DHS Department of Human Services Employee Discipline Harm To Vulnerable Persons
It became law on Apr 23, 2018.
- Stage
- Became law
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 3
- Latest action
- Apr 23, 2018
What it does
The Colorado department of human services (department) operates numerous facilities in the state that provide direct care to vulnerable people, including veterans and their families, youth in rehabilitation programs, people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and people with mental health diagnoses. Current law specifies when an employee of the department (employee) will be suspended or dismissed after being charged with specified criminal offenses. However, the department has encountered difficulty in suspending, dismissing, or otherwise disciplining employees through the administrative process when the employee was involved in an egregious incident of mistreatment of a…
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This bill passed and is now law.
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Once a bill is decided, the questions are about what is done with it in Colorado.