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First Regular Session | 75th General Assembly
Colorado General Assembly
HB17-1215

Mental Health Support For Peace Officers

Type Bill
Session 2017 Regular Session
Subjects
Crimes, Corrections, & Enforcement

Concerning mental health support for peace officers.

Bill Summary:

The bill encourages each sheriff's office and each municipal police department to adopt a policy whereby mental health professionals, to the extent practicable, provide:

  • On-scene response services to support officers' handling of persons with mental health disorders; and
  • Counseling services to officers.
The bill creates the peace officers mental health support grant program (grant program) in the department of local affairs (department) to provide grants of money to county sheriffs' offices and municipal police departments to help them engage mental health professionals. Each sheriff's office and each municipal police department is encouraged to apply annually for a grant from the grant program.

The bill creates the peace officers mental health support fund (fund), which consists of gifts, grants, and donations and any other money that the general assembly may appropriate or transfer to the fund. The executive director of the department, or his or her designee, may expend money from the fund for the purposes of the grant program.

The grant program repeals September 1, 2027.


(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)

Prime Sponsors

Senator James Coleman

Representative

James Coleman

Senator Bob Gardner

Senator

Bob Gardner

Senator Daniel Kagan

Senator

Daniel Kagan

Committees

House

Judiciary

Senate

Local Government

Status

Became Law

Introduced

Passed

Became Law

Related Documents & Information

Date Version Documents
04/24/2017 Signed Act PDF
04/20/2017 Final Act PDF
04/10/2017 Rerevised PDF
04/07/2017 Revised PDF
03/21/2017 Reengrossed PDF
03/20/2017 Engrossed PDF
02/27/2017 Introduced PDF
Date Version Documents
04/05/2017 PA2 PDF
03/15/2017 PA1 PDF
Date Version Documents
07/21/2017 FN2 PDF
03/06/2017 FN1 PDF
Activity Vote Documents
Adopt amendment L.002. The motion passed without objection. Vote summary
Refer House Bill 17-1215, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 5-0. Vote summary
Hearing Summary
|
Committee Report:  PDF
Activity Vote Documents
Adopt amendment L.001 (Attachment B). The motion passed on a vote of 9-2. Vote summary
Refer House Bill 17-1215, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. The motion passed on a vote of 11-0. Vote summary
Hearing Summary
|
Committee Report:  PDF
Date Calendar Motion Vote Vote Document
04/11/2017 Senate Amendments REPASS
51
AYE
13
NO
1
OTHER
 		Vote record
04/11/2017 Senate Amendments CONCUR
63
AYE
1
NO
1
OTHER
 		Vote record
03/21/2017 Third Reading BILL
50
AYE
14
NO
1
OTHER
 		Vote record
Date Calendar Motion Vote Vote Document
04/10/2017 Third Reading BILL
27
AYE
8
NO
0
OTHER
 		Vote record
Date Location Action
04/24/2017 Governor Governor Signed
04/20/2017 Governor Sent to the Governor
04/20/2017 Senate Signed by the President of the Senate
04/19/2017 House Signed by the Speaker of the House
04/11/2017 Senate House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
04/10/2017 Senate Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
04/07/2017 Senate Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee
04/04/2017 Senate Senate Committee on Local Government Refer Amended to Senate Committee of the Whole
03/23/2017 Senate Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Local Government
03/21/2017 House House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
03/20/2017 House House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Committee
03/17/2017 House House Second Reading Laid Over to 03/20/2017 - No Amendments
03/14/2017 House House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
02/27/2017 House Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary
Effective Date Chapter # Title Documents
08/09/2017 150 Mental Health Support For Peace Officers PDF

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