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Senate advances and amends bill to create pathways for people with serious mental health disorders
Summary
The Colorado Senate advanced Senate Bill 149 on second reading April 23 after adopting multiple amendments that narrow some near-term fiscal assumptions and remove an over-expenditure authority for Department of Human Services; the bill—sponsors say—creates placements for people incompetent to proceed and includes a five-year repeal provision for review.
Senate members on April 23 advanced Senate Bill 149, a measure sponsors say creates pathways into placements for people who are incompetent to proceed in court because of serious mental health or neurocognitive conditions. The Senate took the bill up on special order, considered and adopted several amendments, and ordered it engrossed for third reading and final passage.
Senator Amabile, a sponsor, told colleagues the bill reflects months of work in judiciary and appropriations committees and a large drafting effort to address gaps that have left some people without appropriate placements. "I ask for a yes vote," Amabile said as the committees' reports were…
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