Colorado Code § 17-40-106

Responsibilities of the superintendent
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(1) The superintendent shall be
responsible for the administration of diagnostic services and the supervision of the employees of
the program.
(2) The superintendent shall be responsible for the management, control, regulation, and
operation of the physical facilities and for the reception, discipline, and confinement of all
offenders.
(3) The superintendent or superintendent's designee shall separate all offenders in the
diagnostic program from the offenders in the correctional institution.
(4) (a) The superintendent may implement a behavioral or mental health disorder
screening program to screen offenders entering the diagnostic center. If the superintendent
chooses to implement a behavioral or mental health disorder screening program, the
superintendent shall use the standardized screening instrument developed pursuant to section 16-
11.9-102 and conduct the screening in accordance with procedures established pursuant to said
section.
(b) Prior to implementation of a behavioral or mental health disorder screening program
pursuant to this subsection (4), if implementation of the program would require an increase in
appropriations, the superintendent shall submit to the joint budget committee a request for
funding in the amount necessary to implement the behavioral or mental health disorder screening
program. If implementation of the behavioral or mental health disorder screening program would
require an increase in appropriations, implementation of the program is conditional upon
approval of the funding request.

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