(1) A board of county commissioners or the city council of the city and county of Denver or more than one board of county commissioners may adopt a written resolution requiring approval by a juvenile community review board of residential community placements within its county of juveniles under commitment to the department of human services. Upon the effective date of such resolution and notice to the department of human services, no juvenile committed to the custody of the department of human services shall be placed into a residential community placement in that county or region unless and until such placement is approved by the juvenile community review board.
(1.5) A juvenile community review board may be consolidated with other local advisory boards pursuant to section 24-1.7-103, C.R.S.
Notification of any placement of a juvenile under the jurisdiction of the juvenileparole board shall be made to the juvenile community review board prior to or at the time of placement.
(a) Prior to placement of a juvenile in a residential community placement, the juvenile community review board shall review the case file of the juvenile. It is the responsibility of the department of human services to provide accurate information regarding the juvenile and the proposed placement to the juvenile community review board. Such information shall include, but not be limited to, a history of delinquent adjudications, a social history, an educational history, a mental health treatment history, a drug and alcohol treatment history, and a summary of institutional progress. Each juvenile referred to the board shall be reviewed within fifteen days from the date the referral is received.
The board shall review the case file of the juvenile and make a decision regardingresidential community placement, taking into consideration the results of a validated risk and needs assessment adopted pursuant to section 24-33.5-2402 (1) by the department of human services, the criteria established by the juvenile community review board based on the interests of the community, and guidance established by the department of human services in consultation with the juvenile justice reform committee established pursuant to section 24-33.5-2401. The criteria must be based upon researched factors that have been demonstrated to be correlative to risk to the community.
All names, addresses, and information regarding a juvenile reviewed by the juvenilecommunity review board shall be confidential and not disclosed except to such board or its designees, the Colorado bureau of investigation, and any law enforcement agency, without express written permission of the juvenile and the legal custodian.
(4) Repealed.
Source: L. 96: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 1606, § 1, effective January 1, 1997. L. 97: (1.5) added, p. 1191, § 13, effective July 1. L. 98: (4) repealed, p. 730, § 19, effective May 18. L. 2019: (3)(b) amended, (SB 19-108), ch. 294, p. 2695, § 3, effective July 1.
Editor's note: (1) This section was formerly numbered as 19-2-1303, 19-2-1304, and 19-2-1305. Prior to relocation in 1996, the said sections 19-2-1303, 19-2-1304, and 19-2-1305 were contained in a title that was repealed and reenacted in 1987. Provisions of those sections, as they existed in 1987, are similar to those contained in 19-8.5-103, 19-8.5-104, and 19-8.5-105 as said sections existed in 1987 prior to said sections being superseded by the repeal and reenactment of this title.
(2) The former section 19-2-210 was relocated to section 19-2-511 when this article was amended with relocations in 1996.