Date: 05/03/2012

Final
BILL SUMMARY for SB12-104

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Refer Senate Bill 12-104 to the Committee on FinanPASS



01:58 PM -- Senate Bill 12-104

Representative DelGrosso, sponsor, presented Senate Bill 12-104 concerning consolidation of drug treatment funding into the Correctional Treatment Fund. This reengrossed bill consolidates funding for substance abuse treatment for adult and juvenile offenders. The bill renames the existing Drug Offender Surcharge Fund to the Correctional Treatment Cash Fund (CTCF). The Drug Offender Treatment Fund is repealed, with its fund balance transferred into the new CTCF.

Beginning in FY 2012-13, a minimum of $2.2 million is required to be deposited into the fund each year from savings generated by Senate Bill 03-318. Under current law, savings from House Bill 10-1352 are deposited into the Drug Offender Surcharge Fund. As amended, this bill redirects these moneys to the CTCF and specifies the minimum amounts to be transferred as $7,656,200 for FY 2012-13 and, beginning in FY 2013-14, $9.5 million per year thereafter.

The bill repeals the existing six-member committee and Interagency Task Force on Treatment and replaces them with a single eight-member Correctional Treatment Board. The new board includes representation from state and local agencies serving adult and juvenile offenders and is tasked with preparing an annual treatment funding plan.

Finally, the bill clarifies requirements and expands the membership of judicial district drug offender treatment boards. Each group is required to submit an annual recommendation to the board for approval of funding of local treatment needs.

02:01 PM -- Jeff Clayton, representing the Judicial Branch, testified in support of the bill.

02:03 PM -- Peg Ackerman, representing the County Sheriffs of Colorado and Sheriff Grayson Robinson, testified in support of the bill.
BILL:SB12-104
TIME: 02:04:33 PM
MOVED:DelGrosso
MOTION:Refer Senate Bill 12-104 to the Committee on Finance. The motion passed on a vote of 10-0, with 1 excused.
SECONDED:Nikkel
VOTE
Baumgardner
Yes
DelGrosso
Yes
Duran
Yes
Kagan
Yes
Lee
Yes
Nikkel
Yes
Pabon
Yes
Ryden
Yes
Sonnenberg
Yes
Waller
Yes
Gardner B.
Excused
Final YES: 10 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS