Human Services Legislation (2017)
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Human Services
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Published
12/13/2017
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First Regular Session | 72nd General Assembly
Colorado General AssemblyRelated Publications
Summary of Major Legislation
Human Services 2019 Major Legislation
During the 2019 legislative session, the General Assembly passed legislation focused on enhancing the state's adoption, foster care, and child welfare programs; expanding a Division of Youth Services (DYS) pilot program designed to change the internal culture of DYS; and enhancing services...
Summary of Major Legislation
Summary of Human Services Legislation
During the 2018 legislative session, the General Assembly considered measures related to increasing access to behavioral health services, increasing capacity for competency restoration, protecting children in foster care, child care assistance funding, and increasing the effectiveness of other...
Final/Annual Reports
Legislative Oversight Committee Concerning Treatment of Persons with Mental Health Disorders in the Criminal Justice System, 2017 Final Report
Final Report to the Colorado General Assembly by the Legislative Oversight Committee Concerning the Treatment of Persons with Mental Health Disorders in the Criminal and Juvenile Justice Systems.
Final/Annual Reports
2017 Opioid and Other Substance Use Disorders Final Report
Final Report to the Colorado General Assembly by the Opioid and Other Substance Use Disorders Interim Study Committee.
Other
Truckers Against Trafficking - Prevention and Intervention: Combating Human Trafficking Through the Trucking Industry
Presented to the TLRC at its November 2, 2017 meeting.
Issue Briefs
State Aid for Low Income Families
This issue brief explains Colorado’s Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, known as Colorado Works, which provides financial and other assistance. The federally funded program is overseen at the state level by the Department of Human Services and is administered at the county...
Other
Policy Analysis of State Legislation and Response to the Opioid Crisis, Department of Human Services, Office of Behavioral Health
Presented to the Opioid and Other Substance Use Disorders Interim Study Committee at its September 2017 meeting.
Other
Law Enforcement and Drug Interdiction, Colorado Drug Investigators Association
Presented to the Opioid and Other Substance Use Disorders Interim Study Committee at its September 2017 meeting.
09/13/2017
Crimes, Corrections, & Enforcement
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Colorado Hospital Association Opioid Reduction Strategy
Presented to the Opioid and Other Substance Use Disorder Interim Study Committee at its September 2017 meeting.
Other
Evidence-Based Treatments to Reduce the Disordered Use of Opioid Drugs, Office of State Planning and Budgeting
Presented to the Opioid and Other Substance Use Disorders Interim Study Committee at its September 2017 meeting.