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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(1) There is hereby created a department of human services, the head of which shall be the executive director of the department of human services, which office is hereby created. The governor shall appoint the executive director, with the consent of the senate, and the executive director shall serve at the pleasure of the governor. The reappointment of an executive director after initial election of a governor shall be subject to the provisions of section 24-20-109.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in title 26, the powers, duties, and functions of the department of human services include the powers, duties, and functions of the former department of social services and the former department of institutions, and the department of social services and the department of institutions are abolished.
(3) The powers, duties, and functions of the department of human services include the powers, duties, and functions of the former state board of social services, created in article 1 of title 26, which is renamed as the state board of human services. The state board of human services is a type 1 entity, as defined in section 24-1-105.
(4) Unless otherwise transferred to the department of early childhood, department of health care policy and financing, or the department of public health and environment, the department of human services exercises the following powers and performs the following duties and functions:
(a) The powers, duties, and functions relating to public assistance and welfare;
(b) Repealed by Laws 2015, Ch. 160, § 4, eff. July 1, 2016.
(c) Repealed by Laws 2001, Ch. 317, § 83, eff. June 5, 2001.
(5) The department of human services includes the following:
(a) The Colorado commission on the aging, created pursuant to section 26-11-101, and the office of the director of the commission, created pursuant to section 26-11-104, which are type 2 entities, as defined in section 24-1-105, and which exercise their powers and perform their duties and functions under the department of human services.
(b) The Colorado veterans community living center at Homelake, created pursuant to section 26-12-203, which is a type 2 entity, as defined in section 24-1-105.
(c) The Colorado veterans community living centers, created in part 2 of article 12 of title 26, which are type 2 entities, as defined in section 24-1-105.
(d) Repealed by Laws 2022, Ch. 469 (S.B. 22-162), § 63, eff. Aug. 10, 2022.
(e) The powers, duties, and functions regarding the state information agency pursuant to the “Uniform Interstate Family Support Act”, created in article 5 of title 14.
(f) The state office on aging, created in part 2 of article 11 of title 26. The state office on aging is a type 2 entity, as defined in section 24-1-105, and exercises its powers and performs its duties and functions under the department of human services.
(g) The adoption intermediary commission, created in part 3 of article 5 of title 19. The adoption intermediary commission is a type 1 entity, as defined in section 24-1-105, and exercises its powers and performs its duties and functions under the department of human services.
(h) The Colorado commission for the deaf, hard of hearing, and deafblind, created in article 21 of title 26. The Colorado commission for the deaf, hard of hearing, and deafblind is a type 2 entity, as defined in section 24-1-105, and exercises its powers and performs its duties and functions under the department.
(i) Repealed by Laws 2022, Ch. 469 (S.B. 22-162), § 63, eff. Aug. 10, 2022.
(j) Repealed by Laws 2005, Ch. 169, § 1, eff. July 1, 2007.
(k) The board of commissioners of veterans community living centers, created in section 26-12-402. The board of commissioners of veterans community living centers is a type 2 entity, as defined in section 24-1-105, and exercises its powers and performs its duties and functions under the department.
(l) Repealed by Laws 2007, Ch. 288, § 2, eff. July 1, 2012.
(m) The early childhood leadership commission created by part 3 of article 1 of title 26.5.
(6) The department consists of the following divisions, units, offices, and boards:
(a) Repealed by Laws 2002, Ch. 121, § 11, eff. July 1, 2002.
(b) Repealed by Laws 2008, Ch. 283, § 9, eff. July 1, 2008.
(c) The juvenile parole board, created pursuant to section 19-2.5-1201. The juvenile parole board is a type 1 entity, as defined in section 24-1-105, and exercises its powers and performs its duties and functions under the department of human services as a division thereof.
(d) Repealed by Laws 2023, Ch. 206 (H.B. 23-1236), § 5, eff. May 16, 2023.
(e) The division of youth services, created pursuant to section 19-2.5-1501, and the office of the director of the division of youth services are type 2 entities, as defined in section 24-1-105, and exercise their powers and perform their duties and functions under the department of human services.
(f) The behavioral health administration established in article 50 of title 27. The behavioral health administration and its powers, duties, and functions are transferred by a type 2 transfer to the department of human services.
(7) The department of human services shall supervise and control the following institutions, all of which are type 2 entities, as defined in section 24-1-105:
(a) Colorado mental health institute at Pueblo;
(b) Wheat Ridge regional center;
(c) Grand Junction regional center;
(d) Pueblo regional center;
(e) Lookout Mountain school at Golden;
(f) Mount View school at Morrison;
(g) Colorado mental health institute at Fort Logan, in Denver;
(h) Adams youth services center at Brighton;
(i) Gilliam youth services center at Denver;
(j) Grand Mesa youth services center at Grand Junction;
(k) Pueblo youth services center;
(l) Zebulon Pike youth services center at Colorado Springs;
(m) Lookout Mountain youth services center at Golden;
(n) Mount View youth services center at Denver;
(o) Lathrop Park youth camp at Walsenburg.
(8) The Colorado developmental disabilities council, created in part 2 of article 10.5 of title 27, is a type 1 entity, as defined in section 24-1-105, and exercises its powers and performs its duties and functions under the department of human services.
(9) The Colorado brain injury trust fund board, created in section 26-1-302, is a type 2 entity, as defined in section 24-1-105, and exercises its powers and performs its duties and functions under the department of human services.
(10) Repealed by Laws 2022, Ch. 123 (H.B. 22-1295), § 61, eff. July 1, 2022.
(11) The Tony Grampsas youth services board, created in section 26-6.8-103, is a type 2 entity, as defined in section 24-1-105, and exercises its powers and performs its duties and functions under the department of human services.
(12) The office of the ombudsman for behavioral health access to care, created in section 27-80-303, is a type 1 entity, as defined in section 24-1-105, and exercises its powers and performs its duties and functions under the department of human services.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Colorado Revised Statutes Title 24. Government State § 24-1-120. Department of human services--creation - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/co/title-24-government-state/co-rev-st-sect-24-1-120/
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