(II) (A) When an offender is denied placement in a community corrections program, the executive director shall make a subsequent referral for that offender who is eligible pursuant to subsection (2)(e)(II)(B) of this section no sooner than six months after the denial and no later than twelve months after the denial unless the offender is subject to section 17-2-201 (4)(a).
(B) An offender is eligible for a subsequent referral if he or she has had no class I code of penal discipline violations in the last twelve months, the offender does not have a consecutive misdemeanor sentence to serve, the offender does not have an immigration and customs enforcement detainer, the offender does not have pending felony charges, or the offender does not have an extraditable warrant.
(III) When an offender refuses placement in a community corrections program, the executive director may make a subsequent referral for the offender, if eligible pursuant to subsection (2)(e)(II)(B) of this section, after the offender informs the executive director that the circumstance that formed the basis for the refusal has changed or resolved.
(II) In making the determination pursuant to subsection (2)(f)(I) of this section, the executive director of the department of corrections shall consider the relevant criteria established pursuant to section 18-1.3-1009 and any other relevant factors.
(b) A district court, county court, and any other criminal justice official may enter into agreements with community corrections programs that provide residential drug treatment, for the placement and supervision of offenders as a term and condition of probation when assessed treatment need levels indicate that residential drug treatment is necessary and appropriate. The agreement is subject to review and approval by the community corrections board in the jurisdiction where a community corrections program is located. A community corrections program used pursuant to this paragraph (b) may receive funds from the correctional treatment cash fund, as well as local funding, public or private grants, or offender fees.
(4) [ Editor's note: This version of subsection (4) is effective March 1, 2022. ] (a) District courts, county courts, and other local criminal justice officials may enter into agreements with community corrections programs which include the use of such programs to supervise offenders awaiting trial for felony or misdemeanor offenses, offenders convicted of misdemeanors, or offenders under deferred judgments, or to accept for residential placement persons convicted of misdemeanor offenses as an alternative sentence to a county jail sentence. Such agreements are subject to review and approval by the community corrections board of the jurisdiction in which any community corrections program making such agreement is located. Any such use of a community corrections program may be supported with funding from local governments, public or private grants, offender fees, and other sources other than the state general fund.
(b) A district court, county court, and any other criminal justice official may enter into agreements with community corrections programs that provide residential substance abuse treatment, for the placement and supervision of offenders as a term and condition of probation when assessed treatment need levels indicate that residential substance abuse treatment is necessary and appropriate. The agreement is subject to review and approval by the community corrections board in the jurisdiction where a community corrections program is located. A community corrections program used pursuant to this subsection (4)(b) may receive funds from the correctional treatment cash fund, as well as local funding, public or private grants, or offender fees.
Source: L. 2002: Entire article added with relocations, p. 1386, § 2, effective October 1. L. 2003: (1)(a) amended, p. 1429, § 14, effective April 29. L. 2006: (1)(b.5) added, p. 342, § 6, effective July 1. L. 2011: (1)(h), IP(1)(i)(I), (1)(i)(IV), (1)(i)(VI), (1)(j), and (1)(k) amended, (SB 11-254), ch. 274, pp. 1237, 1236, §§ 3, 1, effective June 2; (2)(b) amended and (2)(e) added, (HB 11-1085), ch. 48, p. 124, § 1, effective August 10. L. 2012: (1)(k) amended, (SB 12-175), ch. 208, p. 865, § 109, effective July 1. L. 2013: (1)(g.5) added and (4) amended, (SB 13-250), ch. 333, p. 1902, § 3, effective October 1. L. 2016: (4)(b) amended, (HB 16-1278), ch. 188, p. 664, § 2, effective May 20. L. 2017: (1)(g.5) amended, (SB 17-294), ch. 264, p. 1393, § 38, effective May 25. L. 2018: (2) amended, (HB 18-1251), ch. 272, p. 1670, § 3, effective August 8. L. 2020: (1)(g) amended, (HB 20-1019), ch. 9, p. 26, § 7, effective March 6; (2)(f) added, (SB 20-085), ch. 245, p. 1176, § 1, effective July 7. L. 2021: (1)(a) amended, (SB 21-059), ch. 136, p. 718, § 41, effective October 1; (4) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3169, § 184, effective March 1, 2022.