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JBC directs split of CBI lab/investigative budget lines, delays some staffing and reimbursement decisions amid assault‑kit backlog review
Summary
The committee ordered the Colorado Bureau of Investigation’s subdivision budget split into separate program lines for laboratory services and investigative services to improve transparency while it considers proposals to speed forensic testing of sexual‑assault kits.
The Joint Budget Committee considered Department of Public Safety follow‑up materials about the CBI laboratory backlog of sexual‑assault kits and related policy proposals. Staff recommended several actions to increase transparency and to create options for capacity building.
Alfredo Kim (JBC staff) said the department agreed with some staff recommendations but raised questions about capacity and the fiscal mechanics of a proposed reimbursement payment to local labs and a statewide coordinator position. Staff proposed splitting the CBI subdivision’s single personal‑services and operating expense…
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