HB 24-1079

House Bill 24-1079 in Colorado stops police and emergency patrol officers from putting juveniles in jail when they take them into protective custody. Starting July 1, 2024, law enforcement agencies and treatment facilities must report information about people taken into protective custody to the behavioral health administration. This bill also provides funding for the Behavioral Health Administration to handle these new reporting requirements. The governor signed this bill on May 17, 2024, making it official law from that date onwards.

Official Summary

The act prohibits a law enforcement officer or emergency service patrol officer who takes a juvenile into protective custody from detaining the juvenile in jail. Beginning July 1, 2024, the act requires each local law enforcement agency that has taken a person into protective custody to provide an annual report to the behavioral health administration that includes disaggregated and nonidentifying information concerning persons who were taken into protective custody in an approved treatment facility or detained in an emergency medical facility or jail. Beginning July 1, 2024, the act requires each approved treatment facility or emergency medical services facility that detains a person under protective custody or detains or holds a person on an emergency commitment to provide a quarterly report to the behavioral health administration that includes information about the persons detained or held at the facility. The act appropriates $64,738 from the general fund to the department of human services for use by the behavioral health administration. APPROVED by Governor May 17, 2024 EFFECTIVE May 17, 2024(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

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