Colorado § 26-7.5-102 - Definitions.

§ 26-7.5-102. Definitions.

As used in this article 7.5, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Culturally specific program" means a program operated by a nongovernmental agency or tribal organization with the primary purpose of providing culturally specific and culturally responsive services by providers from diverse cultural backgrounds to American Indians, including Alaska Natives, Eskimos, and Aleuts; Asian Americans; Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders; Blacks; Hispanics; or any underserved population in order to assist victims of domestic violence and sexual assault, which may include acts of teen dating violence or stalking.

(2) "Domestic violence" means an act or pattern of behavior in which a person uses or threatens to use physical, sexual, mental, or emotional abuse to control another individual with whom the person is or was in an intimate relationship.

(3) "Domestic violence program" means a culturally and linguistically appropriate community-based or community-oriented program, which may include residential facilities, that uses victim advocates, as defined in section 13-90-107 (1)(k), and that is operated by a nongovernmental agency or federally recognized Indian tribe and established pursuant to the criteria set forth in section 26-7.5-103, to assist victims of domestic violence and their dependents, including victims of teen dating violence or stalking.

(4) "Nongovernmental agency" means any person, private nonprofit agency, corporation, or other nongovernmental agency.

(5) "Sexual assault" means any act or threatened act that is sexual in nature or intent and causes harm, including sexual harassment, sexual abuse, sexual assault, and rape.

(6) "Sexual assault program" means a culturally and linguistically appropriate community-based or community-oriented program to assist victims of sexual assault, which may include teen dating violence or stalking, that uses victim advocates, as defined in section 13-90-107 (1)(k), and that is operated by a nongovernmental agency or federally recognized Indian tribe and is established pursuant to the criteria set forth in section 26-7.5-103.

(7) "Stalking" means any act described in section 18-3-602.

(8) "State domestic violence or sexual assault coalition" means a coalition designated as the state domestic violence coalition by the federal department of health and human services or designated as the state sexual assault coalition by the federal centers for disease control and prevention.

(9) "Teen dating violence" means:

(a) A pattern of behavior in which a person uses or threatens to use physical, sexual, mental, or emotional abuse to control another person who is in a dating relationship with the person, and one or both persons are under eighteen years of age; or

(b) Behavior by which a person uses or threatens to use sexual violence against another person who is in a dating relationship with the person, and one or both persons are under eighteen years of age.

(10) "Tribal domestic violence or sexual assault coalition" means a tribal coalition that provides services to victims of domestic violence or sexual assault and that satisfies the criteria set forth in 34 U.S.C. sec. 10441 (d)(2)(A).

(11) "Underserved population" means a population that faces barriers in accessing and using victim services, and includes a population underserved because of religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, race or ethnicity, language barriers, disabilities, alienage, age, or geographic location.

Source: L. 83: Entire article added, p. 1136, § 1, effective July 1. L. 99: (2) amended, p. 1177, § 2, effective June 2. L. 2022: Entire section amended, (SB 22-183), ch. 194, p. 1297, § 2, effective May 19.