2020 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 16 - Criminal Proceedings
Article 8.5. Competency to Proceed
Section 16-8.5-121. Restoration services placement guideline - committee - creation - repeal.
(1) By January 1, 2020, the department shall create a committee of experts in forensic services to create a placement guideline to be used by all competency evaluators when determining the correct clinical location for competency restoration services to occur. The committee consists of the following individuals:
Three state-licensed forensic psychologists or psychiatrists, one of whom must be aforensic psychiatrist, currently able to practice medicine in the state who are not employed by the department;
Two state-licensed forensic clinicians, one of whom must be a forensic psychiatristcurrently able to practice medicine in the state and one of whom must be a forensic psychologist licensed in the state, both of whom must be employed by the department;
Two experts in forensic psychiatry representing one or more institutions of highereducation;
One member who is clinically trained representing the department;
One member representing the judicial department who is directly involved in ordering and reviewing competency evaluations; and
One member who is clinically trained representing community mental health providers.
The members of the committee shall serve voluntarily without pay or reimbursementfor expenses.
The placement guideline must be created by July 1, 2020, and must be used by allforensic evaluators on and after January 1, 2021, to ensure consistency in evaluations across the state.
This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2021.
Source: L. 2019: Entire section added, (SB 19-223), ch. 227, p. 2289, § 10, effective July 1.
