution and that the state department report to the general assembly on compliance.
Requires the state department to prepare a standardized notice of rights and remedies for families from whom children have been removed.
APPROVED by Governor June 3, 1994
EFFECTIVE June 3, 1994
H.B. 94-1042 Parental rights - relinquishment and termination - annulment of adoption decree - time limitations. Acknowledges that parental relinquishment and adoption of children are important and necessary options to facilitate the permanent placement of minor children in certain circumstances. Identifies the intent of the general assembly to promote the integrity and finality of adoptions and to protect children from being uprooted from adoptive placements.
Requires courts to set relinquishment hearings expeditiously and permits an order of relinquishment of one parent's parental rights prior to the relinquishment or termination of the other parent's parental rights. Authorizes the revocation of a relinquishment only within 90 days after the entry of the relinquishment order and only if the relinquishing parent establishes by clear and convincing evidence that the relinquishment was obtained by fraud or duress. Disallows the revocation of a relinquishment if the relinquishment or termination of the other birth parent's rights was not obtained because the relinquishing parent knew, but did not disclose, the name or whereabouts of the other parent. If the relinquishment is revoked and no other grounds for termination exist, directs the court to dismiss any proceeding for adoption and to determine custody in accordance with the best interests of the child.
When one parent relinquishes, proposes to relinquish, or consents to the adoption of a child, specifies that the requirement to file a petition to terminate the other parent's parent-child legal relationship applies whether or not such other parent is a presumed parent of the child. Requires the court to terminate such other parent's parental rights if, after notice, such other parent fails to appear or appears but cannot personally assume legal and physical custody promptly.
If the other parent demonstrates the desire and ability to personally assume legal and physical custody promptly and if the court determines that the person is the child's other birth parent, directs the court to set a hearing as expeditiously as possible to determine whether the individual's parental rights should be terminated or whether the custody of the child needs to be determined or a dependency and neglect action filed. Specifies the bases upon which the court may terminate the other parent's parental rights. Requires the court to give paramount consideration to the physical, mental, and emotional conditions and needs of the child in considering the termination of the parent-child legal relationship. Creates an affirmative defense for a parent of a child less than one year of age, that any neglect, failure to establish a substantial relationship, or failure to take substantial responsibility for the child was due to impediments created by the other parent or the custodian. Creates a rebuttable presumption that the best interests of the child will be served by granting custody to the person in whose care the child has been for more than one year.
Authorizes persons who have or did have the child in their care to intervene as interested parties to present evidence to the court regarding the nonrelinquishing parent or regarding their own suitability as a placement of the child.
Reduces from 3 months to 30 days the time period within which the termination of a birth parent's parent-child legal relationship may be questioned except upon the basis of fraud. Limits the period of time within which a termination may be questioned on the basis of fraud to 90 days. Requires that the notice provided to those persons identified as the other birth parent or possible birth parent identify that the failure to file an answer or to appear within a specified period of time may likely result in the termination of parental rights.
Reduces from 2 years to 90 days the time period within which a final decree of adoption may be attacked by reason of any jurisdictional or procedural defect; except that in the case of a stepparent adoption, identifies that a decree of adoption may not be attacked by reason of fraud, whether or not there is a jurisdictional or procedural defect, after the expiration of one year.
Applies to all orders of relinquishment and termination and all decrees of adoption entered on or after the effective date.
APPROVED by Governor April 20, 1994
EFFECTIVE April 20, 1994
H.B. 94-1070 Adoption - designated relative adoptions - waiver of assessment and approval procedures. Authorizes the court to waive assessment and approval requirements when a birth parent designates a child's grandparent, aunt, uncle, brother, or sister as the person with whom they wish to place their child for purposes of adoption. Specifies that the court may proceed to finalize such adoptive placements upon finding that placement is in the best interests of the child.
APPROVED by Governor March 15, 1994
EFFECTIVE March 15, 1994
H.B. 94-1141 Juveniles - accessibility of arrest and criminal records - detention - bail and transfer proceedings. Allows public access to juvenile arrest and criminal records in the custody of the investigative law enforcement agency and the agency responsible for filing a delinquency petition, rather than only those in the custody of the court. Adds records based on additional types of offenses and juvenile conduct to records that are currently available to the public. Includes fire investigators as law enforcement personnel who have access to certain juvenile records.
Requires that any juvenile held for criminal charges as an adult pursuant to a direct filing or transfer in a facility where adults are held be segregated, rather than separated by sight and sound, from the adults in the facility. Requires that a juvenile held in such a facility who is determined to be an escape risk or a threat to the safety of detention center personnel continue to be separated by sight and sound from the adults.
Specifies that, if any juvenile is denied bail on the basis that such juvenile is alleged to have committed specific acts and is presumed dangerous, such presumption shall continue to apply for the purposes of an application for modification of bail. Deletes criteria for the juvenile diversion program. Adds multiple juvenile probation revocations based on felonious acts to multiple adjudications based on a felony as factors in establishing prima facie evidence that retention of the case by the juvenile court would be contrary to the best interests of the juvenile or the community.
Upon request, requires the municipal and county courts to issue a subpoena for the appearance of the parent, guardian, or lawful custodian of a child under the court's jurisdiction for a violation of a municipal or county ordinance. Allows the courts to hold a person in contempt for failure to appear without good cause.
For the purposes of specifying which juvenile may be sentenced to the youthful offender system in the department of corrections, defines a juvenile as a person who is under the age of 18 years at the time of sentencing.
APPROVED by Governor April 28, 1994
EFFECTIVE April 28, 1994
H.B. 94-1178 Dependency and neglect - expedited procedures - children under the age of 6 - implementation on county-by-county basis - report - appropriation. Establishes expedited placement procedures applicable to children who are under 6 years of age at the time a petition alleging abuse or neglect is filed. Stipulates that such expedited procedures are to be implemented on a county-by-county basis beginning July 1, 1994 and directs the department of human services, in consultation with the judicial department and the governing boards of each county department of social services, to establish an implementation schedule which provides for statewide implementation by June 30, 2004. Requires each county to implement the expedited placement procedures for each new case filed on and after the applicable implementation date set for each county.
Prohibits dependency and neglect hearings involving a child under the age of 6 from being delayed or continued unless good cause is shown and the court finds that the best interests of the child will be served by granting a delay or continuance. In the event a delay or continuance is granted, requires that the hearing be rescheduled within 30 days and that the court set forth the grounds for granting the delay or continuance. Requires the court to include other children who reside in the same household as a child who is under 6 years of age in any hearing where the placement of such children is subject to determination. In the absence of good cause, prohibits a transfer of legal venue when a delay in judicial proceedings would result. Establishes a rebuttable presumption that any such delay would be detrimental to the best interests of such child.
Requires adjudicatory hearings involving a child under the age of 6 to be held within 60 days after the service of a dependency and neglect petition. In the absence of good cause and a finding that the best interests of the child will be served, requires the dispositional hearing to be held within 30 days following the adjudicatory hearing. Requires a decree of disposition to be entered within 30 days after adjudication. Declares the intent of the general assembly that, whenever possible, the dispositional and adjudicatory hearings be held on the same day.
Requires treatment plan placement reports prepared for a child under the age of 6 to include a list of services that are specific to the needs of the child and the child's family and that are available in the community where the family resides. Requires such reports to establish a priority of services when multiple services are recommended. Specifies that the treatment plan shall require the family to obtain services specific to the family's needs if such services are available in the community where the family resides and based on treatment plan placement reports. Authorizes the court to terminate the parent-child legal relationship in cases involving a child who is under 6 years of age when the parent is determined to be unfit as a result of long-term confinement of such duration that the parent is ineligible for parole for at least 36 months after the date the child was adjudicated dependent or neglected and where the court has found by clear and convincing evidence that no appropriate treatment plan can be devised to address the unfitness. Establishes criteria to be applied in determining whether a parent has complied with the requirements of any court-approved treatment plan.
Requires permanency planning hearings for a child under 6 years of age to be held within three months after the decree of disposition. In the event a child has been placed out of the home for 3 months, requires the court to review the progress of the case and the treatment plan. Authorizes the court to order a county department of social services to show cause why a motion to terminate the parent-child relationship should not be issued. Specifies conditions which may constitute such cause.
Requires a child under 6 years of age to be placed in a permanent home no later than 12 months after the original placement out of the home unless the court determines that such placement is contrary to the best interests of the child. In determining whether delay is in the best interests of the child, requires clear and convincing evidence that reasonable efforts were made to find the child a permanent home and such home is not currently available or that the child's mental health and/or physical needs or conditions deem it improbable that the child would be successfully placed. Requires the caseworker and the child's guardian ad litem to provide the court with a report specifying which services are being provided to the child to remedy the child's problems. Requires the case to be reviewed at least every 6 months until the child is permanently placed. Specifies that clear and convincing standards of evidence shall be applicable at any such review. Defines permanent home.
On or before December 31, 1995, and on December 31 each year thereafter, requires a written report to be submitted by the department of human services, in consultation with the judicial department, to the joint budget committee regarding program effectiveness, progress toward statewide implementation, and whether any out-of-home placement costs have been avoided as a result of the expedited procedures. In the event costs have been avoided, requires the department of human services to request that any available moneys be transferred from the out-of-home placement budget category to the family issues cash fund for the purpose of implementing the act.
Appropriates $300,000 from the family issues cash fund to the department of human services for the implementation of the act. Decreases the amount appropriated from cash funds in the annual general appropriation act to the department of human services, child welfare, family and children's programs category by $300,000. Specifies that no additional general fund moneys shall be expended for the program beyond those appropriated to the family issues cash fund for the purpose of the act.
APPROVED by Governor June 3, 1994
EFFECTIVE July 1, 1994
H.B. 94-1226 Domestic abuse prevention - restraining orders. Adds a general relief provision to the list of topics that a restraining order to prevent domestic abuse may include. Deletes the provision that renders a restraining order to prevent domestic abuse null and void if the restraining order is not written in a prescribed form. Prohibits any judge, magistrate, or other judicial officer from issuing a temporary restraining order to prevent domestic abuse that is not in the prescribed form. Authorizes the court to make a temporary restraining order to prevent domestic abuse permanent, without the necessity of further notice or service upon the responding party, if such party fails to appear at the show cause hearing.
APPROVED by Governor April 28, 1994
EFFECTIVE July 1, 1994
H.B. 94-1283 Dependency and neglect - mediation services - pilot program. Creates a pilot program to provide mediation services in child dependency and neglect cases. Directs the state board of human services to designate 2 or more counties for the pilot program.
Authorizes a court within a pilot program county to refer a dependency or neglect case to mediation at any time after the court obtains jurisdiction over any of the parties. Prohibits mediation unless a party is represented by counsel or has waived the right to counsel. Prohibits mediation in a case if there is a criminal charge or conviction involving the issues of the case or if there is a victim who alleges physical injury, sexual abuse, or domestic violence involving the issues of the case. Terminates the mediation in a case under the pilot program upon request of one of the parties, upon a determination by the mediator that the case is inappropriate for mediation or that an agreement between the parties is unlikely, upon a determination by the court that the case is not a proper case for mediation, or upon the reaching of a partial settlement by the parties.
Requires each county in the pilot program to establish a fee for mediation services that is sufficient to fund the pilot program. Authorizes the use of a sliding fee scale. Prohibits the provision of mediation services under the pilot program to any person who has not paid the established fee.
Authorizes the court to continue any pending court hearing if the parties in a case are engaging in good faith mediation. If a full or partial agreement is reached in a mediation, directs the parties to prepare a written agreement to be presented to the court as a stipulation. Authorizes a mediator to provide mediation services if the mediator has been approved by the office of dispute resolution in the judicial department and has obtained any training or approval required by the county. Allows a guardian ad litem or other mediator to provide mediation services in a case only if he or she has not previously had contact with any of the parties. Provides that any mediation is subject to confidentiality requirements.
Requires each county in the pilot program to prepare a written report regarding the pilot mediation program in the county on or before January 1, 1996.
Repeals the program on July 1, 1999.
APPROVED by Governor May 31, 1994
EFFECTIVE July 1, 1994
H.B. 94-1308 Adoption - placement of children - avoidance of delay due to consideration of racial resemblance. Allows consideration of racial background in out-of-home foster care placements and in placements with adopting families, but prohibits any delay in such placements due to attempts to assure racial resemblance between the child and the foster family or the adopting family.
APPROVED by Governor April 19, 1994
EFFECTIVE July 1, 1994
H.B. 94-1357 Child welfare services - authorization for county establishment of noncategorical program fund. Authorizes any county to establish a noncategorical program fund identical to the program implemented in Mesa county on a pilot basis. The fund, consisting of federal, state, and county moneys, is used to provide child welfare services to at-risk children and their families. Disallows the allocation of general fund moneys to any other participating county in the manner such moneys were allocated to Mesa county under the pilot program. Specifies that the fund for any county may include contributions from the fund of any other participating county. Requires the county board of social services for any participating county to follow the same procedures that were applicable under the pilot program for adoption of a three-year plan for the program and for revision and readoption of such plan prior to its expiration.
APPROVED by Governor May 31, 1994
EFFECTIVE July 1, 1994
H.B. 94-1368 Colorado children's trust fund - disbursement of moneys - appropriation. Authorizes the Colorado children's trust fund board to disburse moneys from the Colorado children's trust fund, which moneys cannot otherwise be disbursed until the total amount of assets in the fund exceeds five million dollars, only in accordance with an appropriation from the fund made by the general assembly.
Appropriates $500,000 to the department of higher education for allocation to the Colorado children's trust fund board for the implementation of this act.
APPROVED by Governor May 23, 1994
EFFECTIVE July 1, 1994
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