Colorado
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Report finds Colorado's competency-restoration backlog persists years after settlement Statewide
Source: Common Sense Institute, by Erik Gamm and John Kellner
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Colorado further reforms competency evaluation and certification rules Statewide
Source: Colorado General Assembly
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Colorado overhauls competency process, funds new hospital beds Statewide
Source: Colorado General Assembly
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Colorado passes $54 million bed expansion as competency waits reach nearly 90 days Statewide
Source: Colorado Newsline, by Faith Miller
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Colorado's Pueblo hospital faces a federal safety deadline as the competency waitlist hits a record
Source: The Gazette (Colorado Springs), by Debbie Kelley
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Bed closures at Colorado's state psychiatric hospital linked to jail suicides
Source: Colorado Public Radio, by Allison Sherry
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Pandemic admission limits push Colorado toward millions more in competency fines Statewide
Source: The Gazette (Colorado Springs), by Lance Benzel
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Reporting finds Colorado still under fines and short of competency beds a year after consent decree Statewide
Source: Rocky Mountain PBS, by John Ferrugia
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Colorado settles years-long lawsuit over competency evaluation delays Statewide
Source: Disability Law Colorado
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Colorado officials face repeated contempt threats as the competency waitlist balloons Statewide
Source: Colorado Public Radio, by Allison Sherry
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Disability Law Colorado asks court to force the state to meet competency deadlines Statewide
Source: The Gazette (Colorado Springs), by Jakob Rodgers
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Demand for competency orders jumps again as Colorado misses its 28-day deadline Statewide
Source: The Denver Post (republished by Corrections1), by Jennifer Brown
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Colorado settles with Disability Law Colorado, agreeing to an outside consultant on competency delays Statewide
Source: The Gazette (Colorado Springs), by Jakob Rodgers
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Colorado passes law on where competency evaluations are performed Statewide
Source: Colorado General Assembly
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Colorado's Pueblo hospital says its competency backlog is cleared after emergency spending
Source: The Gazette (Colorado Springs), by Jakob Rodgers
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Advocates say Colorado is breaching its 2012 deal on speedy competency evaluations Statewide
Source: CBS Colorado (Associated Press), by Dan Elliott