S.B. 03-141 Cost of care - provider rates - care at mental health institute at Pueblo. After a judgment is entered for costs against a person convicted of a crime, waives the fees for issuance and recording of a transcript of the judgment.
Requires a medical care provider to provide care to a person in custody in a county jail at the same rate that the provider is reimbursed for services by the medical assistance program or, if the provider does not participate in the medical assistance program, at the highest rate that the provider is reimbursed by another state program.
Within available resources, directs the Colorado mental health institute at Pueblo ("institute") to provide medical care to persons in custody in a county jail. Specifies that the charges for services at the institute cover the cost of the actual services provided and that the county is responsible for the payment of the cost.
APPROVED by Governor May 14, 2003
EFFECTIVE August 6, 2003
NOTE: This act was passed without a safety clause. For further explanation concerning the
effective date, see page vi of this digest.
S.B. 03-177 FY 2002-03 budget reduction bill - community corrections - administration costs - appropriation. Lowers from 5% to 4% the amount of the community corrections appropriation that local government and community corrections boards may spend on administrative costs on or after April 1, 2003, through June 30, 2006.
For the 2002-03 fiscal year, reduces the general fund appropriation for community corrections transition programs by $41,156 and reduces the general fund appropriation for community corrections diversion programs by $45,150.
APPROVED by Governor March 5, 2003
EFFECTIVE April 1, 2003
S.B. 03-252 Parole - options for self-revocations - community return to custody facilities for revocations of parolee on class 5 or 6 felonies - 180-day limit on return to the department of corrections for a technical parole violation - repeals post-parole parole - appropriations. Allows, rather than requires, the state board of parole ("parole board") to grant a parolee's request for revocation. Requires a parolee to provide justification for asking for revocation of parole. Permits the parole board to impose appropriate interventions before revoking parole upon request of a parolee.
After a revocation of parole, allows the parole board to place a parolee who was on parole for a nonviolent class 5 or class 6 felony, with some exceptions, in a community return to custody facility. Delineates the authority for the department of corrections to operate community return to custody facilities.
Limits the time a parolee can serve in the department of corrections to 180 days for a revocation that was not the result of the commission of a new offense. Requires the parole board to consider the parole of person whose parole is revoked for a technical violation or based on a self-revocation within 180 days of the revocation if the person's release date is more than 9 months from the date of revocation; except that, if the violation involved a weapon, states that the parole board shall not consider parole of the person for one year. Repeals the post-parole revocation statute.
Appropriates $759,960 in general fund moneys to the department of corrections for payments to community corrections programs and appropriates $38,154 in general fund moneys to the department of corrections, community supervision subprogram for community services.
For implementation of the act, adjusts appropriations made in the 2003 general appropriation act by decreasing the general fund appropriation to the department of corrections, management, external capacity subprogram, payment to house state prisoners, for local jails, by $748,326 and decreasing the general fund appropriation to the department of corrections, management, external capacity subprogram, payment to house state prisoners, for private prisons, by $810,785.
APPROVED by Governor June 7, 2003
EFFECTIVE July 1, 2003
S.B. 03-328 FY 2003-04 budget reduction bill - earned time - increase for certain offenders - appropriation. Increases from 10 days per month to 12 days per month the maximum amount of earned time an inmate who committed a nonviolent felony and who is sentenced to the department of corrections for the first time can earn. Increases from 25% to 30% the percentage by which the sentence of an inmate who committed a crime that is a nonviolent felony and who is sentenced to the department of corrections for the first time may be reduced with earned time.
For the 2003-04 fiscal year, appropriates $12,520 in general fund moneys and 0.2 FTE to the department of corrections, community services, parole subprogram for personal services. For the 2003-04 fiscal year, appropriates $571 in general fund moneys to the department of corrections, community services, parole subprogram for operating services.
Adjusts appropriations made in the 2003 general appropriation act by decreasing the general fund appropriation to the department of corrections, management, external capacity subprogram, payments to house state prisoners, for local jails, by $63,633 and by decreasing the general fund appropriation to the department of corrections, management, external capacity subprogram, payments to house state prisoners, for private prisons, by $68,945.
VETOED by Governor May 22, 2003
H.B. 03-1263 Parole - special needs offenders - medical condition. Clarifies that a special needs offender may be eligible for parole prior to the offender's parole eligibility date. Expands the authority of the state board of parole to grant parole to a special needs offender if the person has a medical condition that is serious enough to require costly care or treatment and is physically incapacitated due to the medical condition.
Authorizes the department of corrections to recommend that an offender be considered for early parole as a special needs offender. Prior to making a recommendation, requires the department of corrections to establish objective criteria on which to base a recommendation.
APPROVED by Governor May 22, 2003
EFFECTIVE August 6, 2003
NOTE: This act was passed without a safety clause. For further explanation concerning the
effective date, see page vi of this digest.
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