Colorado settles with Disability Law Colorado, agreeing to an outside consultant on competency delays
Under the August 2016 agreement, the Department of Human Services must retain an independent consultant to help design procedures that prevent new backlogs and to monitor compliance. The arrangement runs through July 2021 but could end as early as January 2019 if the state meets performance conditions, and the state must pay $196,000 in fees.
Disability Law Colorado had alleged about 100 people waited months for evaluations and accused the agency of falsifying data to hide the backlog. The department disputed that, saying it fell out of compliance for only two months over a three-year stretch.
This was the second settlement in the long-running case and set the stage for later, tougher enforcement.
Source: Colorado to hire consultant to ensure speedy competency evaluations for inmates — The Gazette (Colorado Springs), by Jakob Rodgers
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