S.B. 06-4 Department of corrections - telemedicine - study - report. Requires the department of corrections to study and report on the state's options for providing medical services to state inmates in correctional facilities through the use of telemedicine. Requires the report to be presented to the health and human services committees of the house of representatives and the senate on or before February 1, 2007. Specifies, at a minimum, what the report shall include.
APPROVED by Governor
June 2, 2006
EFFECTIVE August 7,
2006
NOTE: This act was
passed without a safety clause. For further explanation concerning
the effective date, see page vi of this digest.
S.B. 06-23 State inmates at private prison facilities - higher than medium custody level prohibited - correctional emergency exception - proclamation by governor - reissuance. Prohibits the department of corrections ("department") from placing state inmates classified higher than medium custody in private prison facilities located within Colorado or outside the state. Permits the governor, at the request of the executive director of the department, to declare a correctional emergency and by proclamation authorize the department to place state inmates classified higher than medium custody in private prison facilities located in or outside the state. Defines the term "correctional emergency", and excludes from the definition prison overcrowding. Specifies that the proclamation issued by the governor shall remain in effect for 30 days and may be renewed for one or more additional 30-day periods.
APPROVED by Governor
April 28, 2006
EFFECTIVE August 7,
2006
Note: This act was
passed without a safety clause. For further explanation concerning the
effective date, see page vi of this digest.
H.B. 06-1063 Sentencing options - global position monitoring. Clarifies that a court may impose global position monitoring as a method of supervising an offender in a criminal matter.
APPROVED by Governor
March 8, 2006
EFFECTIVE March 8,
2006
H.B. 06-1075 Surplus state property - process to waive higher education campuses from procedures. Requires the correctional industries advisory committee and the department of higher education to jointly develop, by September 1, 2006, a process governing the waiver of higher education institutions, by campus, from surplus state property procedures concerning certain property items. Requires the director of the division of correctional industries within the department of corrections to promulgate rules that implement the waiver process.
APPROVED by Governor
May 4, 2006
EFFECTIVE May 4, 2006
H.B. 06-1315 Sentencing - class 1 felony - juvenile - parole - appropriation. For a juvenile who is convicted as an adult of a class 1 felony ("juvenile") for an offense committed on or after July 1, 2006, directs the court to sentence the juvenile to life imprisonment with the possibility of lifetime parole after serving 40 years. Establishes procedures for granting, refusing, reconsidering, revoking, and regranting parole. Directs the executive director of the department of corrections to ensure that all juveniles have an equal opportunity for participation in treatment, programs, and services.
Appropriates $4,480 to the department of corrections for implementation of the act.
APPROVED by Governor
May 25, 2006
EFFECTIVE May 25,
2006
H.B. 06-1381 Private prisons - requests for proposals notification. Requires the department of corrections to notify the capital development committee before it issues requests for proposals relating to construction of new private prisons.
APPROVED by Governor
May 25, 2006
EFFECTIVE May 25,
2006
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