Senate Bill 19-211 Summary

• Creates a mental health criminal justice diversion grant program administered by the state court administrator to establish pilot programs in four designated judicial districts.

• Allocates $50,000 per year to each participating district attorney's office for personnel and administrative costs, with total annual grants not to exceed $750,000.

• Requires annual reports to the Joint Budget Committee and Judiciary Committees beginning November 1, 2019, including program descriptions, participant demographics, outcomes, expenditures, and program adequacy assessments.

• Requires the November 1, 2021 report to include an evaluation component with best practice recommendations from the Colorado Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice.

• Appropriates $442,543 to the judicial department for the 2019-20 fiscal year from the general fund and sunsets the program June 30, 2022.