Colorado Code
Part 3 - Detention
§ 19-2.5-305. Detention and Shelter - Hearing - Time Limits - Findings - Review - Confinement With Adult Offenders - Restrictions







































(b) (I) [ Editor's note: This version of subsection (3)(b)(I) is effective July 1, 2024. ] If it appears that a juvenile being held in detention or temporary shelter may have an intellectual and developmental disability, as described in article 10.5 of title 27, the court or detention personnel shall refer the juvenile to the nearest case management agency, as defined in section 25.5-6-1702, for an eligibility determination. If it appears that a juvenile being held in a detention or temporary shelter facility pursuant to this article 2.5 may have a mental health disorder, as provided in sections 27-65-105 and 27-65-106, the intake personnel or other appropriate personnel shall contact a mental health professional to do a mental health hospital placement prescreening on the juvenile. The court must be notified of the contact and may take appropriate action. If a mental health hospital placement prescreening is requested, it must be conducted in an appropriate place accessible to the juvenile and the mental health professional. A request for a mental health hospital placement prescreening must not extend the time within which a detention hearing must be held pursuant to this section. If a detention hearing has been set but has not yet occurred, the mental health hospital placement prescreening must be conducted prior to the hearing; except that the prescreening must not extend the time within which a detention hearing must be held.














































Source: L. 2021: (3)(a)(VII)(C), (4)(e)(I), and (5) amended, (SB 21-071), ch. 463, p. 3333, § 2, effective July 6; entire article added with relocations, (SB 21-059), ch. 136, p. 579, § 2, effective October 1; (3)(b)(I) amended, (HB 21-1187), ch. 83, p. 326, § 8, effective July 1, 2024.