C.R.S. § 27-80-126 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 80 / Part 1 / Section 27-80-126
27-80-126. Recovery support services grant program - creation - eligibility - reporting req
Status: in_force

27-80-126. Recovery support services grant program - creation - eligibility - reporting requirements - appropriation - rules - definitions. (1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) "Grant program" means the recovery support services grant program created in this section.

(b) "Recovery community organization" means an independent, nonprofit organization led and governed by representatives of local communities of recovery that organize recovery-focused policy advocacy activities, carry out recovery-focused community education and outreach programs, or provide peer-run recovery support services.

(2) There is created in the behavioral health administration the recovery support services grant program, referred to in this section as the "grant program", to provide grants to recovery community organizations for the purpose of providing recovery-oriented services to individuals with a substance use disorder or co-occurring substance use and mental health disorder.

(3) A recovery community organization that receives a grant from the grant program may use the money to:

(a) Offer opportunities for individuals with a substance use disorder or co-occurring substance use and mental health disorder in recovery to engage in activities focused on mental or physical wellness or community service;

(b) Provide guidance to individuals with a substance use disorder or co-occurring substance use and mental health disorder and their family members on the many pathways for recovery, navigating treatment, social services, and recovery support systems;

(c) Help individuals with a substance use disorder or co-occurring substance use and mental health disorder to connect with resources needed to initiate and maintain recovery as outlined by the federal substance abuse and mental health services administration's four dimensions of recovery: Health, home, community, and purpose;

(d) Assist in establishing and sustaining a social and physical environment supportive of recovery;

(e) Provide local and state recovery resources to recovery community organization participants and community members; and

(f) Provide recovery support services for caregivers and families of individuals recovering from a substance use and co-occurring mental health disorder.

(4) The BHA shall administer the grant program. Subject to available appropriations, the BHA shall disburse grant money appropriated pursuant to subsection (8) of this section to each managed service organization designated pursuant to section 27-80-107.

(5) The BHA shall implement the grant program in accordance with this section. Pursuant to article 4 of title 24, the BHA shall promulgate rules as necessary to implement the grant program.

(6) (a) To receive a grant, a recovery community organization must submit an application to the applicable managed service organization in accordance with rules promulgated by the BHA.

(b) Each managed service organization shall review the applications received pursuant to this section. In awarding grants, the managed service organization shall prioritize an applicant whose program outlines the capacity to deliver recovery support services to meet the needs of diverse racial, cultural, income, ability, and other underserved groups, including the delivery of recovery support services by culturally responsive and trauma-informed professionals.

(7) (a) On or before December 1, 2023, and on or before December 1 each year thereafter, each managed service organization that awards grants shall submit a report to the BHA. At a minimum, the report must include the following information:

(I) The number of community members involved in the recovery community organization;

(II) A detailed description of the organization's advocacy efforts;

(III) Any collaborative projects a recovery community organization has with other recovery community organizations across the state; and

(IV) Any other information required by the BHA.

(b) On or before March 1, 2022, and on or before March 1 each year thereafter for the duration of the grant program, the BHA shall submit a summarized report on the grant program to the health and human services committee of the senate and the health and insurance and the public and behavioral health and human services committees of the house of representatives, or any successor committees, and to the opioid and other substance use disorders study committee created in section 10-22.3-101.

(c) Notwithstanding section 24-1-136 (11)(a)(I), the reporting requirements set forth in this subsection (7) continue indefinitely.

(8) For the 2021-22 state fiscal year and each state fiscal year thereafter, the general assembly shall appropriate one million six hundred thousand dollars from the general fund to the BHA to implement the grant program. The BHA may use a portion of the money appropriated for the grant program to pay the direct and indirect costs of administering the grant program.
C.R.S. § 27-50-902 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 50 / Part 9 / Section 27-50-902
27-50-902. Definitions
Status: in_force

27-50-902. Definitions. As used in this part 9, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Mental health screening" means a brief, structured questionnaire completed by a participating student that is used for early identification of a mental health concern, which concern may be either validated or refuted upon review by a subject matter expert.

(2) "Parent" means a child's biological parent, adoptive parent, legal guardian, or custodian.

(3) "Participating school" means a public school that meets the requirements stated in section 27-50-903 (2) and participates in the sixth through twelfth grade mental health screening program created in this part 9.

(4) "Program" means the sixth through twelfth grade mental health screening program created in this part 9.

(5) "Public school" means a public school of a school district in this state or an institute charter school.

(6) "Screener" means the entity selected by the BHA pursuant to this part 9 to conduct the mental health screening.
C.R.S. § 27-50-106 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 50 / Part 1 / Section 27-50-106
27-50-106. Transfer of functions
Status: repealed

27-50-106. Transfer of functions. (1) The powers, duties, and functions previously administered by the department of public health and environment concerning licensing behavioral health entities pursuant to article 27.6 of title 25 shall transfer to the BHA over a period of two years, with all functions fully transferred to the BHA by January 1, 2025, as follows:

(a) The department of public health and environment shall continue issuing and renewing behavioral health entity licenses until September 30, 2023, after which date the department of public health and environment shall not renew or confer any new behavioral health entity licenses. Behavioral health entities that are licensed by the department of public health and environment are subject to the rules and orders of the department of public health and environment until such rules and orders are revised, amended, repealed, or nullified. The department of public health and environment shall continue compliance monitoring and enforcement activities until all licenses the department of public health and environment has conferred are expired, revoked, or surrendered, but not after December 31, 2025.

(b) On July 1, 2023, the department of public health and environment shall transfer any applications pending as of that date to the BHA for disposition.

(c) On July 1, 2023, the BHA shall begin licensing functions for all new or renewal behavioral health entity licenses. Behavioral health entities that are licensed by the BHA are subject to the rules and orders of the state board of human services, including those transferred and not repealed.

(d) Rules concerning behavioral health entities promulgated by the state board of human services pursuant to this section only apply to those behavioral health entities that are licensed by the BHA.

(2) No later than July 1, 2024, all behavioral health entities must be licensed by, and in compliance with the rules and orders of, the state board of human services.

(3) The department of public health and environment and the BHA shall coordinate to ensure that the oversight and licensing of behavioral health entities transfers smoothly between the department of public health and environment and the BHA without any delays in oversight or related duties.
C.R.S. § 27-60-505 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 60 / Part 5 / Section 27-60-505
27-60-505. Grant program funding - requirements - reports
Status: in_force

27-60-505. Grant program funding - requirements - reports. (1) The general assembly shall appropriate to the state department seventy-five million dollars from the behavioral and mental health cash fund created in section 24-75-230 to implement the grant program.

(2) Of the money appropriated to the state department, regardless of the source, the BHA shall award grants in the following manner:

(a) Thirty-five million dollars for community investment grants, as described in section 27-60-502 (2); and

(b) Forty million dollars for children, youth, and family services grants, as described in section 27-60-502 (3).

(3) (a) The state department, BHA, and any person who receives money from the BHA, including each grant recipient, shall comply with the compliance, reporting, record-keeping, and program evaluation requirements established by the office of state planning and budgeting and the state controller in accordance with section 24-75-226 (5).

(b) To be eligible to receive grant money for a capital expenditure, the grant applicant that requests grant money that originates from the money the state received from the coronavirus state fiscal recovery fund must submit to the BHA a written justification as set forth in 31 CFR 35.6 (b)(4) for the capital expenditure; except that this requirement does not apply if the BHA determines that the written justification is not required based on how the expenditures authorized pursuant to this part 5 will be reported to the United States department of the treasury. For grant money that did not originate from the money the state received from the coronavirus state fiscal recovery fund, a written justification is not required, except as the BHA determines necessary to comply with federal written justification requirements.
C.R.S. § 27-50-304 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 50 / Part 3 / Section 27-50-304
27-50-304. Behavioral health safety net provider network - incentives - preferred status -
Status: in_force

27-50-304. Behavioral health safety net provider network - incentives - preferred status - rules. (1) The BHA shall ensure that each region in the state includes a network of behavioral health safety net providers that collectively offer a full continuum of behavioral health services.

(2) The BHA shall provide statewide technical assistance specific to strengthening and expanding the behavioral health safety net system and increasing provider participation within the publicly funded behavioral health safety net provider network.

(3) The BHA and state agencies, through the behavioral health administrative services organizations established pursuant to part 4 of this article 50 and managed care entities as defined in section 25.5-5-403, shall:

(a) Subject to performance and available funds, provide behavioral health safety net providers with opportunities for quality incentives, value-based payment, or other enhanced payments or preferred contract statuses;

(b) Prioritize comprehensive community behavioral health providers in awarding contracts for behavioral health services; and

(c) Consider, upon application, behavioral health safety net providers for state-administered and county-administered grant funds related to the prevention, treatment, recovery, and harm reduction for behavioral health services.

(4) To be eligible for enhanced service payments, behavioral health safety net providers must meet specific BHA licensing or approval standards, pursuant to part 5 of this article 50.

(5) To meet the requirement in subsection (1) of this section, the behavioral health administrative services organizations and managed care entities may contract with potential and existing approved safety net providers to expand service capacity in a specific region of the state.

(6) Nothing in this section limits the ability of state agencies to award contracts or grants for the procurement of behavioral health services directly to any county, city and county, municipality, school district, health service district, or other political subdivision of the state or any county, city and county, district, or juvenile court, or to any nonprofit or for-profit organization in accordance with applicable law.

(7) The BHA may promulgate rules as necessary to implement this section.
C.R.S. § 27-10.5-308 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 10.5 / Part 3 / Section 27-10.5-308
27-10.5-308. Buildings - Pueblo
Status: repealed

27-10.5-308. Buildings - Pueblo. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 27-10.5-120 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 10.5 / Part 1 / Section 27-10.5-120
27-10.5-120. Records and confidentiality of information pertaining to eligible persons or the
Status: repealed

27-10.5-120. Records and confidentiality of information pertaining to eligible persons or their families - repeal. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 27-80-127 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 80 / Part 1 / Section 27-80-127
27-80-127. Children and youth in need of residential mental health and substance use treatm
Status: repealed

27-80-127. Children and youth in need of residential mental health and substance use treatment - repeal. (1) On or before July 1, 2023, the behavioral health administration, created pursuant to part 2 of article 60 of this title 27, shall create, develop, or contract to add additional residential substance use treatment beds for youth. To the greatest extent possible, the department shall ensure that both mental health and substance use treatment services are available in one residential location. The department shall work collaboratively with the behavioral health administration for licensing and determining the greatest areas of need.

(2) (a) (I) For the 2022-23 budget year, the general assembly shall appropriate five million dollars from the behavioral and mental health cash fund, created pursuant to section 24-75-230, to the department to expand substance use residential treatment beds for adolescents, as described in subsection (1) of this section.

(II) The use of money appropriated pursuant to this subsection (2) and money that originates from the ARPA refinance state money cash fund, created in section 24-75-226.5, appropriated for the same purpose, must conform with the allowable purposes set forth in the federal "American Rescue Plan Act of 2021", Pub.L. 117-2, as amended. The department shall spend or obligate such appropriation in accordance with section 24-75-226 (4)(d).

(b) This subsection (2) is repealed, effective September 1, 2027.

(3) The department of human services and any person that receives money from the department of human services shall comply with the compliance, reporting, record-keeping, and program evaluation requirements established by the office of state planning and budgeting and the state controller in accordance with section 24-75-226 (5).

(4) This section is known as the "Andy Campos-Padilla Act".
C.R.S. § 27-60-405 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 60 / Part 4 / Section 27-60-405
27-60-405. Grant program funding - requirements - reports - appropriation
Status: in_force

27-60-405. Grant program funding - requirements - reports - appropriation. (1) The general assembly shall appropriate to the state department fifty million seven hundred thousand dollars from the behavioral and mental health cash fund created in section 24-75-230 to implement the grant program.

(2) (a) The state department, BHA, and any person who receives money from the BHA, including each grant recipient, shall comply with the compliance, reporting, record-keeping, and program evaluation requirements established by the office of state planning and budgeting and the state controller in accordance with section 24-75-226 (5).

(b) For each grant awarded for a capital expenditure, the BHA is responsible for preparing the written justification required pursuant to 31 CFR 35.6 (b)(4). A grant applicant that requests grant money that originates from the money the state received from the coronavirus state fiscal recovery fund for a capital expenditure must submit to the BHA information requested by the BHA for inclusion in the written justification; except that this requirement does not apply if the BHA determines that the written justification is not required based on how the expenditures authorized pursuant to this part 4 will be reported to the United States department of the treasury. For grant money that did not originate from the money the state received from the coronavirus state fiscal recovery fund, a written justification is not required, except as the BHA determines necessary to comply with federal written justification requirements.
C.R.S. § 27-50-109 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 50 / Part 1 / Section 27-50-109
27-50-109. Centralized digital consent repository working group - duties - report - repeal
Status: repealed

27-50-109. Centralized digital consent repository working group - duties - report - repeal. (1) The office of e-health innovation in the governor's office shall convene a working group to evaluate the feasibility of creating a centralized digital consent repository that:

(a) Allows patients to provide, extend, deny, and revoke consent for sharing their medical data and information between physical and behavioral health-care providers, family members, community organizations, payers, and state agencies at any time;

(b) Enhances care coordination among patients, providers, and family members; and

(c) Ensures patient data is accurately recorded and securely stored.

(2) The working group shall:

(a) Review the state's existing efforts to develop a centralized digital consent repository;

(b) Determine the process required to establish a centralized digital consent repository;

(c) Evaluate the potential cost of implementing a centralized digital consent repository;

(d) Identify the infrastructure needed to establish a centralized digital consent repository;

(e) Identify best practices for protecting patient data;

(f) Identify solutions for the secure storage of data and for patient and provider access to the data;

(g) Discuss the role of the centralized digital consent repository in crisis situations and how to ensure emergent information is communicated in a timely manner between a patient, a provider or facility, and other authorized persons;

(h) Engage with the department of regulatory agencies regarding implementation of the release forms; and

(i) Make recommendations on any other topics the working group deems relevant.

(3) The working group may consult with additional stakeholders and experts as needed to inform the working group's discussions and to answer questions to assist the working group in finalizing its findings and recommendations.

(4) The working group must include individuals with legal expertise regarding 42 CFR 2, or successor federal regulations, and HIPAA; a representative from the BHA; a representative of a health information organization network; a representative of a hospital; licensed behavioral health providers, including behavioral health safety net providers; substance use providers; representatives of consumer advocacy organizations; representatives of disability advocacy organizations; and any other individuals that the office of e-health innovation determines are necessary.

(5) Beginning September 1, 2024, the working group shall meet at least once in each quarter of the calendar year to develop the report created pursuant to subsection (6) of this section.

(6) (a) On or before January 1, 2026, the working group shall submit a report including recommendations regarding the feasibility of creating a centralized digital consent repository to the house of representatives health and human services committee, the senate health and human services committee, and the joint technology committee, or their successor committees.

(b) The office of e-health innovation shall make the report available to the public on the office's website.

(7) This section is repealed, effective September 1, 2026.
C.R.S. § 27-10.5-115 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 10.5 / Part 1 / Section 27-10.5-115
27-10.5-115. Right to humane care and treatment - repeal
Status: repealed

27-10.5-115. Right to humane care and treatment - repeal. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 27-60-102 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 60 / Part 1 / Section 27-60-102
27-60-102. Civil commitment statute review task force - legislative declaration - creation
Status: repealed

27-60-102. Civil commitment statute review task force - legislative declaration - creation - duties - repeal. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 27-80-105 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 80 / Part 1 / Section 27-80-105
27-80-105. Annual distribution of funds
Status: in_force

27-80-105. Annual distribution of funds. Funds for public programs shall be distributed annually, if available.
C.R.S. § 27-67-109 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 67 / Section 27-67-109
27-67-109. Child and youth mental health services standards - advisory board
Status: in_force

27-67-109. Child and youth mental health services standards - advisory board. (1) The advisory board established in subsection (2) of this section is responsible for recommending standards and rules relevant to the provision of mental health services to children and youth covered by this article 67.

(2) An advisory board to the BHA is established for the purpose of assisting and advising the commissioner in accordance with this section in the development of service standards and rules. The advisory board consists of not less than eleven nor more than fifteen members appointed by the BHA as follows:

(a) One representative each from the BHA; the office of children, youth, and families; the department of health care policy and financing; and a leading professional association of psychiatrists in this state;

(b) One member representing nonprofit health-care facilities;

(c) One member representing children or youth consumers of services for persons with mental health disorders;

(d) One member representing families of persons with mental health disorders;

(e) One member representing children's health-care facilities;

(f) One member representing a behavioral health safety net provider that performs evaluations pursuant to this article 67;

(g) One member representing a county human or social services agency;

(h) One member representing individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities; and

(i) Other persons from both the private and the public sectors who are recognized or known to be interested and informed in the area of the advisory board's purpose and function.

(3) In making appointments to the advisory board, the BHA must include representation by at least one member who is a person with a disability, a family member of a person with a disability, or a member of an advocacy group for persons with disabilities, provided that the other requirements of subsection (2) of this section are met.
C.R.S. § 27-80-204 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 80 / Part 2 / Section 27-80-204
27-80-204. License required - controlled substances - repeal
Status: repealed

27-80-204. License required - controlled substances - repeal. (1) (a) In accordance with part 3 of article 18 of title 18, a substance use disorder treatment program that compounds, administers, or dispenses a controlled substance shall annually obtain a license issued by the BHA for each place of business or professional practice located in this state.

(b) (I) This subsection (1) is repealed, effective September 1, 2026.

(II) Prior to the repeal, the department of regulatory agencies shall review the licensing functions of the BHA as provided in section 24-34-104. In conducting the review, the department of regulatory agencies shall consider whether the licensing pursuant to this subsection (1) should be combined with the licensing of any other substance use disorder treatment programs by the department.

(2) Persons licensed as required under this part 2, or otherwise licensed as required by federal law, may possess, distribute, dispense, or administer controlled substances only to the extent authorized by their licenses and in conformity with the provisions of this part 2 and with article 18 of title 18.

(3) An employee of a facility, as defined in section 25-1.5-301, who is administering and monitoring medications to persons under the care or jurisdiction of the facility pursuant to part 3 of article 1.5 of title 25 need not be licensed by the BHA to lawfully possess controlled substances under this part 2.

(4) A person who is required to be but is not yet licensed may apply for a license at any time. A person who is required to be licensed under this part 2 shall not engage in any activity for which a license is required until the BHA grants the person's application and issues a license to the person.

(5) Repealed.
C.R.S. § 27-66-102 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 66 / Section 27-66-102
27-66-102. Administration - rules
Status: in_force

27-66-102. Administration - rules. (1) The commissioner has the power and duty to administer and enforce the provisions of this article 66.

(2) The state board of human services may adopt reasonable and proper rules to implement this article 66 in accordance with the provisions of section 24-4-103 and consistent with sections 27-90-102 and 27-90-103.
C.R.S. § 27-80-208 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 80 / Part 2 / Section 27-80-208
27-80-208. Denial, revocation, or suspension of license - other disciplinary actions - noti
Status: repealed

27-80-208. Denial, revocation, or suspension of license - other disciplinary actions - notice. (1) The BHA may deny, suspend, or revoke a license issued under this part 2 pursuant to article 4 of title 24, or take other disciplinary action as set forth in subsection (2.5) of this section, at the BHA's discretion, upon a finding that the licensee:

(a) Has furnished false or fraudulent information in an application filed under this part 2;

(b) Has been convicted of, or has had accepted by a court a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to, a felony under any state or federal law relating to a controlled substance;

(c) Has had his or her federal registration to manufacture, distribute, or dispense a controlled substance suspended or revoked; or

(d) Has violated any provision of this part 2 or the rules of the BHA or of the state board of human services created in section 26-1-107.

(2) The BHA may limit revocation or suspension of a license to the particular controlled substance that was the basis for revocation or suspension.

(2.5) If the BHA determines that a licensee has committed an act that would authorize the BHA to deny, revoke, or suspend a license, the BHA may, at its discretion, impose other disciplinary actions that may include, but need not be limited to, a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars, probation, or stipulation.

(3) If the BHA suspends or revokes a license, the BHA may place all controlled substances owned or possessed by the licensee at the time of the suspension or on the effective date of the revocation order under seal. The BHA may not dispose of substances under seal until the time for making an appeal has elapsed or until all appeals have been concluded, unless a court orders otherwise or orders the sale of any perishable controlled substances and the deposit of the proceeds with the court. When a revocation order becomes final, all controlled substances may be forfeited to the state.

(4) The BHA shall promptly notify the bureau and the appropriate professional licensing agency, if any, of all charges and the final disposition of the charges, and of all forfeitures of a controlled substance.

(5) (a) On or before July 1, 2020, the BHA shall develop and implement a formal, simple, accurate, and objective system to track and categorize complaints made against a licensee and disciplinary action taken pursuant to this part 2.

(b) Repealed.
C.R.S. § 27-80-117 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 80 / Part 1 / Section 27-80-117
27-80-117. Rural alcohol and substance abuse prevention and treatment program - creation -
Status: repealed

27-80-117. Rural alcohol and substance abuse prevention and treatment program - creation - administration - cash fund - definitions - repeal. (1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) "Program" means the rural alcohol and substance abuse prevention and treatment program created pursuant to subsection (2) of this section that shall consist of the rural youth alcohol and substance abuse prevention and treatment project and the rural detoxification project.

(b) "Rural area" means a county with a population of less than thirty thousand people, according to the most recently available population statistics of the United States bureau of the census.

(c) "Youth" means an individual who is at least eight years of age but who is less than eighteen years of age.

(2) (a) (I) There is created the rural alcohol and substance abuse prevention and treatment program in the BHA to provide:

(A) Prevention and treatment services to youth in rural areas. The services may include providing alternative activities for youth through the rural youth alcohol and substance abuse prevention and treatment project; and

(B) Treatment services through the rural detoxification project for persons with substance use disorders.

(II) The BHA shall administer the program pursuant to rules adopted by the state board of human services as of January 1, 2010, or as amended by the state board.

(b) The BHA shall incorporate provisions to implement the program into its regular contracting mechanism for the purchase of prevention and treatment services pursuant to section 27-80-106, including detoxification programs. The BHA shall develop a method to equitably distribute and provide additional money through contracts to provide for prevention services for and treatment of persons in rural areas.

(c) Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, the BHA shall implement the program on or after January 1, 2011, subject to the availability of sufficient money to operate an effective program, as determined by the BHA.

(3) (a) There is created in the state treasury the rural alcohol and substance abuse cash fund, referred to in this section as the "fund", that consists of the rural youth alcohol and substance abuse prevention and treatment account, referred to in this section as the "youth account", and the rural detoxification account, referred to in this section as the "detoxification account". The fund is comprised of money collected from surcharges assessed pursuant to sections 18-19-103.5, 42-4-1307 (10)(d)(I), and 42-4-1701 (4)(f). The money collected from the surcharges must be divided equally between the youth account and the detoxification account. The fund also includes any money credited to the fund pursuant to subsection (3)(b) of this section. Money in the fund credited pursuant to subsection (3)(b) of this section must be divided equally between the youth account and the detoxification account unless the grantee or donor specifies to which account the grant, gift, or donation is to be credited. The money in the fund is subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly to the BHA for the purpose of implementing the program. All interest derived from the deposit and investment of money in the fund remains in the fund. Any unexpended or unencumbered money remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year remains in the fund and shall not be transferred or credited to the general fund or another fund; except that any unexpended and unencumbered money remaining in the fund as of August 30, 2025, is credited to the general fund.

(b) The BHA is authorized to accept grants, gifts, or donations from any private or public source on behalf of the state for the purpose of the program. The BHA shall transmit all private and public money received through grants, gifts, or donations to the state treasurer, who shall credit the same to the fund.

(3.5) As of July 1, 2022, the department of public health and environment is the state department responsible for the administration of prevention services pursuant to this section.

(4) (a) This section is repealed, effective September 1, 2025.

(b) Prior to such repeal, the program shall be reviewed as provided in section 24-34-104, C.R.S.
C.R.S. § 27-66-108 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 66 / Section 27-66-108
27-66-108. Institutes and training programs
Status: repealed

27-66-108. Institutes and training programs. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 27-10.5-303 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 10.5 / Part 3 / Section 27-10.5-303
27-10.5-303. Annual reports - publications
Status: in_force

27-10.5-303. Annual reports - publications. The director of each regional center shall report to the executive director at such times and on such matters as the executive director may require. Publications of each regional center circulated in quantity outside the department shall be subject to the approval and control of the executive director.
C.R.S. § 27-90-105 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 90 / Section 27-90-105
27-90-105. Future juvenile detention facility needs
Status: in_force

27-90-105. Future juvenile detention facility needs. (1) (a) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that currently there are no juvenile detention facilities with commitment beds or locked detention beds in the southwest portion of Colorado and that the nearest such facility in the Grand Junction or Glenwood Springs area is as much as four hours away from some southwestern communities. As a result of this distance, authorities in the southwest region of the state often avoid detention even though such avoidance presents a public safety problem, and those juveniles who are taken to distant facilities lose the critical access to family members and local community agencies that would otherwise render their transitional return to the community less difficult.

(b) The general assembly further finds and declares that the juvenile population in detention is expected to increase by seventy and nine hundredths percent by the year 2002. In addition, the general assembly finds and declares that the juvenile commitment population is expected to increase by forty-nine and nine-tenths percent by the year 2002. The general assembly finds and declares that the growth patterns on the western slope of the state have led to a growth in population of at-risk youth and increased crime and that the office of youth services accordingly has experienced a shortfall of both detention and commitment beds in the western part of the state.

(c) The general assembly therefore determines that it would be appropriate to consider the need for the construction of a juvenile detention facility in southwest Colorado.

(2) (a) The department is directed to assess the need for, and to determine the community commitment to, a new multipurpose juvenile detention facility to be constructed in La Plata county that would serve the following detention and treatment needs of juveniles in the southwest portion of the state:

(I) Secure facility housing of juveniles who are detained on juvenile-related charges; and

(II) Secure facility and medium secure facility housing of juveniles who are committed to the division of youth services.

(b) In assessing the need for such a facility and the services to be rendered at such a facility, the department shall evaluate privatization options.

(3) The department shall present its findings, conclusions, and recommendations to the capital development committee of the general assembly on or before November 1, 1996.
C.R.S. § 27-81-111 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 81 / Section 27-81-111
27-81-111. Emergency commitment
Status: in_force

27-81-111. Emergency commitment. (1) (a) When a person is under the influence of or incapacitated by substances and is clearly dangerous to the health and safety of the person's self or others, law enforcement authorities or an emergency service patrol, acting with probable cause, shall take the person into protective custody in an approved treatment facility. If no such facilities are available, the person may be detained in an emergency medical services facility, or jail, but only for as long as may be necessary to prevent injury to the person's self or others or to prevent a breach of the peace. A law enforcement officer or emergency service patrol officer, in detaining the person, is taking the person into protective custody. In so doing, the detaining officer may protect the officer's self by reasonable methods but shall make every reasonable effort to protect the detainee's health and safety. Taking a person into protective custody pursuant to this section is not an arrest, and an entry or other record shall not be made to indicate that the person has been arrested or charged with a crime. Law enforcement or emergency service personnel who act in compliance with this section are acting in the course of their official duties and are not criminally or civilly liable. Nothing in this subsection (1) precludes a person intoxicated by alcohol, under the influence of drugs, or incapacitated by substances who is not dangerous to the health and safety of the person's self or others from being assisted to the person's home or like location by the law enforcement officer or emergency service patrol officer.

(b) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2024.)

(c) A law enforcement officer or emergency service patrol officer who takes a juvenile into protective custody pursuant to subsection (1)(a) of this section shall not detain the juvenile in jail.

(2) A law enforcement officer, emergency service patrol officer, physician, spouse, guardian, or relative of the person to be committed or any other responsible person may make a written application for emergency commitment under this section, directed to the administrator of the approved treatment facility. The application must state the circumstances requiring emergency commitment, including the applicant's personal observations and the specific statements of others, if any, upon which the applicant relies in making the application. A copy of the application must be furnished to the person to be committed.

(3) If the administrator approves the application, the administrator shall commit, evaluate, and treat the person for a period not to exceed five days. A peace officer, the emergency service patrol, or any interested person shall bring the person to the facility. If necessary, the court may be contacted to issue an order to the police, the peace officer's department, or the sheriff's department to transport the person to the facility.

(4) If the administrator determines that the application fails to sustain the grounds for emergency commitment as set forth in subsection (1) of this section, the administrator shall refuse the commitment, immediately release the detained person, and encourage the person to seek voluntary treatment, if appropriate.

(5) When the administrator determines that the grounds for commitment no longer exist, the administrator shall discharge the person committed under this section. A person committed under this section must not be detained in any treatment facility for more than five days; except that a person may be detained for longer than five days at the approved treatment facility if, in that period of time, a petition for involuntary commitment has been filed pursuant to section 27-81-112. A person must not be detained longer than ten days, excluding weekends and holidays, after the date of filing of the petition for involuntary commitment unless a valid medical reason exists for detaining a person longer.

(6) Whenever a person is involuntarily detained pursuant to this section, the administrator shall, within twenty-four hours after detainment, advise the person who is involuntarily detained, both orally and in writing, of the person's right to challenge the detention by application to the courts for a writ of habeas corpus, to be represented by counsel at every stage of any proceedings relating to commitment and recommitment, and to have counsel appointed by the court or provided by the court if the person wants the assistance of counsel and is unable to obtain counsel.

(7) Any law enforcement officer, emergency service personnel, physician, spouse, guardian, or relative of any person to be committed; any treatment facility administrator or the administrator's designee; or any other employee or person acting on behalf of an approved treatment facility, participating in or carrying out the emergency commitment or treatment as described in this section, whether acting individually or in his or her official capacity, is not criminally or civilly liable therefor.

(8) (a) On or before July 1, 2024, and each July 1 thereafter, each local law enforcement agency that has taken a person into protective custody pursuant to this section shall provide an annual report to the BHA that includes only disaggregated and nonidentifying information concerning persons who were taken into protective custody in an approved treatment facility or detained in an emergency medical services facility or jail. The report must comply with section 24-1-136 (9) and is exempt from section 24-1-136 (11)(a)(I). The report must contain the following:

(I) The names and counties of the facilities and jails;

(II) The total number of persons taken into protective custody pursuant to this section, including a summary of demographic information;

(III) A summary regarding the different reasons for which persons were taken into protective custody pursuant to this section; and

(IV) The length of time each person was held under protective custody.

(b) Each emergency medical services facility that detains a person under protective custody or detains or holds a person on an emergency commitment shall provide a quarterly report to the BHA with the following information:

(I) The total number of persons detained under protective custody and the total number of persons held in the emergency medical services facility on an emergency commitment;

(II) The total number of days each person was detained or held;

(III) Whether each person was transferred to another facility, released, or placed on an involuntary commitment; and

(IV) Whether the emergency medical services facility transferred each person to the local jail to be detained under protective custody or for an emergency commitment and the reason for the transfer.

(c) Any information disaggregated and provided to the BHA pursuant to this subsection (8) is privileged and confidential. The BHA shall not make the information available to the public except in an aggregate format that cannot be used to identify an individual facility. The information is not subject to civil subpoena and is not discoverable or admissible in any civil, criminal, or administrative proceeding against an approved treatment facility, emergency medical services facility, jail, law enforcement officer, or emergency service patrol officer. The BHA shall only use the information to assess statewide behavioral health services needs and withdrawal management needs and to plan for sufficient levels of statewide behavioral health and withdrawal management services. In collecting the data pursuant to the requirements of this subsection (8), the BHA shall protect the confidentiality of patient records, in accordance with state and federal laws, and shall not disclose any public identifying or proprietary information of any approved treatment facility or emergency medical services facility. This subsection (8)(c) does not apply to information that is otherwise available from a source outside of the data collection activities required pursuant to subsection (8)(a) of this section.
C.R.S. § 27-80-107.7 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 80 / Part 1 / Section 27-80-107.7
27-80-107.7. Increase synthetic opiate treatment - report
Status: in_force

27-80-107.7. Increase synthetic opiate treatment - report. (1) On or before January 1, 2023, each managed service organization designated pursuant to section 27-80-107 shall evaluate the current supply and necessary demand within its region for:

(a) The number of medication-assisted treatment providers employed by the managed service organization that are trained to provide medication-assisted treatment to a person who has consumed synthetic opiates;

(b) Ambulatory withdrawal management and medical withdrawal management specific to synthetic opiates;

(c) The provision of recovery services at public high schools; and

(d) The provision of recovery residences, as defined in section 27-80-129.

(2) In its hearing for the 2024 legislative session, the department shall include as part of its "State Measurement for Accountable, Responsive, and Transparent (SMART) Government Act" hearing required by section 2-7-203, the managed service organizations' findings pursuant to subsection (1) of this section.
C.R.S. § 27-94-107 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 94 / Section 27-94-107
27-94-107. Renovation for additional beds
Status: in_force

27-94-107. Renovation for additional beds. (1) The department of human services shall renovate a building at the center to add at least sixteen inpatient beds. The department shall spend or obligate all money appropriated for the renovation in accordance with section 24-75-226 (4)(d).

(2) Initially, the beds may be used for persons needing competency services. When the wait list for competency services provided pursuant to section 16-8.5-111 is eliminated or trending so that it can be reasonably expected to be eliminated within one year, the department of human services shall implement a plan to transition the beds created in subsection (1) of this section to serve civil patients and immediately notify the joint budget committee of the general assembly. Within one year after the notification to the joint budget committee, all beds created pursuant to subsection (1) of this section must serve civil patients.
C.R.S. § 27-65-114 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 65 / Section 27-65-114
27-65-114. Appeals
Status: in_force

27-65-114. Appeals. Appellate review of any order of short-term treatment or long-term care and treatment may be had as provided in the Colorado appellate rules. An appeal must be advanced upon the calendar of the appellate court and must be decided at the earliest practicable time. Pending disposition by the appellate court, the court may make such order as the court may consider proper in the premises relating to the care and custody of the respondent.
C.R.S. § 27-10.5-104.2 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 10.5 / Part 1 / Section 27-10.5-104.2
27-10.5-104.2. Services and supports - waiting list reduction - cash fund - repeal
Status: repealed

27-10.5-104.2. Services and supports - waiting list reduction - cash fund - repeal. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 27-66.5-104 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 66.5 / Section 27-66.5-104
27-66.5-104. Data collection and recommendations
Status: in_force

27-66.5-104. Data collection and recommendations. (1) The BHA shall collect information on the following:

(a) Current practices, criteria, and procedures regarding follow-up care for high-risk individuals released or discharged from emergency or involuntary holds, certifications, or commitments; and

(b) Existing capacity to serve high-risk individuals after release or discharge.

(2) On or before January 1, 2020, and on or before January 1 each year thereafter, the BHA shall analyze the data collected in accordance with subsection (1) of this section and prepare recommendations to increase access to, and coordination of, transition specialist services for high-risk individuals. The recommendations must be reported to the commissioner and included in the reporting requirements in section 27-66.5-105.
C.R.S. § 27-80-207 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 80 / Part 2 / Section 27-80-207
27-80-207. Qualifications for license
Status: repealed

27-80-207. Qualifications for license. (1) An applicant for a license under this part 2 shall have adequate and proper facilities for the handling and storage of controlled substances and shall maintain proper control over the controlled substances to ensure the controlled substances are not illegally dispensed or distributed.

(2) Repealed.

(3) The BHA shall not grant a license to a person who has been convicted within the last two years of a willful violation of this part 2 or any other state or federal law regulating controlled substances.

(4) Except for fees, compliance by a registrant with the provisions of the federal law respecting registration entitles the registrant to be licensed under this part 2.
C.R.S. § 27-64-101 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 64 / Section 27-64-101
27-64-101. Legislative declaration
Status: in_force

27-64-101. Legislative declaration. (1) The general assembly finds and declares that:

(a) On July 16, 2020, the federal communications commission adopted rules, and on October 17, 2020, congress passed the "National Suicide Hotline Designation Act of 2020", designating 988 as the three-digit number for the national suicide prevention lifeline to aid rapid access to suicide prevention and mental health support services;

(b) It is imperative for Colorado to implement 988 as the three-digit number for crisis response services in Colorado in order to comply with federal regulations; improve quality and access to behavioral health crisis services, especially for underserved populations and in rural areas of the state; and reduce stigma surrounding suicide, mental health, and substance use conditions;

(c) The 988 crisis hotline enterprise provides valuable benefits and services to telephone service users when the enterprise funds the 988 crisis hotline and provides crisis outreach, stabilization, and acute care to individuals calling the 988 crisis hotline from any jurisdiction in Colorado twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week;

(d) By providing the benefits and services specified in subsection (1)(c) of this section, the 988 crisis hotline enterprise engages in an activity conducted in the pursuit of a benefit, gain, or livelihood, and therefore operates as a business;

(e) Consistent with the determination of the Colorado supreme court in Nicholl v. E-470 Public Highway Authority, 896 P.2d 859 (Colo. 1995), that the power to impose taxes is inconsistent with enterprise status under section 20 of article X of the state constitution, it is the conclusion of the general assembly that the charges imposed by the enterprise is a fee, not a tax, because the charges are imposed for the specific purpose of allowing the enterprise to defray the costs of providing the benefits and services specified in subsection (1)(c) of this section to telephone service users and the charges are imposed at rates that are reasonably calculated based on the cost of the services received by telephone service users;

(f) So long as the 988 crisis hotline enterprise qualifies as an enterprise for purposes of section 20 of article X of the state constitution, the revenue from the charges imposed by the enterprise are not state fiscal year spending, as defined in section 24-77-102 (17), or state revenues, as defined in section 24-77-103.6 (6)(c), and do not count against either the state fiscal year spending limit imposed by section 20 article X of the state constitution or the excess state revenues cap, as defined in section 24-77-103.6 (6)(b)(I); and

(g) No other enterprise created simultaneously or within the preceding five years serves primarily the same purpose as the 988 crisis hotline enterprise and the 988 crisis hotline enterprise will generate revenue from charges of less than one hundred million dollars total in its first five fiscal years. Accordingly, the creation of the 988 crisis hotline enterprise does not require voter approval pursuant to section 24-77-108.
C.R.S. § 27-80-214 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 80 / Part 2 / Section 27-80-214
27-80-214. Defenses
Status: in_force

27-80-214. Defenses. The common law defense known as the "procuring agent defense" is not a defense to any crime in this part 2 or in title 18, C.R.S.
C.R.S. § 27-80-104 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 80 / Part 1 / Section 27-80-104
27-80-104. Cancellation of grants
Status: in_force

27-80-104. Cancellation of grants. (1) The BHA may cancel a grant for any public program for any of the following reasons:

(a) There is no longer a need for the public program.

(b) Funds for the public program are not available.

(c) The public program does not meet the standards or requirements adopted by the BHA or does not conform to the comprehensive state plan for substance use disorder treatment programs.

(2) Before canceling a grant for the reasons set forth in subsection (1)(c) of this section, the BHA shall notify the person or agency in charge of the public program of the deficiency in the program, and the person or agency must be given a reasonable amount of time to correct the deficiency.
C.R.S. § 27-80-115 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 80 / Part 1 / Section 27-80-115
27-80-115. Treatment program for high-risk pregnant and parenting women - data collection
Status: in_force

27-80-115. Treatment program for high-risk pregnant and parenting women - data collection. The department of health care policy and financing shall create a data collection mechanism regarding persons receiving services pursuant to the treatment program for high-risk pregnant and parenting women that must include the collection of data on cost-effectiveness, success of the program, and other data the department of health care policy and financing deems appropriate.
C.R.S. § 27-60-406 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 60 / Part 4 / Section 27-60-406
27-60-406. Repeal of part
Status: repealed

27-60-406. Repeal of part. This part 4 is repealed, effective January 31, 2027.
C.R.S. § 27-64-105 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 64 / Section 27-64-105
27-64-105. Reports
Status: in_force

27-64-105. Reports. (1) Beginning January 1, 2023, and each January 1 thereafter, the BHA shall:

(a) Submit information about the usage of the 988 crisis hotline and services provided to the federal substance abuse and mental health services administration and information about the expenditures of the 988 crisis hotline cash fund to the federal communications commission; and

(b) Report progress on the implementation of the 988 crisis hotline, including the usage of the 988 crisis hotline, the services provided, and the deposits and expenditures from the 988 crisis hotline cash fund as part of its "State Measurement for Accountable, Responsive, and Transparent (SMART) Government Act" hearing required by section 2-7-203.
C.R.S. § 27-80-102 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 80 / Part 1 / Section 27-80-102
27-80-102. Duties of the behavioral health administration
Status: repealed

27-80-102. Duties of the behavioral health administration. (1) The behavioral health administration is a type 2 entity, as defined in section 24-1-105, and is responsible for the powers, duties, and functions relating to the alcohol and drug driving safety program specified in section 42-4-1301.3. The behavioral health administration shall formulate a comprehensive state plan for substance use disorder treatment programs. The behavioral health administration shall submit the state plan to the governor and, upon the governor's approval, submit it to the appropriate United States agency for review and approval. The state plan must include, but not be limited to:

(a) A survey of the need for the prevention and treatment of alcohol and drug abuse, including a survey of the health facilities needed to provide services and a plan for the development and distribution of facilities and programs throughout the state;

(b) A plan for programs to educate the public in the problems of alcohol and drug abuse;

(c) A survey of the need for trained teachers, health professionals, and others involved in the prevention and treatment of alcohol and drug abuse and the rehabilitation of abusers, and a plan to provide the necessary training for such persons;

(d) Provisions for the periodic review and updating of the state plan, which shall take place at least annually.

(2) The department, acting by and through the behavioral health administration, is designated as the sole state agency for the supervision of the administration of the state plan.

(3) Repealed.
C.R.S. § 27-81-118 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 81 / Section 27-81-118
27-81-118. Opioid crisis recovery funds advisory committee - creation - membership - purpos
Status: in_force

27-81-118. Opioid crisis recovery funds advisory committee - creation - membership - purpose. (1) There is created the opioid crisis recovery funds advisory committee, referred to in this section as the "committee", which is created to advise and collaborate with the department of law on uses of any custodial funds received by the state as the result of opioid-addiction-related litigation and for which the use of the funds is not predetermined or committed by court order or other action by a state or federal court of law.

(2) (a) The committee consists of members appointed as follows:

(I) Thirteen members appointed by the governor, including:

(A) One member licensed to practice medicine pursuant to article 240 of title 12;

(B) One member licensed to practice pharmacy pursuant to article 280 of title 12;

(C) One member licensed to practice as a nurse or as a certified midwife pursuant to part 1 of article 255 of title 12;

(D) One member licensed as a dentist pursuant to article 220 of title 12;

(E) One member licensed as a veterinarian pursuant to article 315 of title 12;

(F) One member licensed as a physical therapist pursuant to article 285 of title 12;

(G) One member representing a local public health agency;

(H) One member who has been affected by the opioid crisis;

(I) One family member of a person who has been affected by the opioid crisis;

(J) One member representing an advocacy organization for people with substance use disorders;

(K) Two members appointed from nominees submitted by statewide organizations representing counties, with one member representing the western slope and one member representing the eastern part of the state; and

(L) One member from an association that represents behavioral health providers;

(II) Two members appointed by the commissioner, one of whom must represent an association of substance use providers;

(III) Two members appointed by the executive director of the department of public health and environment, one of whom is a pain management patient;

(IV) One member appointed by the executive director of the department of regulatory agencies;

(V) One member appointed by the executive director of the department of health care policy and financing;

(VI) One member from the state substance abuse trend and response task force, created in section 18-18.5-103, appointed by the attorney general;

(VII) One member from the center for research into substance use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery support strategies, created in section 27-80-118 (3), appointed by the director of the center;

(VIII) One member from each safety net hospital that provides addiction services, appointed by the hospital;

(IX) One member from the Colorado district attorneys' council, or any successor organization, appointed by its executive director;

(X) Two members representing law enforcement agencies, one of whom is appointed by the Colorado association of chiefs of police, or any successor organization, and one of whom is appointed by the county sheriffs of Colorado, or any successor organization; and

(XI) One member representing the Colorado municipal league, or any successor organization, appointed by the president of the executive board of the Colorado municipal league or the president's designee.

(b) The attorney general shall notify the appointing authorities if the state receives a settlement or damage award for which the use of the custodial funds is not predetermined or committed by court order or other action by a state or federal court of law. The appointing authorities shall make their initial appointments to the committee no later than ninety days after receiving the notice.

(3) Each member of the committee who is appointed pursuant to subsection (2) of this section serves at the pleasure of the appointing authority that appointed the member. The appointing authority shall fill a vacancy in the same manner as the initial appointment.

(4) If the state receives custodial funds from a settlement or damage award from opioid-addiction-related litigation and the use of the funds is not predetermined or committed by court order or other action by a state or federal court of law, the attorney general shall convene and call a meeting of the committee, and any subsequent meetings as necessary, to seek input and recommendations from the committee on the proper expenditure of the funds received.

(5) (a) Each member of the committee shall maintain confidentiality throughout the process of determining the proper expenditure of custodial funds. Members shall not disclose the contents of any requests for funding with anyone outside of the committee.

(b) Each committee member shall affirm that the member does not have a personal or financial interest regarding any organization that may request funding. Members shall disclose all potential conflict of interest situations to the attorney general before reviewing funding requests.
C.R.S. § 27-10.5-103.5 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 10.5 / Part 1 / Section 27-10.5-103.5
27-10.5-103.5. Community centered boards and service agencies - local public procurement units
Status: repealed

27-10.5-103.5. Community centered boards and service agencies - local public procurement units - repeal. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 27-10.5-105.5 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 10.5 / Part 1 / Section 27-10.5-105.5
27-10.5-105.5. Revocation of designation - repeal
Status: repealed

27-10.5-105.5. Revocation of designation - repeal. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 27-94-101 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 94 / Section 27-94-101
27-94-101. Legislative declaration
Status: in_force

27-94-101. Legislative declaration. In order to provide a program to promote mental health in the state of Colorado, a mental health center is established as provided in this article.
C.R.S. § 27-65-107 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 65 / Section 27-65-107
27-65-107. Emergency transportation - application - screening - respondent's rights
Status: in_force

27-65-107. Emergency transportation - application - screening - respondent's rights. (1) (a) When a certified peace officer or emergency medical services provider has probable cause to believe a person is experiencing a behavioral health crisis or is gravely disabled and, as a result, without professional intervention the person may be a danger to the person's self or others, then the certified peace officer or emergency medical services provider may take the person into protective custody and transport the person to an outpatient mental health facility or a facility designated by the commissioner or other clinically appropriate facility designated by the commissioner. If such a service is not available, the person may be taken to an emergency medical services facility.

(b) An individual may not be transported pursuant to this subsection (1) if an intervening professional has assessed the person during the same emergency event and determined the individual does not meet the criteria for an emergency mental health hold pursuant to section 27-65-106.

(c) If a behavioral heath crisis response team is known to be available in a timely manner, the certified peace officer or emergency medical services provider shall access the behavioral health crisis response team prior to transporting an individual involuntarily pursuant to this subsection (1).

(2) When a person is transported against the person's will pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, the facility shall require an application, in writing, stating the circumstances under which the person's condition was called to the attention of the certified peace officer or emergency medical services provider and further stating sufficient facts, obtained from personal observations or obtained from others whom the certified peace officer or emergency medical services provider reasonably believes to be reliable, to establish that the person is experiencing a behavioral health crisis or is gravely disabled and, as a result, it is believed that without professional intervention the person may be a danger to the person's self or others. The application must indicate the name of the person and the time the person was transported. A copy of the application must be furnished to the person being transported.

(3) (a) Once the person is presented to an outpatient mental health facility or facility designated by the commissioner, an intervening professional shall screen the person immediately. If an intervening professional is not immediately available, the person must be screened within eight hours after the person's arrival at the facility to determine if the person meets criteria for an emergency mental health hold pursuant to section 27-65-106. Once the screening is complete and if the person meets the criteria, the intervening professional shall first pursue voluntary treatment and evaluation. If the person refuses or the intervening professional has reasonable grounds to believe the person will not remain voluntarily, the intervening professional may place the person under an emergency mental health hold pursuant to section 27-65-106.

(b) If a person detained pursuant to this section is transported to an emergency medical services facility, the involuntary transportation hold expires upon the facility receiving the person for screening by an intervening professional.

(4) (a) A person detained pursuant to this section has the following rights while being detained, which must be explained to the person before being transported to a receiving facility:

(I) To not be detained under an emergency transportation hold pursuant to this section for longer than fourteen hours, to not be transported for longer than six hours, and to receive a screening within eight hours after being presented to the receiving facility. This subsection (4)(a)(I) does not prohibit a facility from holding the person as authorized by state and federal law, including the federal "Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act", 42 U.S.C. sec. 1395dd, or if the treating professional determines that the individual's physical or mental health disorder impairs the person's ability to make an informed decision to refuse care and the provider determines that further care is indicated.

(II) To request a phone call to an interested party prior to being transported. If the certified peace officer or emergency medical services provider believes access to a phone poses a physical danger to the person or someone else, the receiving facility shall make the call on the person's behalf immediately upon arrival at the receiving facility.

(III) To wear the person's own clothes and keep and use personal possessions that the person had in the person's possession at the time of detainment. A facility may temporarily restrict a person's access to personal clothing or personal possessions until a safety assessment is completed. If the facility restricts a person's access to personal clothing or personal possessions, the facility shall have a discussion with the person about why the person's personal clothing or personal possessions are being restricted. A licensed medical professional or a licensed behavioral health professional shall conduct a safety assessment as soon as possible. The licensed professional shall document in the person's medical record the specific reasons why it is not safe for the person to possess the person's personal clothing or personal possessions.

(IV) To keep and use the person's cell phone, unless access to the cell phone causes the person to destabilize or creates a danger to the person's self or others, as determined by a provider, facility staff member, or security personnel involved in the person's care;

(V) To have appropriate access to adequate water and food, and to have the person's nutritional needs met in a manner that is consistent with recognized dietary practices, to the extent reasonably possible at the receiving facility;

(VI) To be treated fairly, with respect and recognition of the person's dignity and individuality; and

(VII) To file a grievance with the BHA, the department of public health and environment, or the office of the ombudsman for behavioral health access to care established pursuant to part 3 of article 80 of this title 27.

(b) A person's rights pursuant to subsection (4)(a) of this section may only be denied if access to the item, program, or service causes the person to destabilize or creates a danger to the person's self or others, as determined by a licensed provider involved in the person's care or transportation. Denial of any right must be entered into the person's treatment record or BHA-approved form. Information pertaining to a denial of rights contained in the person's treatment record must be made available, upon request, to the person, the person's attorney, or the person's lay person.
C.R.S. § 27-10.5-108 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 10.5 / Part 1 / Section 27-10.5-108
27-10.5-108. Discharge
Status: in_force

27-10.5-108. Discharge. (1) A person receiving services shall be discharged from services or supports upon a determination, made pursuant to the individualized planning process, that the services or supports are no longer appropriate. At least ten days prior to effectuation of the discharge, notification of discharge shall be given to the person receiving services, the parents or guardian of such a person who is a minor, and such person's legal guardian and authorized representative when applicable.

(2) When a person receiving services notifies a service agency that such person no longer wishes to receive a service or support, the person shall be discharged from such service or support unless the person is subject to a petition to impose a legal disability or to remove a legal right, filed pursuant to section 27-10.5-110 or section 25.5-10-216, C.R.S., or for whom a legal guardian has been appointed, affecting the person's ability to voluntarily terminate services or supports. The parents of the person receiving services who is a minor and such person's guardian shall be notified of the person's wish to terminate services or supports, but no minor will be discharged without the consent of the parent or legal guardian.
C.R.S. § 27-60-206 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 60 / Part 2 / Section 27-60-206
27-60-206. Substance use workforce stability grant program - repeal
Status: repealed

27-60-206. Substance use workforce stability grant program - repeal. (1) There is established in the BHA the substance use workforce stability grant program, referred to in this section as the "grant program". The BHA shall administer the grant program and shall develop policies and procedures for the grant program, which must include a grant application process, criteria for awarding grants and determining the amount of a grant award, and the timeline for awarding grants and distributing grant money.

(2) A substance use disorder treatment provider or a recovery provider, including providers that serve children, and a local government, as defined in section 27-60-501, is eligible for a grant. In order to receive a grant, a provider must submit an application to the BHA and must prioritize providing services to voluntary and civil clients.

(3) The BHA shall accept and review grant applications and award grants. The BHA shall prioritize awarding grants to providers that offer same-day or next-day appointments, serve low-income and marginalized populations, or intend to expand the number of individuals they serve.

(4) A grant recipient shall use a grant award to support direct care staff who spend fifty percent or more of their time working with clients. Supporting direct care staff may include temporary salary increases, recruitment and retention bonuses, and other tactics that support staff.

(5) (a) The general assembly shall appropriate to the state department fifteen million dollars from the behavioral and mental health cash fund created in section 24-75-230 for the grant program.

(b) The state department, BHA, and any person who receives money from the BHA, including each grant recipient, shall comply with the compliance, reporting, record-keeping, and program evaluation requirements established by the office of state planning and budgeting and the state controller in accordance with section 24-75-226 (5).

(6) This section is repealed, effective June 30, 2027.
C.R.S. § 27-50-901 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 50 / Part 9 / Section 27-50-901
27-50-901. Short title
Status: in_force

27-50-901. Short title. The short title of this part 9 is the "Sixth Through Twelfth Grade Mental Health Screening Act".
C.R.S. § 27-65-103 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 65 / Section 27-65-103
27-65-103. Voluntary applications for mental health services
Status: in_force

27-65-103. Voluntary applications for mental health services. (1) Nothing in this article 65 in any way limits the right of any person to make a voluntary application at any time to any public or private agency or professional person for mental health services, either by direct application in person or by referral from any other public or private agency or professional person. Subject to section 15-14-316 (4), a ward, as defined in section 15-14-102 (15), may be admitted to a hospital or institutional care and treatment for a mental health disorder with the guardian's consent for as long as the ward agrees to such care and treatment. The guardian shall immediately notify in writing the court that appointed the guardian of the admission.

(2) For the purpose of this article 65, the treatment by prayer in the practice of the religion of any church that teaches reliance on spiritual means alone for healing is considered a form of treatment.

(3) The medical and legal status of all voluntary patients receiving treatment for mental health disorders in inpatient or custodial facilities must be reviewed at least once every six months.

(4) Voluntary patients are afforded all the rights and privileges customarily granted by hospitals to their patients.

(5) (a) If at any time during an emergency mental health hold of a person who is confined involuntarily the facility staff requests the person to sign in voluntarily and the person elects to do so, the following advisement shall be given orally and in writing and an appropriate notation shall be made in the person's medical record by the professional person or the professional person's designated agent:

NOTICE

The decision to sign in voluntarily should be made by you alone and should be free from any force or pressure implied or otherwise. If you do not feel that you are able to make a truly voluntary decision, you may continue to be held at the hospital involuntarily. As an involuntary patient, you will have the right to protest your confinement and request a hearing before a judge.

(b) This subsection (5) does not apply to a person on an emergency mental health hold in an emergency medical services facility.
C.R.S. § 27-10.5-302 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 10.5 / Part 3 / Section 27-10.5-302
27-10.5-302. Directors
Status: in_force

27-10.5-302. Directors. The executive director shall appoint, pursuant to section 13 of article XII of the state constitution, a director for each regional center. Persons appointed must be skilled and trained administrators with experience related to the needs of persons with developmental disabilities. The director of each regional center shall appoint such other employees in accordance with section 13 of article XII of the state constitution as are necessary to carry out the functions of the regional center.
C.R.S. § 27-80-211 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 80 / Part 2 / Section 27-80-211
27-80-211. Enforcement and cooperation
Status: in_force

27-80-211. Enforcement and cooperation. (1) Each peace officer and district attorney in this state shall enforce this part 2 and shall cooperate with all agencies charged with the enforcement of the laws of this state, all other states, and the United States relating to controlled substances.

(2) The BHA shall cooperate with all agencies charged with the enforcement of the laws of this state, all other states, and the United States relating to controlled substances. To this end, the BHA shall:

(a) Arrange for the exchange of information among governmental officials concerning the use and abuse of controlled substances;

(b) Cooperate with the bureau and with local, state, and other federal agencies by maintaining a centralized unit to accept, catalogue, file, and collect statistics, including records of dependent and other controlled substance law offenders within the state, and make the information available for federal, state, and local law enforcement or regulatory purposes. The BHA shall not furnish the name or identity of a patient whose identity could not be obtained under section 27-80-212.

(c) Respond to referrals, complaints, or other information received regarding possible violations and, upon notification of the appropriate licensing authority, if applicable, and upon a written finding by the commissioner that probable cause exists to believe that there is illegal distribution or dispensing of controlled substances, to make any inspections, investigations, and reports that may be necessary to determine compliance with this part 2 by all licensed or otherwise authorized individuals who handle controlled substances;

(d) Cooperate with and make information available to appropriate state licensing and registration boards regarding any violations of this part 2 by persons licensed or registered by the boards;

(e) Enter into contracts and encourage and conduct educational and research activities designed to prevent and determine misuse and abuse of controlled substances.
C.R.S. § 27-65-120 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 65 / Section 27-65-120
27-65-120. Administration or monitoring of medications to persons receiving treatment
Status: in_force

27-65-120. Administration or monitoring of medications to persons receiving treatment. The commissioner has the power to direct the administration or monitoring of medications in conformity with part 3 of article 1.5 of title 25 to persons receiving treatment in facilities designated pursuant to this article 65.
C.R.S. § 27-80-210 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 80 / Part 2 / Section 27-80-210
27-80-210. Records to be kept - order forms
Status: in_force

27-80-210. Records to be kept - order forms. (1) Each person licensed or otherwise authorized under this part 2 or other laws of this state to manufacture, purchase, distribute, dispense, administer, store, or otherwise handle controlled substances shall keep and maintain separate detailed and accurate records and inventories relating to controlled substances and retain the records and inventories for a period of two years after the respective dates of the transactions as shown on the records and inventories.

(2) The record of any controlled substance distributed, administered, dispensed, or otherwise used must show the date the controlled substance was distributed, administered, dispensed, used, or otherwise disposed of, the name and address of the person to whom or for whose use the controlled substance was distributed, administered, dispensed, used, or otherwise disposed of, and the kind and quantity of the controlled substance.

(3) A person who maintains a record required by federal law that contains substantially the same information as set forth in subsections (1) and (2) of this section is deemed to comply with the record-keeping requirements of this part 2.

(4) A person required to maintain records pursuant to this section shall keep a record of any controlled substance lost, destroyed, or stolen, the kind and quantity of the controlled substance, and the date of the loss, destruction, or theft.

(5) A person licensed or otherwise authorized under this part 2 or other laws of this state shall distribute, administer, dispense, use, or otherwise dispose of controlled substances listed in schedule I or II of part 2 of article 18 of title 18, C.R.S., only pursuant to an order form. Compliance with the provisions of federal law respecting order forms is deemed compliance with this section.
C.R.S. § 27-60-304 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 60 / Part 3 / Section 27-60-304
27-60-304. Reports
Status: in_force

27-60-304. Reports. (1) In 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, and 2027 the state department of human services shall include an overview of the BHA's progress toward addressing the behavioral health-care provider workforce shortage during the hearings held prior to the regular session of the general assembly under the "State Measurement for Accountable, Responsive, and Transparent (SMART) Government Act", part 2 of article 7 of title 2.

(2) On or before January 1, 2023, and on or before each January 1 thereafter, the community college system shall submit a report to the BHA. At a minimum, the report must include a summary of the behavioral health career pathway and its implementation, including an accounting of how money was used to expand or support training, education, and certifications in the behavioral health career pathway to increase employment in the behavioral health sector.

(3) The state department, the BHA, and any person who receives money from the BHA shall comply with the compliance, reporting, record-keeping, and program evaluation requirements established by the office of state planning and budgeting and the state controller in accordance with section 24-75-226 (5).
C.R.S. § 27-90-109 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 90 / Section 27-90-109
27-90-109. Department may accept gifts, donations, and grants
Status: in_force

27-90-109. Department may accept gifts, donations, and grants. The department or any institution managed, supervised, and controlled by the department may accept or refuse to accept, on behalf of and in the name of the state, gifts, donations, and grants, including grants of federal funds, for any purpose connected with the work or programs of the department or of any such institution. The executive director, with the approval of the governor, has the power to direct the disposition of any such gift, donation, and grant so accepted for any purpose consistent with the terms and conditions under which given.
C.R.S. § 27-50-803 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 50 / Part 8 / Section 27-50-803
27-50-803. Technical assistance to jails - appropriation
Status: repealed

27-50-803. Technical assistance to jails - appropriation. (1) The behavioral health administration shall provide technical assistance to facilities in meeting their requirements pursuant to section 17-26-104.9 (1.5). Technical assistance includes development and implementation of medication-assisted treatment, development of guidelines for nonmedical evaluations, including timelines for performing a subsequent medical evaluation and administering medical withdrawal management, approval of prescribers by the United States drug enforcement agency, and other appropriate withdrawal management care, and assistance with identifying bulk purchasing opportunities for necessary services.

(2) Repealed.
C.R.S. § 27-67-102 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 67 / Section 27-67-102
27-67-102. Legislative declaration
Status: in_force

27-67-102. Legislative declaration. (1) The general assembly finds that many parents in Colorado experience challenging circumstances because their children have significant mental health needs. Many times, the parents are loving, caring parents who have become increasingly frustrated in their attempts to navigate the various governmental systems, including child welfare, mental health, law enforcement, juvenile justice, education, and youth services, in an attempt to find help for their children. Frequently in these situations, an action in dependency or neglect under article 3 of title 19 is neither appropriate nor warranted.

(2) The general assembly finds that it is desirable to assist children and youth with mental health needs and their families. The general assembly further finds that it is desirable to make mental health services more available to families who want treatment for their children. The general assembly finds that it is in the best interest of the state to provide a full range of mental health treatment services, including residential care, to children and youth who are not eligible for medicaid. The general assembly further finds that, although the mental health agencies are responsible for providing or coordinating the full range of mental health treatment services, including residential care, for those children and youth who have been found to be categorically eligible for medicaid, there remains a population of children and youth in need of mental health services who are not categorically eligible for medicaid. Accordingly, the general assembly determines that it is appropriate to adopt a program pursuant to which a continuum of services would be provided to these children and youth.

(3) The general assembly therefore finds that children and youth who are categorically eligible for medicaid and who may be eligible for mental health treatment services, including residential care, may need support in identifying clear appeals processes.
C.R.S. § 27-81-106 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 81 / Section 27-81-106
27-81-106. Standards for public and private treatment facilities - fees - enforcement proce
Status: in_force

27-81-106. Standards for public and private treatment facilities - fees - enforcement procedures - penalties. (1) In accordance with the provisions of this article 81, the BHA shall establish standards for approved treatment facilities that receive public funds. A treatment facility shall meet the established standards to be approved as a public or private treatment facility. The BHA shall fix the fees to be charged for the required inspections. The fees charged to approved treatment facilities that provide level I and level II programs, as provided in section 42-4-1301.3 (3)(c), must be transmitted to the state treasurer, who shall credit the fees to the alcohol and drug driving safety program fund created in section 42-4-1301.3 (4)(a). The standards may concern only health standards to be met and standards of treatment to be afforded patients and must reflect the success criteria established by the general assembly.

(2) The BHA shall periodically inspect approved public and private treatment facilities at reasonable times and in a reasonable manner.

(3) The BHA shall maintain a list of approved public and private treatment facilities.

(4) Each approved public and private treatment facility shall file with the BHA, on request, data, statistics, schedules, and any other information the BHA reasonably requires. The commissioner shall remove from the list of approved treatment facilities an approved public or private treatment facility that fails, without good cause, to furnish any data, statistics, schedules, or other information, as requested, or files fraudulent returns.

(5) The BHA, after a hearing, may suspend, revoke, limit, restrict, or refuse to grant an approval for failure to meet its standards.

(6) A person shall not operate a private or public treatment facility in this state without approval from the BHA; except that this article 81 does not apply to a private treatment facility that accepts only private money and does not dispense controlled substances. The district court may restrain any violation of, review any denial, restriction, or revocation of approval under, and grant other relief required to enforce the provisions of this section.

(7) Upon petition of the BHA and after a hearing held upon reasonable notice to the facility, the district court may issue a warrant to an officer or employee of the BHA authorizing the officer or employee to enter and inspect at reasonable times, and examine the books and accounts of, any approved public or private treatment facility that refuses to consent to inspection or examination by the BHA or which the BHA has reasonable cause to believe is operating in violation of this article 81.
C.R.S. § 27-50-503 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 50 / Part 5 / Section 27-50-503
27-50-503. Licenses - application - inspection - issuance
Status: in_force

27-50-503. Licenses - application - inspection - issuance. (1) An application for a license to operate a behavioral health entity must be submitted to the BHA annually in the form and manner prescribed by the BHA.

(2) (a) The BHA shall investigate and review each original application and each renewal application for a license to operate a behavioral health entity. The BHA shall determine an applicant's compliance with this article 50 and the rules adopted pursuant to section 27-50-504 before the BHA issues a license.

(b) The BHA shall inspect the applicant's facilities as it deems necessary to ensure that the health, safety, and welfare of the behavioral health entity's consumers are protected. The behavioral health entity shall submit in writing, in a form prescribed by the BHA, a plan detailing the measures that the behavioral health entity will take to correct any violations found by the BHA as a result of inspections undertaken pursuant to this subsection (2).

(3) The BHA shall keep all health-care information or documents obtained during an inspection or investigation of a behavioral health entity pursuant to subsection (2) of this section confidential. Any such records, information, or documents obtained are exempt from disclosure pursuant to sections 24-72-204 and 27-50-510.

(4) (a) With the submission of an application for a license to operate a behavioral health entity, or within ten days after a change in ownership or management of a behavioral health entity, each owner and manager shall submit a complete set of the owner's or manager's fingerprints to the Colorado bureau of investigation for the purpose of conducting a fingerprint-based criminal history record check. The Colorado bureau of investigation shall forward the fingerprints to the federal bureau of investigation for the purpose of conducting fingerprint-based criminal history record checks. Each owner and each manager shall pay the Colorado bureau of investigation the costs associated with the fingerprint-based criminal history record check. Upon completion of the criminal history record check, the Colorado bureau of investigation shall forward the results to the BHA. The BHA may acquire a name-based criminal history record check for an applicant who has twice submitted to a fingerprint-based criminal history record check and whose fingerprints are unclassifiable.

(b) The BHA shall use the information from the criminal history record checks performed pursuant to subsection (4)(a) of this section to determine whether the person applying for licensure has been convicted of a crime that involves conduct that the BHA determines could pose a risk to the health, safety, or welfare of a behavioral health entity's consumers. The BHA shall consider that persons in recovery may have a history of criminal justice involvement and that criminal history does not require a dismissal of an application for a license. The BHA shall keep information obtained in accordance with this subsection (4) confidential.

(5) The BHA shall not issue a license to operate a behavioral health entity if the owner or manager of the behavioral health entity has been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor that involves conduct that the BHA determines could pose a risk to the health, safety, or welfare of the behavioral health entity's consumers.

(6) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (7) of this section, the BHA shall issue or renew a license to operate a behavioral health entity when it is satisfied that the applicant or licensee is in compliance with the requirements set forth in this article 50 and the rules promulgated pursuant to this article 50. Except for provisional licenses issued in accordance with subsection (7) of this section, a license issued or renewed pursuant to this section expires one year after the date of issuance or renewal.

(7) (a) The BHA may issue a provisional license to operate a behavioral health entity to an applicant for the purpose of operating a behavioral health entity for a period of ninety days if the applicant is temporarily unable to conform to all of the minimum standards required pursuant to this article 50; except that the BHA shall not issue a provisional license to an applicant if the operation of the behavioral health entity will adversely affect the health, safety, or welfare of the behavioral health entity's consumers.

(b) As a condition of obtaining a provisional license, the applicant shall show proof to the BHA that attempts are being made to conform and comply with the applicable standards required pursuant to this article 50.

(c) The BHA shall not grant a provisional license prior to the completion of a criminal history background check in accordance with subsection (4) of this section and a determination in accordance with subsection (5) of this section.

(d) A second provisional license may be issued, for a like term and fee, to effect compliance. No further provisional licenses may be issued for the current year after the second issuance pursuant to this subsection (7)(d).
C.R.S. § 27-81-116 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 81 / Section 27-81-116
27-81-116. Payment for treatment - financial ability of patients
Status: in_force

27-81-116. Payment for treatment - financial ability of patients. (1) If treatment is provided by an approved public treatment facility and the patient, including a committed person, has not paid the charge therefor, the approved treatment facility is entitled to any payment received by the patient or to which the patient may be entitled because of the services rendered and from any public or private source available to the approved treatment facility because of the treatment provided to the patient. The approved treatment facility may seek and obtain a judgment in an appropriate court for any fees or charges that have not been paid.

(2) A patient in an approved treatment facility, or the estate of the patient, or a person obligated to provide for the cost of treatment and having sufficient financial ability is liable to the approved treatment facility for the cost of maintenance and treatment of the patient therein in accordance with rates established. The approved treatment facility may seek and obtain a judgment in an appropriate court for any fees or charges that have not been paid.

(3) The commissioner shall adopt rules that establish a standardized ability-to-pay schedule, under which those with sufficient financial ability are required to pay the full cost of services provided and those who are totally without sufficient financial ability are provided appropriate treatment at no charge. The schedule shall take into consideration the income, including government assistance programs, savings, and other personal and real property, of the person required to pay and any support the person required to pay furnishes to another person as required by law.

(4) Nothing in this section shall prohibit an approved treatment facility from charging a minimal fee for therapeutic purposes.
C.R.S. § 27-66-110 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 66 / Section 27-66-110
27-66-110. Trauma-informed care standards of approval
Status: in_force

27-66-110. Trauma-informed care standards of approval. The BHA shall establish care standards and an approval process that a qualified residential treatment program, as defined in section 26-6-903 (26), must meet to ensure that qualified residential treatment programs have a trauma-informed treatment model that addresses the needs of children and youth with serious emotional or behavioral health disorders or disturbances.
C.R.S. § 27-80-120 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 80 / Part 1 / Section 27-80-120
27-80-120. Building substance use disorder treatment capacity in underserved communities -
Status: repealed

27-80-120. Building substance use disorder treatment capacity in underserved communities - grant program. (1) There is created in the behavioral health administration the building substance use disorder treatment capacity in underserved communities grant program, referred to in this section as the "grant program".

(2) Subject to available appropriations, the BHA shall award grant program money to increase substance use disorder capacity and services in rural and frontier communities. Each managed service organization area that consists of at least fifty percent rural or frontier counties shall receive an equal proportion of the annual grant program money to disburse in local grants.

(3) A grant committee shall review grant applications and, if approved, award local grants. The grant committee includes two members appointed by the county commissioners in the relevant managed service organization service area, two representatives from the managed service organization, and two members representing the BHA and appointed by the commissioner. The award of a local grant must be approved by a majority of the members of the grant committee. In awarding a local grant, the grant committee shall prioritize geographic areas that are unserved or underserved. After local grants are approved for each managed service organization service area, the BHA shall disburse grant program money to the managed service organization for distribution to local grant recipients.

(4) Local grants must be used to ensure that local communities increase access to a continuum of substance use disorder treatment and recovery services, including medical or clinical detoxification, residential treatment, recovery support services, and intensive outpatient treatment.

(5) Local governments, municipalities, counties, schools, law enforcement agencies, and primary care or substance use disorder treatment providers within or outside of the managed service organization's network of providers may apply for a local grant to provide services.

(6) Money appropriated for the pilot program that remains unexpended and unencumbered at the end of the fiscal year is further appropriated to the BHA for the pilot program in the next fiscal year.

(7) Repealed.
C.R.S. § 27-50-202 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 50 / Part 2 / Section 27-50-202
27-50-202. Formal agreements - state agencies and tribal governments
Status: in_force

27-50-202. Formal agreements - state agencies and tribal governments. (1) On or before July 1, 2023, the commissioner shall collaborate with state agencies and tribal governments, while respecting tribal sovereignty, to implement formal agreements between the BHA and state agencies, and the BHA and tribal governments that have initiatives, funding, programs, or services related to behavioral health. The formal agreements must provide the structure for implementing behavioral health standards by formalizing expectations specific to:

(a) Collaborative problem solving for challenges that arise in the behavioral health system;

(b) Consideration of BHA funding and resource allocation priorities across the behavioral health continuum of care, including primary prevention and harm reduction, as well as recommendations for other state agencies' and tribal governments' funding priorities, to ensure a coordinated statewide effort to align behavioral health funding with the BHA's vision, demonstrated gaps in funding or resource allocation, and governor priorities;

(c) Data sharing and health information sharing, including a process for data sharing and analysis that:

(I) Prioritizes protection of patient privacy and, to the extent possible, eliminates any sharing of personally identifiable information and personal health information; and

(II) Must be transparently disclosed to all relevant parties;

(d) Requiring, when applicable, the use of the universal contracting provisions generated in collaboration with state agencies pursuant to section 25-50-203 and the use of behavioral health administrative services organizations pursuant to part 4 of this article 50;

(e) Reporting and data sharing to the BHA, including behavioral-health-related metrics, to ensure state agencies and tribal governments share data;

(f) Managed care entity standards, such as use of nationally recognized practice guidelines for utilization management approved by the BHA and shared parameters for network adequacy;

(g) Parity monitoring and compliance to support the department of health care policy and financing's and the division of insurance's enforcement of parity provisions; and

(h) A method for the state agencies and tribal governments to inform the BHA of problems that need resolution and to collaborate with the BHA to address those problems.

(2) The commissioner, in collaboration with state agencies and tribal governments, shall annually review the formal agreements and update the formal agreements as necessary. Formal agreements may be expanded to other state agencies and branches of government as needed and appropriate.
C.R.S. § 27-80-306 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 80 / Part 3 / Section 27-80-306
27-80-306. Annual report
Status: in_force

27-80-306. Annual report. (1) On or before September 1, 2020, and on or before September 1 of each year thereafter, the ombudsman shall prepare and submit, in accordance with subsection (2) of this section, a written report that includes information from the preceding fiscal year concerning actions taken by the ombudsman relating to the duties of the office set forth in section 27-80-303.

(2) The ombudsman shall submit the report required by this section to the governor, the executive director of the department and the commissioner of the BHA, the commissioner of insurance, the senate committee on health and human services or any successor committee, and the house of representatives committees on health and insurance and public and behavioral health and human services or any successor committees. Notwithstanding section 24-1-136 (11)(a)(I), the reporting requirement set forth in this section continues indefinitely.

(3) The ombudsman shall post the annual report on the BHA's website.

(4) The ombudsman shall not include in the report required by this section any personally identifying information about an individual consumer or health-care provider or identifying information about a health-care facility licensed pursuant to section 25-1.5-103 or an emergency medical services facility, as defined in section 27-65-102.
C.R.S. § 27-82-202 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 82 / Part 2 / Section 27-82-202
27-82-202. Definitions
Status: in_force

27-82-202. Definitions. As used in this part 2, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Behavioral health administration" or "BHA" means the behavioral health administration established in section 27-50-102.

(1.5) "Clinic" means a site that provides obstetric and gynecological health care.

(2) "Licensed health-care provider" means a physician or physician assistant licensed pursuant to article 240 of title 12 or a nurse or certified midwife licensed pursuant to part 1 of article 255 of title 12.

(3) "Pilot program" means the maternal and child health pilot program created in section 27-82-203.

(4) "Treatment facility" means a health-care facility that provides substance use disorder or medication-assisted treatment and that is approved by the behavioral health administration pursuant to section 27-81-106.
C.R.S. § 27-91-101 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 91 / Section 27-91-101
27-91-101. Legislative declaration
Status: in_force

27-91-101. Legislative declaration. The purpose of this section and section 27-91-102 is to provide for the payment of actual expenses only, in lieu of stated salaries and mileage, to all members of boards of control of state institutions.
C.R.S. § 27-60-111 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 60 / Part 1 / Section 27-60-111
27-60-111. County-based behavioral health grant program - created - report - rules - repeal
Status: repealed

27-60-111. County-based behavioral health grant program - created - report - rules - repeal. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 27-90-107 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 90 / Section 27-90-107
27-90-107. Transfer of functions
Status: in_force

27-90-107. Transfer of functions. (1) The department has the authority to execute, administer, perform, and enforce the rights, powers, duties, functions, and obligations vested in the board of control of the state children's home, the board of control of the Mount View girls' school, and the division of administration of the division of parole prior to July 1, 1959.

(2) Except where the context plainly requires otherwise, "board" or "boards of control", with reference to the institutions and the division listed in subsection (1) of this section, means and refers to the department of human services.
C.R.S. § 27-93-104 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 93 / Section 27-93-104
27-93-104. Authorized utilization of medical facilities at institute - equipment replacemen
Status: in_force

27-93-104. Authorized utilization of medical facilities at institute - equipment replacement fund. (1) A person committed to the custody of or cared for in the department of human services or the department of corrections who requires medical care and treatment that can be advantageously treated by psychiatric, medical, or surgical care available at the Colorado mental health institute at Pueblo may be treated at the institute. Charges for patient care and treatment shall be made in the manner provided in article 92 of this title. A specific appropriation shall be made annually for the general medical division of the Colorado mental health institute at Pueblo, based upon projections of the total patient load and associated costs from all institutions, and the department of human services shall determine at least annually the per diem expenses and the actual utilization of the general medical division by each institution, including other divisions of the Colorado mental health institute at Pueblo.

(2) A person under the care of or in the custody or control of an agency of the federal government whose psychiatric, medical, or surgical needs could be advantageously treated at the Colorado mental health institute at Pueblo may be treated at the institute pursuant to a contract between the institute and the agency of the federal government.

(3) A contract entered into pursuant to subsection (2) of this section shall cover the full direct and indirect costs of services as determined by generally accepted accounting principles and shall include a fee to cover the need for replacement of existing equipment which would occur because of this additional use. All fees collected pursuant to this subsection (3) shall be collected by the Colorado mental health institute at Pueblo and shall be transmitted to the state treasurer, who shall credit the same to the equipment replacement fund, which fund is hereby created. Moneys in the equipment replacement fund shall be appropriated by the general assembly on an annual basis to the department of human services for replacement of existing equipment made necessary pursuant to this section.
C.R.S. § 27-65-129 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 65 / Section 27-65-129
27-65-129. Payment for counsel
Status: in_force

27-65-129. Payment for counsel. In order to provide legal representation to persons eligible for an attorney pursuant to this article 65, the judicial department shall pay, out of money appropriated by the general assembly, sums directly to the appointed attorney on a case-by-case basis or, on behalf of the state, shall pay lump-sum grants to and contract with individual attorneys, legal partnerships, legal professional corporations, public interest law firms, or nonprofit legal services corporations.
C.R.S. § 27-50-301 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 50 / Part 3 / Section 27-50-301
27-50-301. Behavioral health safety net system implementation
Status: in_force

27-50-301. Behavioral health safety net system implementation. (1) No later than July 1, 2024, the BHA, in collaboration with the department of health care policy and financing and the department of public health and environment, shall establish a comprehensive and standardized behavioral health safety net system throughout the state that must include behavioral health safety net services for children, youth, and adults, including adults who have a serious mental illness and children and youth who have a serious emotional disturbance, along a continuum of care.

(2) The BHA shall ensure that all Coloradans have access to the behavioral health safety net system, which must:

(a) Proactively engage priority populations with adequate case management and care coordination throughout the care continuum;

(b) Promote competency in de-escalation techniques;

(c) Develop, maintain, and utilize adequate networks for timely access to treatment, including high-intensity behavioral health treatment and community-based treatment for children, youth, and adults;

(d) Require collaboration with all state and local law enforcement jurisdictions and counties in the service area, including judicial districts and county departments of human or social services;

(e) Triage individuals who need services outside the scope of the behavioral health safety net system;

(f) Incorporate and demonstrate trauma-informed care practices;

(g) Promote patient-centered care and cultural awareness;

(h) Update information as requested by the BHA about available treatment options and outcomes in each region of the state;

(i) Prioritize relevant programs or services eligible for federal grants or reimbursement, including relevant programs or services identified in the federal Title IV-E prevention services clearinghouse;

(j) Utilize evidence-based or evidence-informed programming to promote quality services; and

(k) Meet any other criteria established by the BHA.

(3) In establishing the standardized and comprehensive behavioral health safety net system, the BHA shall:

(a) In collaboration with state agencies and the advisory council created pursuant to section 27-50-701, establish and routinely assess what types of behavioral health services are provided on a community, regional, and statewide basis for children, youth, and adults. The BHA shall ensure that, at a minimum, the following behavioral health safety net services are available for children, youth, and adults statewide:

(I) Emergency or crisis behavioral health services;

(II) Mental health and substance use outpatient services;

(III) Behavioral health high-intensity outpatient services;

(IV) Behavioral health residential services;

(V) Withdrawal management services;

(VI) Behavioral health inpatient services;

(VII) Mental health and substance use recovery supports;

(VIII) Integrated care services;

(IX) Care management;

(X) Outreach, education, and engagement services;

(XI) Outpatient competency restoration;

(XII) Care coordination;

(XIII) Hospital alternatives;

(XIV) Screening, assessment, and diagnosis, including risk assessment, crisis planning, and monitoring to key health indicators; and

(XV) Additional services that the BHA determines are necessary in a region or throughout the state.

(b) When routinely assessing the services available regionally and statewide, as required in subsection (3)(a) of this section, assess adequacy of funding and resources necessary to implement the behavioral health system plan pursuant to section 27-50-204;

(c) Set clinical and practice standards and health, safety, and welfare standards, including standards specific to children and youth, when appropriate, through the licensing of behavioral health entities and the approval of behavioral health safety net providers;

(d) Establish statewide, regional, and local behavioral health network adequacy standards, including standards specific to children and youth, when appropriate; and

(e) Implement a behavioral health administrative services organization structure pursuant to part 4 of this article 50.

(4) Except as provided in section 27-50-303, behavioral health safety net providers shall not refuse to treat an individual based on the individual's:

(a) Insurance coverage, lack of insurance coverage, or ability to pay;

(b) Clinical acuity level related to the individual's behavioral health condition or conditions, including whether the individual has been certified for short-term treatment or long-term care and treatment pursuant to article 65 of this title 27;

(c) Readiness to transition out of the Colorado mental health institute at Pueblo, the Colorado mental health institute at Fort Logan, or any other mental health institute or licensed facility providing inpatient psychiatric services or acute care hospital providing stabilization because the individual no longer requires inpatient care and treatment;

(d) Involvement in the criminal or juvenile justice system;

(e) Current involvement in the child welfare system;

(f) Co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders, physical disability, or intellectual or developmental disability, irrespective of primary diagnosis, co-occurring conditions, or if an individual requires assistance with activities of daily living or instrumental activities of daily living, as defined in section 12-270-104 (6);

(g) Displays of aggressive behavior, or history of aggressive behavior, as a symptom of a diagnosed mental health disorder or substance use disorder;

(h) Clinical presentation or behavioral presentation in any previous interaction with a provider;

(i) Place of residence; or

(j) Disability, age, race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, or tribal affiliation.

(5) The BHA may promulgate rules or determine other appropriate processes to approve behavioral health providers as behavioral health safety net providers. Behavioral health providers that do not hold a license from the BHA but are otherwise licensed or authorized to provide behavioral health services in the state of Colorado are eligible to be approved as behavioral health safety net providers.
C.R.S. § 27-80-107.8 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 80 / Part 1 / Section 27-80-107.8
27-80-107.8. Withdrawal management and crisis service expansion - appropriation
Status: in_force

27-80-107.8. Withdrawal management and crisis service expansion - appropriation. (1) On or before January 1, 2023, each managed service organization shall:

(a) Contract to provide short-term residential placement for withdrawal management, crisis stabilization, or medication-assisted treatment for persons in immediate need of detoxification and stabilization services, with a provider that is licensed by the state of Colorado to provide those services. The managed service organization is encouraged to contract with crisis service providers that have existing contracts with administrative services organizations for the purpose of providing crisis stabilization services for individuals who need substance use services.

(b) Develop a payment schedule that includes admission and service rates from the managed service organization to the provider and organizational funding for training and coordination with first responders or referring entities; and

(c) Provide training to, and ongoing coordination with, first responders or referring entities concerning the available services to be utilized in lieu of arrest and transport to jail, to the greatest extent possible.

(2) For the 2022-23 state fiscal year, the general assembly shall appropriate ten million dollars to the behavioral health administration to be distributed to managed service organizations for the purpose of implementing this section. Any unexpended money remaining at the end of the 2022-23 state fiscal year from this appropriation:

(a) Does not revert to the general fund or any other fund;

(b) May be used by the behavioral health administration in the 2023-24 or 2024-25 state fiscal years without further appropriation; and

(c) Must not be used for any other purpose other than the purposes set forth in this section.
C.R.S. § 27-91-107 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 91 / Section 27-91-107
27-91-107. Purchase of supplies by and from institutions
Status: in_force

27-91-107. Purchase of supplies by and from institutions. (1) The following designated state institutions are within the purview of this section: All facilities of the departments of corrections and human services, the Colorado mental health institute at Pueblo, the Wheat Ridge regional center, the Grand Junction regional center, the Pueblo regional center, the Lookout Mountain school at Golden, the Mount View school at Morrison, the Colorado industries for the blind, and the Colorado psychiatric hospital.

(2) When any of the institutions enumerated in subsection (1) of this section are in need of supplies that are grown, produced, or manufactured by any other of the institutions, it shall purchase the same from the other institution if it has a surplus thereof of suitable quality available for sale at a price not in excess of the current market price for such supplies, and it is the duty of the managing boards of such respective institutions to require observance of the provisions of this section.
C.R.S. § 27-71-101 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 71 / Section 27-71-101
27-71-101. Legislative declaration
Status: in_force

27-71-101. Legislative declaration. The general assembly finds and declares that there is an urgent need for community-based mental health residential beds throughout the state to serve individuals who need the support of a residential setting.
C.R.S. § 27-50-405 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 50 / Part 4 / Section 27-50-405
27-50-405. Behavioral health administrative services organizations - stakeholder input - re
Status: in_force

27-50-405. Behavioral health administrative services organizations - stakeholder input - report - rules. (1) Each behavioral health administrative services organization shall develop a process to solicit and respond to input from stakeholders about behavioral health services and gaps in the service area. A behavioral health administrative services organization shall publicly post an annual report that includes:

(a) A report on the stakeholder input received in the prior year, anonymized and aggregated to protect individual privacy;

(b) Descriptions of how the behavioral health administrative services organization has responded to, or plans to respond to, stakeholder input from the prior year, including descriptions of policy or practice changes or explanations of why no changes were made; and

(c) The plan for stakeholder engagement for the upcoming year.

(2) In soliciting and responding to input from stakeholders pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, the behavioral health administrative services organization shall, at a minimum, engage the following stakeholders within the service area:

(a) Clients of behavioral health services and their families;

(b) Behavioral health safety net providers;

(c) Counties;

(d) Law enforcement;

(e) Hospitals and physical health providers; and

(f) Judicial districts.

(3) The behavioral health administrative services organization may also engage stakeholders in neighboring service areas, as appropriate.

(4) The BHA may promulgate rules as necessary to implement this section.
C.R.S. § 27-60-203 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 60 / Part 2 / Section 27-60-203
27-60-203. Behavioral health administration - timeline
Status: repealed

27-60-203. Behavioral health administration - timeline.

(1) to (4) Repealed.

(5) (a) On or before July 1, 2022, the behavioral health administration is established in the state department. During the time it takes for the BHA to become fully operational, it remains a part of the state department until a determination is made by the general assembly concerning the department it will be permanently located in.

(b) On or before November 1, 2024, the state department shall provide a report to the joint budget committee, the public and behavioral health and human services committee of the house of representatives, and the health and human services committee of the senate, or any successor committees, concerning recommendations on whether the BHA should remain in the state department or be transferred to a different department within the state.

(c) If the general assembly takes no additional legislative action on or before June 30, 2025, the BHA will remain in the state department.
C.R.S. § 27-10.5-125 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 10.5 / Part 1 / Section 27-10.5-125
27-10.5-125. Transfer of residents
Status: repealed

27-10.5-125. Transfer of residents. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 27-10.5-113 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 10.5 / Part 1 / Section 27-10.5-113
27-10.5-113. Right to individualized plan or individualized family service plan - repeal
Status: repealed

27-10.5-113. Right to individualized plan or individualized family service plan - repeal. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 27-93-106 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 93 / Section 27-93-106
27-93-106. Access to inpatient civil beds at institute
Status: in_force

27-93-106. Access to inpatient civil beds at institute. The department shall develop and implement admission criteria that ensures individuals, prior to being admitted, have been evaluated for the least restrictive level of care and that geographic location, current health-care provider, and payer type are not the primary determining factor in whether an individual has access to a civil inpatient bed.
C.R.S. § 27-60-101 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 60 / Part 1 / Section 27-60-101
27-60-101. Behavioral health crisis response system - legislative declaration
Status: repealed

27-60-101. Behavioral health crisis response system - legislative declaration. (1) (a) The general assembly finds and declares that:

(I) There are people in Colorado communities who are experiencing behavioral health crises and need professional behavioral health crisis care or urgent psychiatric care from skilled mental health clinicians and medical professionals who excel at providing compassionate behavioral health crisis intervention and stabilization;

(II) A behavioral health crisis can happen any hour of the day and any day of the week;

(III) Persons in a behavioral health crisis frequently come in contact with community first responders who are often unable to provide necessary behavioral health interventions or who must transport these persons in a behavioral health crisis to emergency rooms for services, or, in cases where a crime is alleged, to jail;

(IV) Colorado ranks fiftieth in the nation in the number of inpatient psychiatric beds;

(V) Fewer than one-half of the persons who are in a behavioral health crisis and are taken to an emergency room are admitted for inpatient hospitalization, meaning that thousands of people each year return to community streets with little, if any, crisis intervention or treatment for behavioral health disorders; and

(VI) Significant time and resources are required of community first responders in addressing persons in a behavioral health crisis and, in many cases, this community response is neither timely nor safe for the person in crisis nor cost-efficient for the state.

(b) The general assembly therefore finds that a coordinated behavioral health crisis response system:

(I) Serves as a comprehensive and preferred response to behavioral health emergencies throughout Colorado by providing for early intervention and effective treatment of individuals who are experiencing a behavioral health crisis;

(I.5) As the appropriate and preferred response to behavioral health crises, eliminates the use of the criminal justice system to hold individuals who are experiencing a mental health crisis and enhances the ability of mental health providers and hospitals to serve individuals who are experiencing a mental health crisis;

(II) Provides an appropriate first line of response to individuals in need of an emergency seventy-two-hour mental health hold and utilizes first responders and information technology systems to integrate available behavioral health crisis responses;

(III) Should be available in all Colorado communities;

(IV) Includes community-based, behavioral health crisis centers where individuals who are experiencing a behavioral health crisis may be stabilized and receive short-term treatment, as clinically appropriate;

(V) Decriminalizes mental health disorders by leading the development of a partnership-supported network of crisis services; and

(VI) Establishes a statewide framework that creates, strengthens, and enhances community partnerships that will facilitate the preferred response to behavioral health crises, including ensuring that peace officers and other first responders are equipped with a variety of options when they encounter a behavioral health crisis.

(c) Therefore, the general assembly declares that it is a matter of statewide concern to incentivize and coordinate existing behavioral health crisis intervention services and to commit resources to expand the crisis response system.

(2) Repealed.
C.R.S. § 27-80-124 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 80 / Part 1 / Section 27-80-124
27-80-124. Colorado substance use disorders prevention collaborative - created - mission -
Status: repealed

27-80-124. Colorado substance use disorders prevention collaborative - created - mission - administration - report - repeal. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 27-10.5-138 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 10.5 / Part 1 / Section 27-10.5-138
27-10.5-138. Service provision system evaluation
Status: repealed

27-10.5-138. Service provision system evaluation. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 27-65-116 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 65 / Section 27-65-116
27-65-116. Restoration of rights
Status: in_force

27-65-116. Restoration of rights. Any person who, by reason of a judicial decree entered by a court of this state prior to July 1, 1975, is adjudicated as a person with a mental illness is deemed to have been restored to legal capacity and competency.
C.R.S. § 27-60-303 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 60 / Part 3 / Section 27-60-303
27-60-303. Behavioral health administration - additional duties - collaboration with other
Status: in_force

27-60-303. Behavioral health administration - additional duties - collaboration with other agencies. (1) The BHA shall:

(a) In collaboration with the department of regulatory agencies, establish workforce standards that strengthen the behavioral health-care provider workforce, including telehealth providers, and increase opportunities for peer support professionals and behavioral health aides. If practicable, the standards must be aligned with national standards and address health equity; rural, frontier, and urban needs; pediatric care; specialty care; and care for individuals with complex needs.

(b) Provide and fund opportunities for training and certification with state, national, and international credentialing entities;

(c) Work with other state agencies to reduce the administrative burden across agencies to ensure behavioral health-care providers have additional time to focus on patient care;

(d) Collaborate with the department of public health and environment to:

(I) Further develop current assessments that exist in rules promulgated by the state board of health pursuant to section 25-1.5-404 (1)(a) that measure community-level shortages of behavioral health-care providers who provide services for children, youth, and adults; and

(II) Expand the Colorado health service corps created in section 25-1.5-503 to improve access to behavioral health-care services in communities where workforce shortages exist by providing loans to behavioral health providers to practice in these communities and to work with priority populations; and

(e) Collaborate with the department of higher education, the state board for community colleges and occupational education created in section 23-60-104, the department of education, the state work force development council created in section 24-46.3-101, the department of labor and employment, and the department of health care policy and financing, as applicable, to:

(I) Update career pathways to align with postsecondary degree programs, work-based learning programs, and apprenticeship programs to ensure that behavioral health education and training are responsive to the needs of the labor market in order to provide behavioral health-care services across the care continuum for children, youth, and adults;

(II) Prepare students and current workers in the behavioral health-care field with the skills and credentials they need for jobs and careers, including through the use of the department of labor and employment's work-based learning programs, to assist with identifying industry-relevant skills, certifications, and credentials in the behavioral health-care field;

(III) Secure federal funding that supports training, education, and apprenticeships in behavioral health-care-related occupations;

(IV) Enhance and expand the direct-care workforce to provide behavioral health-care services for children, youth, and adults enrolled in programs administered by the department of health care policy and financing;

(V) Address licensing and credentialing portability issues that affect the ability of children, youth, and adults to access behavioral health-care services;

(VI) Explore the requirements that must be met for certified addiction specialist and certified addiction technician classes to be taught remotely; and

(VII) Explore the feasibility of remote supervisory observation for each behavioral health-care field.

(1.5) (a) The BHA shall create the agricultural and rural community behavioral health program and identify a specific BHA staff person to serve as a liaison between the BHA, department of agriculture, behavioral health-care providers, rural community leaders, agricultural communities, and nonprofit organizations that serve agricultural communities. The agricultural and rural community behavioral health program shall:

(I) Engage in statewide community outreach to educate communities on the behavioral health issues farmers, ranchers, other agricultural industry workers, their families, and rural communities experience;

(II) Establish interdepartmental relationships; and

(III) Develop an understanding of and address the root causes of behavioral health issues in the agricultural industry and in rural communities.

(b) The agricultural and rural community behavioral health program shall coordinate training for behavioral health providers to serve farmers, ranchers, other agricultural industry workers, and their families experiencing behavioral health issues.

(c) The agricultural and rural community behavioral health program staff liaison shall serve on the agricultural behavioral health community of practice work group, created in section 35-1-121, and provide support to the work group as needed.

(d) The BHA and the department of agricultural shall enter into an interagency agreement to share data collected in the course of understanding and addressing the behavioral health-care issues in the agricultural industry and in rural communities. The interagency agreement must state that the data shared will be aggregated and anonymized, and data sharing must be in compliance with state and federal data privacy laws.

(2) (a) The BHA shall use the learning management system to implement a comprehensive, collaborative, and cross-system training certification and training curriculum of evidence-based treatment and evidence-based criminal justice approaches for behavioral health-care providers working in programs to obtain a criminal justice treatment provider endorsement. The curriculum shall include:

(I) Training to ensure cross-system alignment around a proactive, coordinated, and prerelease care plan for individuals who are incarcerated in jail, prison, and community corrections facilities;

(II) Specialized training and skills-building in cultural competencies and otherwise culturally responsive approaches to supervision and treatment of individuals who are or were in the criminal justice system; and

(III) Specific strategies to address the rights and needs of crime victims and the behavioral health-care provider's role in preventing harm or increasing risk to identified crime victims.

(b) For the purposes of subsection (2)(a) of this section, the BHA shall add relevant content to the curriculum developed in the learning management system and shall ensure that the learning management system is accessible and promoted to all criminal justice agencies in the state.

(3) The BHA shall develop strategies to strengthen Colorado's current behavioral health-care provider workforce. The strategies shall include:

(a) Using the learning management system to increase the capacity of providers to support a culturally competent behavioral health-care provider workforce to provide services for children, youth, and adults. This includes building from the standards and statewide core competencies developed pursuant to the learning management system and offering ongoing professional development opportunities to train behavioral health-care providers to treat complex needs across the continuum of care. If practicable, the standards shall align with national standards and shall address health equity; rural, frontier, and urban needs; pediatric care; specialty care; and care for persons with complex needs. The BHA shall use the learning management system to create course work to increase and improve competencies in behavioral health care.

(b) Developing methods supported by the BHA, the department of regulatory agencies, the department of public health and environment, the department of health care policy and financing, and the department of labor and employment for behavioral health providers to address burnout; training; supervision, including the exploration of opportunities for behavioral health providers to be reimbursed for providing clinical supervision; and career pathways for professional behavioral health-care providers.
C.R.S. § 27-65-128 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 65 / Section 27-65-128
27-65-128. Administration - rules
Status: in_force

27-65-128. Administration - rules. The BHA shall promulgate any rules and develop and distribute any applications or forms necessary to consistently enforce the provisions of this article 65, including rules concerning involuntary feeding tubes for individuals with an eating disorder. The BHA shall proactively train providers, facilities, counties, judges, magistrates, intervening professionals, and certified peace officers on the procedures under this article 65, which training must include an understanding of the criteria for invoking an emergency mental health hold pursuant to section 27-65-106, the definition of "gravely disabled" and how a person who is gravely disabled may present physically and psychiatrically, and suggested templates and resources to be used by facilities to meet the requirements of section 27-65-106 (8)(a)(III) and (8)(a)(VII).
C.R.S. § 27-63-106 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 63 / Section 27-63-106
27-63-106. Safety net system - effectiveness - report
Status: in_force

27-63-106. Safety net system - effectiveness - report. (1) From January 1, 2022, until July 1, 2024, the BHA shall provide an annual report on the progress made by the BHA on the behavioral health safety net system to the public through the annual hearing, pursuant to the "State Measurement for Accountable, Responsive, and Transparent (SMART) Government Act", part 2 of article 7 of title 2.

(2) Notwithstanding section 24-1-136 (11)(a)(I), no later than January 1, 2025, the BHA shall provide an annual report to the joint budget committee of the general assembly related to the expenditures, outcomes, and effectiveness of the safety net system by service area region, including any recommendations to improve the system and the transparency of the system.
C.R.S. § 27-66.5-105 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 66.5 / Section 27-66.5-105
27-66.5-105. Reporting requirements - "State Measurement for Accountable, Responsive, and Tra
Status: in_force

27-66.5-105. Reporting requirements - "State Measurement for Accountable, Responsive, and Transparent (SMART) Government Act" report. The BHA shall report information on the community transition specialist program in the BHA's annual presentation to the general assembly required under the "State Measurement for Accountable, Responsive, and Transparent (SMART) Government Act", part 2 of article 7 of title 2.
C.R.S. § 27-10.5-106 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 10.5 / Part 1 / Section 27-10.5-106
27-10.5-106. Eligibility determination
Status: in_force

27-10.5-106. Eligibility determination. Any person may request an evaluation pursuant to section 25.5-6-1704 to determine whether the person has an intellectual and developmental disability and is eligible to receive long-term services and supports pursuant to this article 10.5. Application for eligibility determination must be made to the case management agency in the defined service area where the person resides.
C.R.S. § 27-92-106 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 92 / Section 27-92-106
27-92-106. Appeal
Status: in_force

27-92-106. Appeal. Appeals from the determination of the ability of a patient or relative to pay, as provided in this article, may be taken to any court of record in Colorado having jurisdiction of the patient or his or her spouse or parents liable for payment; but no appeal may be taken until the executive director of the department of human services has ruled upon a written request for a review of the determination. The request shall be made within sixty days after receipt of notification of the determination, and the applicant shall be notified of the decision of the executive director within forty-five days after the receipt of the applicant's request for review.
C.R.S. § 27-10.5-304 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 10.5 / Part 3 / Section 27-10.5-304
27-10.5-304. Admissions
Status: in_force

27-10.5-304. Admissions. (1) There may be admitted to any regional center persons with developmental disabilities who have been ordered placed in a regional center pursuant to section 27-10.5-110, if the applicant or legal guardian is a bona fide resident of Colorado.

(2) (Deleted by amendment, L. 92, p. 1391, § 40, effective July 1, 1992.)
C.R.S. § 27-92-109 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 92 / Section 27-92-109
27-92-109. Further actions
Status: in_force

27-92-109. Further actions. (1) A patient, spouse, or parent liable by this article who fails to pay the amounts assessed pursuant to this article shall be proceeded against in any manner authorized by law for the collection of sums due and owing to the state of Colorado.

(2) All property of persons liable pursuant to this article shall be subject to application to claims irrespective of its origin, composition, or source subject to the exemptions set forth in section 13-54-102, C.R.S.

(3) Claims against responsible relatives in other states may be enforced as claims for support under the provisions of the "Uniform Interstate Family Support Act", article 5 of title 14, C.R.S.

(4) In the absence of fraud, the patient, spouse, and parents shall be liable only to the extent of assessments actually made against them respectively in accordance with this article.
C.R.S. § 27-93-105 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 93 / Section 27-93-105
27-93-105. Alternative uses for institute facilities
Status: in_force

27-93-105. Alternative uses for institute facilities. The department of human services shall determine the existence of resources at the Colorado mental health institute at Pueblo that are in excess of the needs of the primary purpose of the institute and may make available to the regents of the university of Colorado, on mutually agreeable terms, a maximum of ten beds at the institute for the purpose of teaching students in the family practice medical training program conducted by and under the control of the regents. The resources shall be a supplement to any existing health-care resources and academic facilities in the region.
C.R.S. § 27-92-103 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 92 / Section 27-92-103
27-92-103. Extent of liability
Status: in_force

27-92-103. Extent of liability. (1) The department of human services shall assess against the patient, spouse, or parents made liable by section 27-92-101, or any of them, all or such part of the cost as they are respectively able to pay, but the department of human services shall not assess against the liable persons in the aggregate more than the whole of such cost.

(2) The liability of each parent shall cease when such parent has completed the payments as assessed in this article or upon the patient's eighteenth birthday, whichever event first occurs.
C.R.S. § 27-50-603 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 50 / Part 6 / Section 27-50-603
27-50-603. State agency behavioral health network and program standards
Status: in_force

27-50-603. State agency behavioral health network and program standards. (1) All state agencies administering community-based behavioral health programs shall ensure the community-based behavioral health programs align with the behavioral health continuum of care, behavioral health safety net services, and care coordination provider standards created by the BHA pursuant to part 3 of this article 50.

(2) All state agencies shall use the universal contracting provisions developed pursuant to section 27-50-203 when contracting for community-based behavioral health services in the state.
C.R.S. § 27-60-107 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 60 / Part 1 / Section 27-60-107
27-60-107. Behavioral health entity licenses - assistance - transfer of staff
Status: repealed

27-60-107. Behavioral health entity licenses - assistance - transfer of staff. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 27-82-203 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 82 / Part 2 / Section 27-82-203
27-82-203. Maternal and child health pilot program - created - eligibility of grant recipie
Status: in_force

27-82-203. Maternal and child health pilot program - created - eligibility of grant recipients - rules - report. (1) There is created in the behavioral health administration the maternal and child health pilot program. The BHA shall administer the pilot program. The purpose of the pilot program is to:

(a) Provide grants to two treatment facilities to facilitate the integration of obstetric and gynecological health care; and

(b) Provide grants to four clinics to facilitate the integration of behavioral health, including substance use disorder treatment or medication-assisted treatment, into obstetric and gynecological health care at the clinics.

(2) The BHA shall determine the criteria for treatment facilities and clinics to be eligible to receive the grants.

(3) (a) (I) A treatment facility that is awarded a grant shall integrate prenatal, postpartum, and other health-care services delivered by licensed health-care providers into the services currently provided at the treatment facility.

(II) A treatment facility that is awarded a grant may use the grant to hire clinical staff and to provide clinical updates, including training staff and upgrading and changing technology platforms to support integrated care, in order to perform obstetric and gynecological health care within the treatment facility. A treatment facility with low patient volume may partner with other treatment facilities and clinics to provide integrated care.

(b) (I) A clinic that is awarded a grant shall integrate behavioral health-care services provided by social workers and other behavioral health-care professionals licensed pursuant to article 245 of title 12, including mental health services, substance use disorder treatment, or medication-assisted treatment, into the health-care services currently provided at the clinic.

(II) A clinic may use the grant for services including training clinical staff, upgrading and changing technology platforms to support integrated care, employing behavioral health-care providers, and coordinating and referring patients to behavioral health-care providers outside the clinic.

(4) The state board of human services within the department of human services, in consultation with the BHA, may promulgate rules to implement the pilot program. The rules must include:

(a) The procedures and timelines by which a treatment facility or clinic may apply for a grant;

(b) Grant application contents; and

(c) Criteria for determining eligibility for and the amount of each grant awarded to a treatment facility or clinic.

(5) The commissioner of the BHA shall determine a process to evaluate the grant recipients and the integration of health care resulting from the pilot program. The BHA shall report the results of the pilot program to the public and behavioral health and human services and the health and insurance committees of the house of representatives and the health and human services committee of the senate, or their successor committees.
C.R.S. § 27-50-501 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 50 / Part 5 / Section 27-50-501
27-50-501. Behavioral health entities - license required - criminal and civil penalties
Status: in_force

27-50-501. Behavioral health entities - license required - criminal and civil penalties. (1) (a) On and after January 1, 2024, it is unlawful for any person, partnership, association, or corporation to conduct or maintain a behavioral health entity, including a substance use disorder program or alcohol use disorder program, without having obtained a license from the BHA.

(b) On and after January 1, 2024, an entity seeking initial licensure as a behavioral health entity shall apply for a behavioral health entity license from the BHA if the entity would previously have been licensed or subject to any of the following:

(I) Behavioral health entity licensure by the department of public health and environment;

(II) Approval or designation by the office of behavioral health, as it existed before July 1, 2022, or the BHA pursuant to this article 50 or article 66 of this title 27; or

(III) Approval by the office of behavioral health, as it existed before July 1, 2022, or the BHA pursuant to section 27-81-106 as an approved treatment program for substance use disorders.

(c) A facility with a license or approval on or before December 31, 2023, as a behavioral health entity or a substance use disorder program shall apply for a behavioral health entity license prior to the expiration of the facility's current license or approval. Such a facility is subject to the standards under which it is licensed or approved as of January 1, 2024, until such time as the BHA's behavioral health entity license is issued or denied.

(2) Any person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars but not more than five hundred dollars and may be subject to a civil penalty assessed by the BHA of not less than fifty dollars but not more than one hundred dollars for each day the person is in violation of this section. The assessed penalty accrues from the date the BHA finds that the person is in violation of this section. The BHA shall assess, enforce, and collect the penalty in accordance with article 4 of title 24 and credit the money to the general fund. Enforcement and collection of the penalty occurs following the decision reached in accordance with procedures set forth in section 24-4-105.

(3) (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the BHA shall not issue or renew any license described in this part 5 unless the BHA receives a certificate of compliance for the applicant's building or structure from the division of fire prevention and control in the department of public safety in accordance with part 12 of article 33.5 of title 24.

(b) The BHA shall take action on an application for licensure within thirty days after the date that the BHA receives from the applicant all of the necessary information and documentation required for licensure, including a certificate of compliance from the division of fire prevention and control.
C.R.S. § 27-60-100.3 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 60 / Part 1 / Section 27-60-100.3
27-60-100.3. Definitions
Status: repealed

27-60-100.3. Definitions. As used in this article 60, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Behavioral health" refers to an individual's mental and emotional well-being and actions that affect an individual's overall wellness. Behavioral health problems and disorders include substance use disorders, serious psychological distress, suicide, and other mental health disorders. Problems ranging from unhealthy stress or subclinical conditions to diagnosable and treatable diseases are included in the term "behavioral health". The term "behavioral health" is also used to describe service systems that encompass prevention and promotion of emotional health, prevention and treatment services for mental health and substance use disorders, and recovery support.

(1.1) "Behavioral health administration" or "BHA" means the behavioral health administration established in section 27-50-102.

(1.3) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the behavioral health administration.

(1.5) "Criminal justice diversion program" means a program created pursuant to section 27-60-106.5 or programs operated by cities or counties that connect law enforcement officers with behavioral health providers to assist individuals in need of behavioral health interventions or to divert individuals from the criminal justice system.

(2) "Crisis intervention services" means the array of behavioral health crisis services that are funded by public or private sources and exist to serve individuals who are experiencing a behavioral health crisis.

(3) "Crisis response system" means the behavioral health crisis response system developed and implemented pursuant to this article 60.

(4) "Crisis response system contractor" means an entity that has been awarded a contract to provide one or more crisis intervention services pursuant to section 27-60-103.

(4.7) Repealed.

(5) "State board" means the state board of human services created and authorized pursuant to section 26-1-107.

(6) "State department" means the state department of human services created pursuant to section 26-1-105.
C.R.S. § 27-66-107 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 66 / Section 27-66-107
27-66-107. Purchase of services by courts, counties, municipalities, school districts, and
Status: repealed

27-66-107. Purchase of services by courts, counties, municipalities, school districts, and other political subdivisions. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 27-64.5-101 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 64.5 / Section 27-64.5-101
27-64.5-101. Definitions
Status: in_force

27-64.5-101. Definitions. As used in this article 64.5, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Behavioral health administration" or "BHA" means the behavioral health administration established in section 27-50-102.

(2) "Child or youth" means an individual who is less than twenty-one years of age.

(3) "State department" means the state department of human services created pursuant to section 26-1-105.
C.R.S. § 27-10.5-122 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 10.5 / Part 1 / Section 27-10.5-122
27-10.5-122. Right to influence policy - repeal
Status: repealed

27-10.5-122. Right to influence policy - repeal. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 27-90-103 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 90 / Section 27-90-103
27-90-103. State board of human services - rules
Status: repealed

27-90-103. State board of human services - rules. (1) The state board of human services, created in section 26-1-107, C.R.S., is authorized to adopt "board rules" as necessary to implement the programs administered and the services provided by the department as provided in this title. The rules shall be promulgated in accordance with the provisions of section 24-4-103, C.R.S.

(2) "Board rules" are rules promulgated by the state board of human services governing:

(a) Program scope and content;

(b) Requirements, obligations, and rights of clients and recipients;

(c) Nonexecutive director rules concerning vendors, providers, and other persons affected by acts of the department.

(3) (a) Any rules adopted by the executive director to implement the provisions of this title prior to March 25, 2009, whose content meets the definition of "board rules" shall continue to be effective until revised, amended, or repealed by the state board of human services.

(b) Any rules adopted by the state board to implement the provisions of this title prior to March 25, 2009, whose content meets the definition of "executive director rules" shall continue to be effective until revised, amended, or repealed by the executive director.

(4) Whenever a statutory grant of rule-making authority in this title refers to the department, the state department, or the department of human services, it shall mean the department of human services acting through either the state board of human services or the executive director. When exercising rule-making authority under this title, the state department, either acting through the state board or the executive director, shall establish rules consistent with the powers and the distinction between "board rules" as set forth in this section and "executive director rules" as set forth in section 27-90-102.
C.R.S. § 27-91-104 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 91 / Section 27-91-104
27-91-104. The term "officer" includes members of boards
Status: in_force

27-91-104. The term "officer" includes members of boards. The term "officer" as used in section 27-91-105 includes any member of the various boards created by law to govern or supervise the respective state institutions.
C.R.S. § 27-65-117 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 65 / Section 27-65-117
27-65-117. Discrimination - definition
Status: in_force

27-65-117. Discrimination - definition. No person who has received an evaluation or treatment pursuant to this article 65 may be discriminated against for receiving an evaluation or treatment. For purposes of this section, "discrimination" means giving any undue weight to the fact of hospitalization or outpatient care and treatment unrelated to a person's present capacity to meet standards applicable to all persons. Any person who suffers injury by reason of a violation of this section has a civil cause of action.
C.R.S. § 27-10.5-306 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 10.5 / Part 3 / Section 27-10.5-306
27-10.5-306. Gifts - receipt and disposition
Status: in_force

27-10.5-306. Gifts - receipt and disposition. Each regional center is hereby authorized to receive gifts, legacies, devises, and conveyances of property, real or personal, that may be made, given, or granted to or for such regional center. If the gifts are not prescribed, the director, with approval of the executive director, shall exercise such authority and make such disposition of the gift property as may be for the best interest of said regional center.
C.R.S. § 27-67-101 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 67 / Section 27-67-101
27-67-101. Short title
Status: in_force

27-67-101. Short title. The short title of this article 67 is the "Children and Youth Mental Health Treatment Act".
C.R.S. § 27-50-507 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 50 / Part 5 / Section 27-50-507
27-50-507. Employee and contracted service provider - criminal history record check
Status: in_force

27-50-507. Employee and contracted service provider - criminal history record check. A behavioral health entity shall require an applicant seeking employment with, or seeking to contract to provide services for, the behavioral health entity to submit to a criminal history record check before employment or execution of a contract. The behavioral health entity shall pay the costs of the criminal history record check. The criminal history record check must be conducted not more than ninety days before the employment of or contract with the applicant.
C.R.S. § 27-63-105 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 63 / Section 27-63-105
27-63-105. Safety net system implementation - safety net system criteria
Status: in_force

27-63-105. Safety net system implementation - safety net system criteria. (1) No later than January 1, 2024, the department shall implement the comprehensive proposal and the funding model developed pursuant to section 27-63-104 (2), which shall meet the following criteria:

(a) The safety net system must not refuse to treat an individual, including youth, based on the following:

(I) The individual's insurance coverage, lack of insurance coverage, or ability or inability to pay for behavioral health services;

(II) The individual's clinical acuity level related to the individual's behavioral health disorder, including whether the individual has been certified pursuant to article 65 of this title 27;

(III) The individual's readiness to transition out of the Colorado mental health institute at Pueblo, the Colorado mental health institute at Fort Logan, or any other mental health institute because the individual no longer requires inpatient care and treatment;

(IV) The individual's involvement in the criminal or juvenile justice system;

(V) The individual's current involvement in the child welfare system;

(VI) The individual's co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders, physical disability, or intellectual or developmental disability; or

(VII) The individual's displays of aggressive behavior, or history of aggressive behavior, as a result of a symptom of a diagnosed mental health disorder or substance intoxication;

(b) The safety net system must:

(I) Proactively engage hard-to-serve individuals with adequate case management and care coordination throughout the care continuum;

(II) Promote competency in de-escalation techniques;

(III) Utilize adequate networks for timely access to treatment, including high-intensity behavioral health treatment and community treatment for children, youth, adults, and other individuals;

(IV) Require collaboration with all local law enforcement jurisdictions and counties in the service area, including county departments of human or social services;

(V) Triage individuals who need alternative services outside the scope of the safety net system;

(VI) Promote patient-centered care and cultural awareness;

(VII) Update information as requested by the department about available treatment options and outcomes in each region of the state;

(VIII) Utilize evidence-based or evidence-informed programming to promote quality services; and

(IX) Meet any other criteria established by the department.

(2) The safety net system must have a network of behavioral health-care providers that collectively offer a full continuum of services to ensure individuals with severe behavioral health disorders are triaged in a timely manner to the appropriate care setting if an individual behavioral health-care provider is unable to provide ongoing care and treatment for the individual. The departent shall consider behavioral health safety net providers, behavioral health administrative services organizations, contractors for the statewide behavioral health crisis response system, and other behavioral health community providers as key elements in the behavioral health safety net system.
C.R.S. § 27-65-115 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 65 / Section 27-65-115
27-65-115. Habeas corpus
Status: in_force

27-65-115. Habeas corpus. Any person detained pursuant to this article 65 is entitled to an order in the nature of habeas corpus upon proper petition to any court generally empowered to issue orders in the nature of habeas corpus.
C.R.S. § 27-94-106 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 94 / Section 27-94-106
27-94-106. Access to inpatient civil beds at center
Status: in_force

27-94-106. Access to inpatient civil beds at center. The department shall develop and implement admission criteria that ensures individuals, prior to being admitted, have been evaluated for the least restrictive level of care and that geographic location, current health care provider, and payer type are not the primary determining factor in whether an individual has access to a civil inpatient bed.
C.R.S. § 27-10.5-137 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 10.5 / Part 1 / Section 27-10.5-137
27-10.5-137. Federal funds - repeal
Status: repealed

27-10.5-137. Federal funds - repeal. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 27-80-215 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 80 / Part 2 / Section 27-80-215
27-80-215. Central registry - registration required - notice - repeal
Status: repealed

27-80-215. Central registry - registration required - notice - repeal. (1) (a) On or before July 1, 2020, the BHA shall develop or procure a secure online central registry, referred to in this section as the "registry", to register patients treated in a substance use disorder treatment program.

(b) The BHA shall operate and maintain the registry or enter into an agreement with a third party to operate and maintain the registry on its behalf.

(c) Each opioid treatment program shall register and maintain an account with the registry.

(d) Repealed.

(2) (a) (I) In order to prevent simultaneous enrollment of a patient in more than one opioid treatment program, each opioid treatment program shall fully participate in the registry, including submitting a query to the registry for each patient and entering in patient information as required by this part 2 and BHA rule.

(II) For each patient, the entry into the registry must include the patient's name, the opioid treatment program providing treatment to the patient, and any information the BHA deems necessary to further the goals of this part 2.

(III) Any person seeking treatment from an opioid treatment program must provide the program with any information required by this section and authorize the program to query the registry. A program may not query or enter any information into the registry without authorization from the patient.

(b) The BHA shall establish the method for opioid treatment programs to enter information into the registry and query the registry for information concerning prospective patients.

(3) (a) This section is repealed, effective September 1, 2026.

(b) Prior to the repeal, the department of regulatory agencies shall review the registration functions of the BHA as provided in section 24-34-104.
C.R.S. § 27-60-305 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 60 / Part 3 / Section 27-60-305
27-60-305. Repeal of part
Status: repealed

27-60-305. Repeal of part. This part 3 is repealed, effective July 1, 2027.
C.R.S. § 27-80-202 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 80 / Part 2 / Section 27-80-202
27-80-202. Legislative declaration
Status: in_force

27-80-202. Legislative declaration. The general assembly finds, determines, and declares that strict control of controlled substances within this state is necessary for the immediate and future preservation of the public peace, health, and safety and that the licensing, record-keeping, penalty, and other provisions contained in this part 2 are necessary for the achievement of such control.
C.R.S. § 27-92-105 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 92 / Section 27-92-105
27-92-105. Effect of determination
Status: in_force

27-92-105. Effect of determination. A determination of the ability of a patient, spouse, or parent to pay shall remain in effect until a redetermination is made.
C.R.S. § 27-90-104 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 90 / Section 27-90-104
27-90-104. Institutions managed, supervised, and controlled
Status: in_force

27-90-104. Institutions managed, supervised, and controlled. (1) The department shall manage, supervise, and control the following state institutions:

(a) Colorado mental health institute at Pueblo;

(b) Wheat Ridge regional center;

(c) Grand Junction regional center;

(d) Lookout Mountain school, at Golden;

(e) Mount View school, at Morrison;

(f) Colorado mental health institute at Fort Logan, in Denver;

(g) Golden Gate youth camp, in Gilpin county;

(h) Lathrop Park youth camp, in Huerfano county; and

(i) Pueblo regional center.
C.R.S. § 27-80-101 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 80 / Part 1 / Section 27-80-101
27-80-101. Definitions
Status: repealed

27-80-101. Definitions. As used in this article 80, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Behavioral health administration" or "BHA" means the behavioral health administration established in section 27-50-102.

(2) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the behavioral health administration.

(2.3) "Department" means the department of human services created in section 26-1-105.

(2.6) "Designated service area" means the geographical substate planning area specified by the commissioner to be served by a behavioral health administrative services organization, as described in section 27-80-107.

(3) Repealed.

(4) "Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder" or "FASD" means a continuum of permanent birth defects caused by maternal consumption of alcohol during pregnancy. "FASD" includes, but is not limited to, fetal alcohol syndrome.

(4.7) Repealed.

(5) "Public program" means a program concerning the problems of alcohol or drug abuse sponsored by a county, district, or municipal public health agency, county department of human or social services, court, probation department, law enforcement agency, school, school system, board of cooperative services, Indian tribal reservation, or state agency. "Public program" includes any alcohol or drug abuse treatment program required as a condition of probation under part 2 of article 11 of title 16, any alcohol or drug abuse program administered by the division of adult parole under article 2 of title 17, any community correctional facility or program administered under article 27 of title 17, and any alcohol or drug abuse treatment program administered by the division of youth services under title 19.

(6) and (7) Repealed.
C.R.S. § 27-80-302 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 80 / Part 3 / Section 27-80-302
27-80-302. Definitions
Status: in_force

27-80-302. Definitions. As used in this part 3, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Health-care provider" or "provider" means:

(a) A professional person, as defined in section 27-65-102 (27);

(b) A mental health professional licensed or certified under article 245 of title 12;

(c) Any other health-care provider regulated by the state when engaged in assisting consumers with behavioral health-care access and coverage issues; or

(d) A health-care facility licensed pursuant to section 25-1.5-103, when the facility is engaged in assisting consumers with behavioral health-care access and coverage issues.

(2) "Office" means the office of the ombudsman for behavioral health access to care created in section 27-80-303.

(3) "Ombudsman" means the individual designated pursuant to section 27-80-303 as the ombudsman for behavioral health access to care.
C.R.S. § 27-80-213 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 80 / Part 2 / Section 27-80-213
27-80-213. Rules - policies
Status: in_force

27-80-213. Rules - policies. (1) The BHA shall update rules and promulgate new rules, as necessary and pursuant to article 4 of title 24, to implement this part 2. The BHA shall make the rules available to the public on its website.

(2) The BHA shall promulgate rules, in accordance with article 4 of title 24, for the conduct of detoxification treatment, maintenance treatment, and withdrawal treatment programs for substance use disorders related to controlled substances.

(3) The BHA shall develop a policy that separates the administration of this part 2 from the administration of article 81 of this title 27. The policy must ensure that the BHA's performance of its duties pursuant to this part 2 does not interfere with the performance of its duties as required by article 81 of this title 27.
C.R.S. § 27-50-702 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 50 / Part 7 / Section 27-50-702
27-50-702. Advisory council - membership
Status: in_force

27-50-702. Advisory council - membership. (1) The advisory council membership must be reflective of the demographic and geographic populations of this state to ensure ongoing stakeholder input and involvement.

(2) (a) The advisory council consists of not less than fifteen members and not more than twenty members appointed by the commissioner for three-year terms; except that some of the initial terms may be for two years. In addition to maintaining a majority of members who represent individuals with lived behavioral health experience or families of individuals with lived behavioral health experience, the commissioner shall appoint at least one member that represents:

(I) Rural communities;

(II) Each tribal government within Colorado;

(III) County governments;

(IV) Persons with disabilities, as defined in section 24-34-301, a family member of a person with a disability, or an advocacy organization for persons with disabilities;

(V) The Colorado state judicial branch, in consultation with the state court administrator's office;

(VI) Behavioral health safety net providers;

(VII) Persons with expertise in the behavioral health needs of children and youth; and

(VIII) Persons with expertise in crime victimization, trauma, or adverse childhood experiences as they impact the victim's lifetime.

(b) In making appointments to the advisory council, the commissioner shall consider including members that represent the racial and ethnic diversity of the state; that represent the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer or questioning community; that are involved in the criminal or juvenile justice system; and that represent other populations with health disparities.
C.R.S. § 27-10.5-104 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 10.5 / Part 1 / Section 27-10.5-104
27-10.5-104. Authorized services and supports - conditions of funding - purchase of services
Status: repealed

27-10.5-104. Authorized services and supports - conditions of funding - purchase of services and supports - boards of county commissioners - appropriation. (1) Subject to annual appropriations by the general assembly, the department shall provide or purchase, pursuant to subsection (4) of this section, authorized long-term services and supports from case management agencies or service agencies for persons who have been determined to be eligible for such long-term services and supports pursuant to section 27-10.5-106, and as specified in the eligible person's individualized plan. Those long-term services and supports may include, but need not be limited to, the following:

(a) Repealed.

(b) Case management services;

(c) Day services and supports that offer opportunities for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities to experience and actively participate in valued adult roles in the community. These services and supports will enable persons receiving services to access and participate in community activities, such as work, recreation, higher education, and senior citizen activities. Day services and supports, including early intervention services, may also include the administration of nutrition or fluids through gastrostomy tubes, if administered by a person authorized pursuant to section 27-10.5-103 (2)(i) and supervised by a licensed nurse or physician.

(d) Residential services and supports, including an array of training, learning, experiential, and support activities provided in living alternatives designed to meet the individual needs of persons receiving services and may include the administration of nutrition or fluids through gastrostomy tubes, if administered by a person authorized pursuant to section 27-10.5-103 (2)(i) and supervised by a licensed nurse or physician; and

(e) Ancillary services, including activities that are secondary but integral to the provision of the services and supports specified in this subsection (1).

(2) Service agencies receiving funds pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall comply with all of the provisions of this article and the rules promulgated thereunder.

(3) Repealed.

(4) (a) The department may purchase services and supports, including service and support coordination, directly from service agencies if:

(I) Required by the federal requirements for the state to qualify for federal funds under Title XIX of the federal "Social Security Act", as amended, including programs authorized pursuant to part 4 of article 6 of title 25.5, C.R.S.; or

(II) Repealed.

(b) The department shall only purchase long-term services and supports directly from those service agencies that meet established standards.

(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the provision of services and supports, including case management services, directly by the department through regional centers, for persons receiving services in regional centers.

(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require the provision of services and supports, including case management services, directly by the department.

(5) (a) Each year the general assembly shall appropriate moneys to the department to provide or purchase services and supports for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities pursuant to this section. Unless specifically provided otherwise, services and supports shall be purchased on the basis of state funding less any federal or cash funds received for general operating expenses from any other state or federal source, less funds available to a person receiving residential services or supports after such person receives an allowance for personal needs or for meeting other obligations imposed by federal or state law. The yearly appropriation, when combined with all other sources of funds, shall in no case exceed one hundred percent of the approved program costs as determined by the general assembly. Funds received for capital construction shall not be considered in the calculation for the distribution of funds under the provisions of this section.

(b) Repealed.
C.R.S. § 27-65-122 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 65 / Section 27-65-122
27-65-122. Voting in public elections
Status: in_force

27-65-122. Voting in public elections. Any person receiving evaluation, care, or treatment pursuant to this article 65 must be given the opportunity to exercise the person's right to register and to vote in primary and general elections. The agency or facility providing evaluation, care, or treatment shall assist the person, upon the person's request, to obtain voter registration forms and mail ballots and to comply with any other prerequisite for voting.
C.R.S. § 27-80-203 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 80 / Part 2 / Section 27-80-203
27-80-203. Definitions
Status: repealed

27-80-203. Definitions. As used in this part 2, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) and (2) Repealed.

(3) "Administer" means to apply a controlled substance, whether by injection, inhalation, ingestion, or any other means, directly to the body of a patient.

(4) "Agent" means an authorized person who acts on behalf of or at the direction of a person licensed or otherwise authorized under this part 2. "Agent" does not include a common or contract carrier, a public warehouseman, or an employee of a carrier or warehouseman.

(5) "Bureau" means the drug enforcement administration, or its successor agency, of the United States department of justice.

(6) (a) "Compound" means to prepare, mix, assemble, package, or label a drug or device:

(I) As the result of a practitioner's prescription drug order, chart order, or initiative, based on the relationship between the practitioner, patient, and pharmacist in the course of professional practice; or

(II) For the purpose of, or as an incident to, teaching or chemical analysis and not for sale or dispensing.

(b) "Compound" also includes the preparation of drugs or devices in anticipation of prescription drug orders based on routine, regularly observed prescribing patterns.

(7) "Controlled substance" shall have the same meaning as in section 18-18-102 (5), C.R.S.

(8) "Deliver" or "delivery" means actual, constructive, or attempted transfer of a controlled substance whether or not there is an agency relationship.

(9) "Detoxification treatment" means a program for a short term of not more than three weeks for the administering or dispensing, in decreasing doses, of a controlled substance to a person with a substance use disorder while he or she is receiving appropriate supportive medical treatment, with the immediate goal being to render the person no longer dependent on the intake of any amount of a controlled substance.

(10) "Device" means an instrument, apparatus, implement, machine, contrivance, implant, or similar or related article that is required under federal law to bear the label, "Caution: federal law requires dispensing by or on the order of a physician." "Device" also includes any component part of, or accessory or attachment to, any such article, whether or not the component part, accessory, or attachment is separately so labeled.

(11) "Dispense" means to interpret, evaluate, and implement a prescription drug or controlled substances order or chart order, including the preparation of a drug or device for a patient or patient's agent in a suitable container appropriately labeled for subsequent administration to or use by a patient.

(12) "Distribute" means to deliver a controlled substance other than by administering or dispensing.

(13) (a) "Drug" means any of the substances:

(I) Recognized as drugs in the official United States pharmacopoeia, national formulary, or the official homeopathic pharmacopoeia of the United States, or a supplement thereof;

(II) Intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in individuals or animals;

(III) Other than food, intended to affect the structure or any function of the body of individuals or animals; or

(IV) Intended for use as a component of any substance specified in subparagraph (I), (II), or (III) of this paragraph (a).

(b) "Drug" does not include devices or their components, parts, or accessories.

(14) "Maintenance treatment" means a program of more than six months' duration for the administering or dispensing of a controlled substance, approved for such use by federal law or regulation, to a person with a substance use disorder for the purpose of continuing his or her dependence upon a controlled substance in the course of conducting an authorized rehabilitation program for persons with substance use disorders, with a long-term goal of decreasing the person's controlled substance dependency and leading to his or her possible withdrawal.

(15) "Marijuana" means all parts of the plant cannabis sativa L., whether growing or not, the seeds thereof, the resin extracted from any part of the plant, and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the plant, its seeds, or its resin. It does not include fiber produced from the stalks, oil or cake made from the seeds of the plant, or sterilized seed of the plant that is incapable of germination, if these items exist apart from any other item defined as "marijuana" in this subsection (15). "Marijuana" does not include marijuana concentrate as defined in subsection (16) of this section.

(16) "Marijuana concentrate" means hashish, tetrahydrocannabinols, or any alkaloid, salt, derivative, preparation, compound, or mixture, whether natural or synthesized, of tetrahydrocannabinols.

(16.5) "Opioid treatment program" means a treatment program licensed pursuant to this part 2 and certified as an opioid treatment program by the federal substance abuse and mental health services administration pursuant to the rules of the federal department of health and human services and the federal drug enforcement administration, to provide medication-assisted treatment for people diagnosed with an opioid-use disorder.

(17) "Peace officer" shall have the same meaning as set forth in section 16-2.5-101, C.R.S.

(18) "Person" means any individual, government, governmental subdivision, agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, corporation, association, institution, or other legal entity.

(19) "Peyote" means all parts of the plant presently classified botanically as lophophora williamsii lemaire, whether growing or not, the seeds thereof, any extraction from any part of such plant, and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of such plant or its seeds or extracts.

(20) "Practitioner" means a person authorized by law to prescribe any drug or device, acting within the scope of such authority.

(21) "Prescription drug" means a drug that, prior to being dispensed or delivered, is required to be labeled with the following statement: "Caution: Federal law prohibits dispensing without a prescription.", "Rx only", or "Caution: Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian."

(22) "Production" or "produces" means the manufacturing, planting, cultivating, growing, or harvesting of a controlled substance.

(23) Repealed.

(23.3) "Substance use disorder" means a physical or psychological dependence on a controlled substance that develops following the use of the controlled substance on a periodic or continuing basis and is demonstrated by appropriate observation and tests by a person licensed to practice medicine pursuant to article 240 of title 12.

(23.5) "Substance use disorder treatment program" means a program licensed pursuant to this part 2 for the detoxification, withdrawal, or maintenance treatment of a person with a substance use disorder. "Substance use disorder treatment program" includes an opioid treatment program.

(24) (a) "Tetrahydrocannabinols" means synthetic equivalents of the substances contained in the plant, or in the resinous extractives of, cannabis, sp., or synthetic substances, derivatives, and their isomers with similar chemical structure and pharmacological activity, such as the following:

(I) 1cis or trans tetrahydrocannabinol, and their optical isomers;

(II) 6cis or trans tetrahydrocannabinol, and their optical isomers;

(III) 3,4cis or trans tetrahydrocannabinol, and their optical isomers.

(b) Since the nomenclature of the substances listed in paragraph (a) of this subsection (24) is not internationally standardized, compounds of these structures, regardless of the numerical designation of atomic positions, are included in this definition.

(25) "Withdrawal treatment" means a program for an intermediate term, of more than three weeks but less than six months, for the administering or dispensing, in decreasing doses, of a controlled substance, approved for such use by federal law or regulation, to a person with a substance use disorder while receiving rehabilitative measures as indicated, with the immediate goal being to render the person with the substance use disorder no longer dependent on the intake of any amount of a controlled substance.
C.R.S. § 27-80-118 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 80 / Part 1 / Section 27-80-118
27-80-118. Center for research into substance use disorder prevention, treatment, and recov
Status: in_force

27-80-118. Center for research into substance use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery support strategies - established - appropriation - legislative declaration. (1) The general assembly finds that:

(a) Opioid addiction has emerged as a significant public health concern in Colorado, with more than ten thousand deaths attributed to drug overdoses since 2000, and the annual rate of death from drug overdose doubling from seven-point-eight deaths per one hundred thousand people in 2000 to fifteen-point-seven deaths per one hundred thousand people in 2015. This rate is significantly higher than the national rate.

(b) The abuse of prescription drugs is the fastest growing substance abuse problem in the United States, particularly among adolescents;

(c) Each year, there are approximately seventeen thousand overdose deaths from opioid painkillers nationally and approximately three hundred such deaths in Colorado;

(d) According to the centers for disease control, Colorado's drug overdose mortality rate has increased by five hundred percent since 2014;

(e) Colorado and other states in the region have the highest death rates attributable to alcohol in the country, and approximately eighteen percent, or one out of every five, of all Colorado adults engaged in heavy or binge drinking monthly;

(f) In addition to opioids, prescription drugs, and alcohol, surveys show use rates for methamphetamine, cocaine, and other illicit drugs are higher in Colorado than in other states; and

(g) There is a lack of sufficient research on the most effective strategies for addressing substance use disorders across the full continuum of recommended services that include prevention, early intervention, treatment, and recovery support services.

(2) The general assembly therefore finds that for Colorado to respond to these issues and to foster the health, welfare, and safety of the state's residents, it is hereby declared that it is the state's policy to facilitate research into substance use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery support strategies.

(3) A center for research into substance use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery support strategies, referred to in this section as the "center", is established in the university of Colorado health sciences center. Subject to available appropriations, the center's mission is to:

(a) Establish or expand programs for research concerning prevention, treatment, and recovery support strategies for substance use disorders, including but not limited to opioid addiction;

(b) Establish or expand innovative treatments for substance use disorders, including but not limited to opioid addiction;

(c) Expand partnerships and collaboration with substance use disorder professionals, other programs at the university of Colorado, and other organizations with similar missions throughout the state and nation; and

(d) Seek federal and private resources to further the center's research activities.

(4) (a) The center shall develop and implement a series of continuing education activities designed to help a prescriber of pain medication to safely and effectively manage patients with pain and, when appropriate, prescribe opioids or medication-assisted treatment. The educational activities must also include best practices for prescribing benzodiazepines and the potential harm of inappropriately limiting prescriptions to chronic pain patients. The educational activities must apply to physicians, physician assistants, nurses, and dentists, with an emphasis on physicians, physician assistants, nurses, and dentists serving underserved populations and communities.

(b) The center shall also develop education and training for law enforcement officers and first responders concerning the use of opioid antagonists for opioid overdose and community-based training for persons at risk of opioid overdose.

(c) The center shall engage in community engagement activities to address substance use prevention, harm reduction, criminal justice system response, treatment, and recovery.

(d) For the 2021-22 state fiscal year, and each fiscal year thereafter, the general assembly shall appropriate seven hundred fifty thousand dollars to the center from the marijuana tax cash fund created in section 39-28.8-501 for the purposes of this subsection (4).

(5) (a) The center shall develop and implement a program to increase public awareness concerning the safe use, storage, and disposal of opioids and the availability of naloxone and other drugs used to block the effects of an opioid overdose.

(b) For the 2021-22 state fiscal year, and each state fiscal year thereafter, the general assembly shall appropriate two hundred fifty thousand dollars to the center from the marijuana tax cash fund created in section 39-28.8-501 (1) for the purposes of this subsection (5).

(6) (a) The center may employ up to three additional employees to work as grant writers in order to aid local communities in need of assistance in applying for grants to access state and federal money to address opioid and other substance use disorders in their communities. The center shall determine the communities in which to provide the grant writing assistance.

(b) For the fiscal year 2019-20, the general assembly shall appropriate money from the marijuana tax cash fund created in section 39-28.8-501 (1) to the department for allocation to the center for the purposes of this subsection (6). The center may use the money to hire new employees and for the direct and indirect costs associated with this subsection (6).
C.R.S. § 27-10.5-201 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 10.5 / Part 2 / Section 27-10.5-201
27-10.5-201. Legislative declaration
Status: in_force

27-10.5-201. Legislative declaration. The general assembly finds that state and local agencies provide a variety of services and supports to persons with developmental disabilities including institutional care, residential, social, and income maintenance services, diagnostic and health-related services, and educational and other programs. Because these services and supports are supported by many diverse agencies and organizations and because congress, through the federal "Developmental Disabilities Services and Facilities Construction Act", and amendments thereto, has called for the establishment of state councils to provide coordination and planning in the field of developmental disabilities, the general assembly declares that there is need to establish a state council on developmental disabilities to be responsible for the coordination of services and supports to the persons with developmental disabilities and to serve as an advocate for such persons. The general assembly further finds that there is need to carefully define the duties and responsibilities of a state council on developmental disabilities.
C.R.S. § 27-80-201 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 80 / Part 2 / Section 27-80-201
27-80-201. Short title
Status: in_force

27-80-201. Short title. This part 2 shall be known and may be cited as the "Colorado Licensing of Controlled Substances Act".
C.R.S. § 27-81-110 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 81 / Section 27-81-110
27-81-110. Voluntary treatment for persons intoxicated by alcohol, under the influence of d
Status: in_force

27-81-110. Voluntary treatment for persons intoxicated by alcohol, under the influence of drugs, or incapacitated by substances. (1) A person intoxicated by alcohol, under the influence of drugs, or incapacitated by substances, including a minor if provided by rules of the BHA, may voluntarily admit the person's self to an approved treatment facility for an emergency evaluation to determine need for treatment.

(2) The administrator shall immediately evaluate or examine a person who voluntarily enters an approved treatment facility. If the person is found to be in need of treatment, the administrator shall admit the person or refer the person to another appropriate facility. If a person is found not to be in need of treatment, the administrator shall release the person and may refer the person to another appropriate facility.

(3) Except as provided in subsection (7) of this section, a treatment facility shall immediately release a voluntarily admitted person upon the person's request.

(4) A person who is not admitted to an approved treatment facility or referred to another health facility, and who has no money, may be taken to the person's home, if any. If the person has no home, the approved treatment facility may assist the person in obtaining shelter.

(5) If a person is admitted to an approved treatment facility, the person's family or next of kin must be notified as promptly as possible in accordance with federal confidentiality regulations for substance use disorder patient records, which regulations are found at 42 CFR part 2, as amended. If an adult person requests that there be no notification, the adult person's request must be respected.

(6) If the administrator determines that it is for the person's benefit, the person must be encouraged to agree to further diagnosis and appropriate voluntary treatment.

(7) Nothing in this section precludes the administrator from seeking emergency commitment of a person as provided in section 27-81-111 or involuntary commitment of a person as provided in section 27-81-112, regardless of whether the person has been voluntarily admitted under this section. In such case, the administrator's further conduct is governed by section 27-81-111 or 27-81-112, as applicable.
C.R.S. § 27-60-404 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 60 / Part 4 / Section 27-60-404
27-60-404. Grant program reporting requirements
Status: in_force

27-60-404. Grant program reporting requirements. (1) Each grant recipient shall submit a report to the BHA following the expiration of the grant term. The report must include:

(a) Information about the use of the grant award, including the program operated with the grant award and the number of individuals the program diverted or redirected from the criminal justice system;

(b) The number of individuals served through the program who may have come into contact with the criminal justice system;

(c) The number of individuals referred by the program to treatment; and

(d) Whether the recipient is continuing the program and any other information requested by the state department.

(2) (a) On or before January 31 of each year, the house of representatives judiciary committee, the house of representatives public and behavioral health and human services committee, the senate health and human services committee, and the senate judiciary committee, or their successor committees, shall hold a joint hearing on the grant program. At the hearing, the state department shall report to the committees about the grant program, which must include an overview of the grant program, information on the type of services funded with a grant award, and where services were provided.

(b) Notwithstanding section 24-1-136 (11)(a)(I), the reporting requirement in this subsection (2) continues indefinitely.
C.R.S. § 27-67-108 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 67 / Section 27-67-108
27-67-108. Repeal of article
Status: repealed

27-67-108. Repeal of article. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 27-10.5-142 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 10.5 / Part 1 / Section 27-10.5-142
27-10.5-142. Caregiver abuse - duties of the department - working group - issues - report - f
Status: repealed

27-10.5-142. Caregiver abuse - duties of the department - working group - issues - report - funding - repeal. (Repealed)
C.R.S. § 27-66.5-103 — CO Code / Title 27 / Article 66.5 / Section 27-66.5-103
27-66.5-103. Community transition specialist program - program requirements - acceptance of r
Status: in_force

27-66.5-103. Community transition specialist program - program requirements - acceptance of referrals - contract for services - rules. (1) The community transition specialist program is established in the behavioral health administration. The program coordinates referrals of high-risk individuals from withdrawal management facilities, facilities providing acute treatment services, facilities providing crisis stabilization services, and hospitals or emergency departments to appropriate transition specialists.

(2) On or before January 1, 2019, the program must be available statewide, subject to available appropriations. The program must have a process to accept referrals for high-risk individuals and coordinate contact between referred high-risk individuals and appropriate transition specialists. To the extent possible, the coordinated contact must take place prior to the release or discharge of the high-risk individual from a facility.

(3) The program must encourage, but cannot require, withdrawal management facilities, facilities providing acute treatment services, facilities providing crisis stabilization services, and hospitals or emergency departments to contact the program before releasing or discharging a high-risk individual.

(4) The program may encourage, but cannot require, a high-risk individual to accept services from a transition specialist. Participation by a high-risk individual is voluntary and the individual has the right to decline community transition specialist services.

(5) The BHA may contract with a vendor to provide the referral and coordination services required by this article 66.5.

(6) The state board of human services may promulgate rules necessary for the implementation of this article 66.5.