Colorado 2023 Regular Session Status: Enacted 2 D cosponsors

HB 23-1013 — Use Of Restrictive Practices In Prisons

Last action — Governor Signed

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 09, 2023. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Jared Polis (Democratic) on June 05, 2023.

Prognosis

Advancing 56% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 3 sponsors

    3 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (2 D).

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Summary

The act requires the department of corrections (department), by July 1, 2027, to implement policies and practices that conform to nationally recognized minimum standards concerning restraint and seclusion standards of inmates. The act requires the department to uniformly document restraint incidents. The act requires certain facilities to perform an evaluation of every individual at intake to assess the individual's risk of self-harm behaviors and whether the individual has previously been subjected to four-point restraints. The act prohibits the use of an involuntary medication on an individual, unless: The individual is determined to be dangerous to the individual's self or another person and the treatment is in the individual's medical interest; All less restrictive alternative interventions have been exhausted; and The involuntary medication is administered after exhaustion of procedural requirements, including majority approval by an involuntary medication committee comprised of medical professionals and the superintendent of the facility. The act requires the department to submit an annual report to the judiciary committees of the senate and house of representatives with data concerning the use of restraints and involuntary medication in the preceding calendar year, and present the findings at the department's annual "SMART Act" hearing. The act requires the department to include specific data concerning the placement of individuals in settings with heightened restrictions in its annual administrative segregation report. For the 2023-24 state fiscal year, the act appropriates $18,872 to the from the general fund, of which $12,000 is reappropriated to the office of information technology. APPROVED by Governor June 5, 2023 EFFECTIVE June 5, 2023 (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

23 added · 17 removed

Plain-language change summary

The amendment changes the title of the bill from "ENGROSSED" to "REENGROSSED" and updates the section about the version of the bill that includes all amendments adopted. This signifies that the current version of the bill reflects all changes made up to the point of reengrossment, ensuring that any summary provided will accurately represent the latest iteration if the bill progresses.

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First Regular Session Seventy-fourth General Assembly STATE OF COLORADO ENGROSSED This Version Includes All Amendments Adopted on Second Reading in the House of Introduction LLS NO.
First Regular Session Seventy-fourth General Assembly STATE OF COLORADO REENGROSSED This Version Includes All Amendments Adopted in the House of Introduction LLS NO.
23-0162.03 Jacob Baus x2173 HOUSE BILL 23-1013 HOUSE SPONSORSHIP Amabile, SENATE SPONSORSHIP Fields and Rodriguez, House Committees Senate Committees Judiciary Appropriations A BILL FOR AN ACT C ONCERNING MEASURES TO REGULATE THE USE OF RESTRICTIVE PRACTICES ON INDIVIDUALS IN CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES .
23-0162.03 Jacob Baus x2173 HOUSE BILL 23-1013 HOUSE SPONSORSHIP Amabile, Bacon,Bird,Boesenecker,Brown,deGruyKennedy,Dickson,Froelich,Gonzales- Gutierrez, Herod, Jodeh, Lindsay, Lindstedt, Mabrey, Michaelson Jenet, Ortiz, Parenti, Sharbini, Sirota, Snyder, Story, Velasco, Weissman, Willford, Woodrow, Young SENATE SPONSORSHIP Fields and Rodriguez, House Committees Senate Committees Judiciary Appropriations A BILL FOR AN ACT C ONCERNING MEASURES TO REGULATE THE USE OF RESTRICTIVE PRACTICES ON INDIVIDUALS IN CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES .
This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does notreflectanyamendmentsthatmaybesubsequentlyadopted.Ifthisbill passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at http://leg.colorado.gov/.) Legislative Oversight Committee Concerning the Treatment of Persons with Behavioral Health Disorders in the Criminal and JuvenileJusticeSystems.Thebillprohibitstheuseofaclinicalrestraint on an individual, unless:
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! The use is to prevent the individual from committing i a 2 imminent and serious harm to the individual's self or E e 2 U d 1 O 2 i Shading denotes HOUSE amendment.
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Action History

  1. Governor Signed

  2. Signed by the Speaker of the House

  3. Signed by the President of the Senate

  4. Sent to the Governor

  5. House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass

  6. Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments

  7. Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole

  8. Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee

  9. Senate Committee on Judiciary Refer Unamended to Appropriations

  10. Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Judiciary

  11. House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments

  12. House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole

  13. House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee

  14. House Committee on Judiciary Refer Amended to Appropriations

  15. Introduced In House - Assigned to Judiciary

Sponsors

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3 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 99 not signed on

Sponsors (3)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (99)

99 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 23-1013 do?
The act requires the department of corrections (department), by July 1, 2027, to implement policies and practices that conform to nationally recognized minimum standards concerning restraint and seclusion standards of inmates. The act requires the department to uniformly document restraint incidents. The act requires certain facilities to perform an evaluation of every individual at intake to assess the individual's risk of self-harm behaviors and whether the individual has previously been subjected to four-point restraints. The act prohibits the use of an involuntary medication on an individual, unless: The individual is determined to be dangerous to the individual's self or another person and the treatment is in the individual's medical interest; All less restrictive alternative interventions have been exhausted; and The involuntary medication is administered after exhaustion of procedural requirements, including majority approval by an involuntary medication committee comprised of medical professionals and the superintendent of the facility. The act requires the department to submit an annual report to the judiciary committees of the senate and house of representatives with data concerning the use of restraints and involuntary medication in the preceding calendar year, and present the findings at the department's annual "SMART Act" hearing. The act requires the department to include specific data concerning the placement of individuals in settings with heightened restrictions in its annual administrative segregation report. For the 2023-24 state fiscal year, the act appropriates $18,872 to the from the general fund, of which $12,000 is reappropriated to the office of information technology. APPROVED by Governor June 5, 2023 EFFECTIVE June 5, 2023 (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Who sponsors HB 23-1013?
HB 23-1013 is sponsored by Robert Rodriguez (Democrat), Rhonda Fields, and Judy Amabile (Democrat).
What is the current status of HB 23-1013?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 09, 2023. Enacted.
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