Colorado facilities would face regular immigration detention inspections

The state health department would conduct unannounced inspections and examinations of covered facilities at least once every three months. This covers local, county, and private facilities that house or detain noncitizens for civil immigration proceedings, including facilities working under federal immigration contracts. Facilities would pay the inspection fees and give inspectors access to detained people, records, officials, and personnel. Inspections would review food and drinking water safety, confinement conditions, and care for detained people. A facility that refuses an inspection or related disease investigation could face a civil penalty of up to $50,000 for each refusal. The department could spend money from the inspection fund only if the legislature provides an annual appropriation. Unannounced inspections and examinations would occur at least once every three months. The department would publish an annual compliance report by January 15, 2027, and by January 15 each year afterward.

The health department could require covered facilities to submit yearly health and conditions reports and follow specified housing and staffing requirements. The requirements would apply to local, county, and private facilities holding noncitizens for civil immigration proceedings, but not facilities operated directly by the federal government. Reports would cover health outcomes, dietary food access, facility temperatures, attorney access, and access to worship or quiet reflection. Facilities could be required not to house a minor in the same room as an unrelated adult. Facilities could be required to have medical and mental health professionals on site and accessible to detained noncitizens at all times. Each violation could carry a civil penalty of up to $50,000. The department's public compliance reports would begin by January 15, 2027, and continue each January 15.

The peace officer standards board would set training standards related to rules protecting immigrants, and the attorney general's office would publish a model personal-information policy. The training deadline would apply to people who are certified peace officers on July 1, 2026. The model policy would be available to entities covered by the cited state privacy law. Certified peace officers would have to complete the standards-based training before the deadline. The model policy would have to match the requirements of the state's personal-information protection law. The attorney general's office would make the model policy available by September 1, 2026. Peace officers certified on July 1, 2026, would complete the training by December 31, 2027. The training provision would be repealed effective July 1, 2028.