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Second Regular Session

Sixty-first General Assembly

LLS NO. 98­0254.01 JLB HOUSE BILL 98­1004

STATE OF COLORADO

BY REPRESENTATIVES Epps, Hagedorn, Kreutz, and Leyba;

also SENATOR Hopper.

REREVISED

HEWI

A BILL FOR AN ACT

CONCERNING THE REGULATION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TREATMENT PROVIDERS WHO TREAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PERPETRATORS PURSUANT TO COURT ORDER.

Bill Summary

(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does not necessarily reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted.)

Sunset Process ­ House Health, Environment, Welfare, and Institutions Committee. Continues the current system of certifying domestic violence treatment programs by local certification boards until new standards are adopted by the division of criminal justice in the department of public safety. Thereafter, requires the division of registrations in the department of regulatory agencies to certify treatment providers using such new standards.

Establishes a sunset date of July 1, 2004, for the new certification process.


Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:

SECTION 1.  18­6­805, Colorado Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

18­6­805.  Repeal of sections ­ repeal. (1)  Sections 18­6­802 and 18­6­803 are repealed, effective July 1, 1998 JULY 1, 2000. Prior to such repeal, the functions of certifying and setting standards for domestic violence treatment programs by local boards and the commission on domestic violence shall be reviewed as provided for in section 24­34­104, C.R.S. Such review shall be made by the sunrise and sunset review committee which conducts THE SAME LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE OR COMMITTEES OF REFERENCE, DESIGNATED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2­3­1201, C.R.S., THAT WILL CONDUCT such review pursuant to section 12­43­712, C.R.S.

(2)  This section is repealed, effective July 1, 1998 JULY 1, 2000.

SECTION 2.  Repeal.  24­34­104 (27) (e), Colorado Revised Statutes, is repealed as follows:

24­34­104.  General assembly review of regulatory agencies and functions for termination, continuation, or reestablishment. (27) (e)  The following function of the commission on domestic violence in the judicial department shall terminate on July 1, 1998: The function of certifying and setting standards for domestic violence treatment programs in accordance with sections 18­6­802 and 18­6­803, C.R.S.

SECTION 3.  24­34­104, Colorado Revised Statutes, is amended BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SUBSECTION to read:

24­34­104.  General assembly review of regulatory agencies and functions for termination, continuation, or reestablishment. (39)  THE FOLLOWING AGENCIES, FUNCTIONS, OR BOTH, SHALL TERMINATE ON JULY 1, 2000: THE FUNCTION OF THE COMMISSION ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN THE JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT OF CERTIFYING AND SETTING STANDARDS FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TREATMENT PROGRAMS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTIONS 18­6­802 AND 18­6­803, C.R.S.

SECTION 4.  Safety clause. The general assembly hereby finds, determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety.