SB13-239 Summary

• Private probation supervision providers are prohibited from having financial interests in treatment entities (offender treatment, chemical dependency education, domestic violence, or mental health services) that serve the same defendant.

• A waiver allowing a probation provider to also provide court-ordered treatment to the same client is permitted only if no private treatment agency exists within 50 miles of the defendant's home.

• Private probation providers are prohibited from directing defendants they supervise to a particular treatment provider.

• Violations are subject to escalating licensing penalties: warning for first violation, license suspension for second violation, and permanent license revocation for third violation.

• Sentencing courts must notify defendants of these prohibitions and the complaint process when imposing probation sentences.