(1) The judicial department, the department of public health and environment, the department of corrections, the state board of parole, and the division of criminal justice of the department of public safety shall cooperate to develop programs for the periodic testing of offenders under the jurisdiction of each agency and programs for the periodic reassessment of appropriate offenders under the jurisdiction of each agency. Any such periodic testing or treatment of an offender shall be based upon recommendations of appropriate treatment and testing made in the initial substance abuse assessment required by section 18-1.3-209, C.R.S., or any subsequent reassessment.
(2) Any offender who tests positive for the use of alcohol or controlled substances subsequent to the initial test required by section 18-1.3-209, C.R.S., shall be subjected to a punitive sanction. The judicial department, the department of corrections, the state board of parole, and the division of criminal justice of the department of public safety shall cooperate to develop and make public a range of punitive sanctions for those offenders under the jurisdiction of each agency which are appropriate to the offenders supervised by each particular agency. Such punitive sanctions shall be formulated in such a way as to promote fairness and consistency in the treatment of offenders and may include, but shall not be limited to, increases in the level of an offender's supervision, increases in the use of electronic monitoring of an offender, loss of earned time granted pursuant to section 17-22.5-405, C.R.S., and referral of the offender to the court or the state board of parole for resentencing or revocation of probation or parole. It is the intent of the general assembly that any offender's test which is positive for the use of controlled substances or alcohol shall result in an intensified level of testing, treatment, supervision, or other sanctions designed to control abuse of substances for such offender.
(3) The judicial department, the department of corrections, the state board of parole, and the division of criminal justice of the department of public safety shall cooperate to develop a range of incentives for offenders under the jurisdiction of each particular agency to discontinue abuse of alcohol or controlled substances.
(4) On or before July 1, 1992, the state board of parole shall develop and make public guidelines for the revocation of parole due to the abuse of alcohol or controlled substances in violation of this article.
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