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July 11, 2023 HB 23-1249
Legislative Council Staff
Nonpartisan Services for Colorado’s Legislature
Final Fiscal Note
Drafting Number:
Prime Sponsors:
LLS 23-0634
Rep. Armagost; Gonzales-
Gutierrez
Sen. Simpson; Coleman
Date:
Bill Status:
Fiscal Analyst:
July 11, 2023
Signed into Law
Aaron Carpenter | 303-866-4918
aaron.carpenter@coleg.gov
Bill Topic: REDUCE JUSTICE-INVOLVEMENT FOR YOUNG CHILDREN
Summary of
Fiscal Impact:
☒ State Revenue
☒ State Expenditure
☐ State Transfer
☐ TABOR Refund
☒ Local Government
☐ Statutory Public Entity
The bill removes incentive funding for collaborative management programs; provides
additional funding to programs; and requires various reports from state and local
entities about the juvenile justice system. Starting in FY 2023-24, the bill increases
state and local revenue and expenditures.
Appropriation
Summary:
For FY 2023-24, the bill includes an appropriation of $3.4 million to the Department of
Human Services; however, the bill requires an appropriation of $3.5 million to various
state agencies.
Fiscal Note
Status:
This fiscal note reflects the enacted bill.
Table 1
State Fiscal Impacts Under HB 23-1249
Budget Year
FY 2023-24
Out Year
FY 2024-25
Revenue - -
Expenditures General Fund $2,349,924 $306,802
Cash Funds $1,165,039 $1,165,039
Centrally Appropriated $41,137 $50,195
Total Expenditures $3,556,100 $1,522,036
Total FTE 2.2 FTE 3.7 FTE
Transfers General Fund
1
($1,165,039) ($1,165,039)
Cash Funds $1,165,039 $1,165,039
Net Transfer $0 $0
Other Budget Impacts General Fund Reserve $527,244 $220,776
1
This transfer is made through an appropriation of funds.
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Summary of Legislation
Community Management Program incentive payments. Under current law, Collaborative
Management Programs (CMPs) receive incentive money when they meet certain performance based
measures. The bill removes these incentive payments and instead requires the Department of Human
Services (CDHS) to distribute funds based on its funding formula.
CMP duties and CDHS technical assistance. The bill requires that CMPs create one or more
individualized service and support teams and allows those teams to refer a child to services. In
addition, the bill requires the CDHS to create a model information form for children to allow law
enforcement, a district attorney, a school, a family resource center, a child advocacy center, and a
county department of human or social services to refer a child to a local collaborative management
program for assessment of services by December 1, 2023, and to provide training to CMPs on strategies
to address the needs of children who would benefit from integrated multi-agency services and to
develop services to support victims.
CMP funding. The bill requires the General Assembly to appropriate money to the Collaborative
Management Cash Fund to serve children who would benefit from integrated multi-agency services,
including those who are at risk of involvement with the juvenile justice system. The bill also requires
the General Assembly to appropriate $2.0 million from the General Fund to assist interested counties
that do not operate a CMP program in establishing one, or joining an existing one. Any unexpended
money from the $2.0 million reverts to the Collaborative Management Cash Fund. Finally, the bill
appropriates $1.2 million to the Collaborative Management Cash Fund to serve youth referred to
CMPs.
Reporting. The bill requires various reports about the juvenile justice system. It requires the Working
Group for Criteria for Placement of Juvenile Offenders in the CDHS to collect data on the services
received by youth; CMPs to report on the number of children and families referred to the programs;
and district attorneys to submit a report on children in diversion programs.
State Transfer
Starting in FY 2023-24, the bill requires a transfer of $1.2 million per year from the General Fund to
the Collaborative Management Fund to cover services for children who would benefit from
multi-agency services. This transfer occurs through an appropriation.
In addition, the bill requires any unspent General Fund money that is used for establishing additional
CMPs to revert to the Collaborative Cash Fund. Because it is unknown how much of the $2.0 million
appropriated by the bill will be unspent, the amount of money that will revert to the Collaborative
Cash Fund instead of staying in the General Fund cannot be estimated.
State Expenditures
The bill increases General Fund and cash fund expenditures by $3.6 million in FY 2023-24 and
$1.5 million in FY 2024-25 in the CDHS and Judicial Department, as shown in Table 2 and described
below. In addition, workload in the Behavioral Health Administration (BHA) may increase as
described below.
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Table 2
Expenditures Under HB 23-1249
FY 2023-24 FY 2024-25
Department of Human Services
Personal Services $91,668 $100,064
Operating Expenses $1,350 $1,350
Capital Outlay Costs $6,670 -
Database and Evaluation $82,723 $82,723
Funding Model $75,000 -
CMP Funding for Additional Children $1,165,039 $1,165,039
CMP Funding for Additional CMPs
1
$2,000,000 -
Centrally Appropriated Costs
2
$18,511 $20,394
FTE – Personal Services
0.9 FTE 2.0 FTE
DHS Subtotal $3,440,961 $1,369,570
Judicial Department
Personal Services $88,688 $118,250
Operating Expenses $3,825 $4,415
Centrally Appropriated Costs
2
$22,626 $29,801
FTE – Personal Services
1.3 FTE 1.7 FTE
Judicial Subtotal $115,139 $152,466
Total Costs $3,556,100 $1,522,036
Total FTE 2.2 FTE 3.7 FTE
1
Unspent funding may be spent in out years.
2
Centrally appropriated costs are not included in the bill's appropriation.
Department of Human Services. Expenditures in the CDHS will increase by $3.4 million in
FY 2023-24 and $1.4 million in FY 2024-25 to hire staff, update databases, create a funding model, and
to provide funding to CMPs.
CMP funding – staff. The CDHS requires 1.0 FTE to review and provide technical assistance to
counties and CMPs to implement the additional services as required by the bill and to help
establish new CMPs provide technical assistance, and to create an information form. Staffing costs
include personal services, operating expenses, and capital outlay costs. Costs in FY 2023-24 are
prorated for the General Fund pay date shift.
Database and evaluation. The CDHS will require a database to collect more data on CMPs and
an upgrade to the department’s child welfare data system (TRAILS) to capture documentation on
juveniles referred to a CMP to evaluate additional CMPs and their services. This is estimated to
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CMP funding – additional children. Starting in FY 2023-24, expenditures will increase by
$1.2 million to provide funding to CMPs to as required by the bill for youth referred to CMPS.
CMP funding – additional CMPS. In FY 2023-24 only, expenditures in the CDHS will increase
by $2.0 million to establish new CMPs. Any unspent funding reverts to the Collaborative
Management Fund and may be spent on CMP youth services, as discussed in the bullet above.
Judicial Department. Starting in FY 2023-24, the Probation Division will require 1.7 FTE for probation
officers to serve on additional CMPs, and to allocate more time to serving additional children to CMPs.
The fiscal note estimates that workload to probation officers will increase by 10 hours per month for
21 CMPs that have probation officers serving on them. Costs in FY 2023-24 are prorated for a General
Fund pay date shift and the September 1 start date.
Behavioral Health Administration. The fiscal note assumes that juveniles referred to the BHA from
CMPs already qualify under the current definition of priority population; therefore, no change in
appropriations is required.
Centrally appropriated costs. Pursuant to a Joint Budget Committee policy, certain costs associated
with this bill are addressed through the annual budget process and centrally appropriated in the Long
Bill or supplemental appropriations bills, rather than in this bill. These costs, which include employee
insurance and supplemental employee retirement payments, are shown in Table 2.
Other Budget Impacts
General Fund reserve. Under current law, an amount equal to 15 percent of General Fund
appropriations must be set aside in the General Fund statutory reserve. Based on this fiscal note, the
bill is expected to increase the amount of General Fund held in reserve by the amounts shown in
Table 1, decreasing the amount of General Fund available for other purposes.
Local Government
District attorney offices. Expenditures to the various district attorney offices will increase to get
required data from the various diversion program providers, manage and review individual reports,
and to record the data in the data collection software maintained by the Colorado District Attorney
Council. It is estimated that this work will cost on average about $455 of personnel time per office.
Colorado District Attorneys’ Council. Costs to the Colorado District Attorneys’ Council will increase
to enhance their juvenile diversion program module to help with data collection and reporting. It is
estimated that the required programming and testing will take 80 hours at $120 per hour for a total
cost of $9,600.
Counties. Starting in FY 2023-24, revenue and expenditures to counties will increase to CMPs to
provide additional services and to establish additional CMPs. In addition, workload will increase to
compile a report, as required by the bill.
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Effective Date
The bill was signed into law by the Governor on June 1, 2023, and takes effect on August 7, 2023,
assuming no referendum petition is filed.
State Appropriations
For FY 2023-24, the bill includes General Fund appropriations totaling $3,422,450 including:
$2,257,411 from the General Fund to the Department of Human Services and 1.0 FTE; and
$1,165,039 from the General Fund to the Collaborative Management Cash Fund, which is further
appropriated to the Department of Human Services
The bill also requires, but does not currently include, appropriations of $92,513 from the General Fund
to the Judicial Department and 1.3 FTE in FY 2023-24.
State and Local Government Contacts
Corrections Counties District Attorneys
Education Human Services Information Technology
Judicial Law Municipalities
Public Safety
The revenue and expenditure impacts in this fiscal note represent changes from current law under the bill for each
fiscal year. For additional information about fiscal notes, please visit: leg.colorado.gov/fiscalnotes.