HB 18-1040

House Bill 18-1040, also known as the Inmate Treatment Incentive Plans bill, aims to improve mental health care for inmates in Colorado's correctional system. Specifically, it requires the Department of Corrections to track how many inmates need sex offender treatment and aren't getting it, create incentives to attract more mental health professionals to provide this treatment in areas where it’s hard to find such professionals, and report back on these efforts. Since the bill has been signed into law, the Department of Corrections is now required to implement these measures to help address the needs of inmates with mental health disorders related to sex offenses.

Official Summary

Legislative Oversight Committee Concerning the Treatment of Persons with Mental Health Disorders in the Criminal and Juvenile Justice Systems. The bill requires the department of corrections to: Monitor the number of inmates who need sex offender treatment or services and the number who are not receiving such treatment or services; Develop an incentive plan to contract for more mental health professionals to provide sex offender treatment or services in difficult-to-serve geographic areas; and Report to the joint budget committee the number of inmates needing treatment or services, the number not receiving the treatment or services, and the impact of the incentive plan.(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) Read More

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