CO Code § 27-60-111 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 27 - Behavioral Health|Article 60 - General Provisions|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 27-60-111. County-Based Behavioral Health Grant Program - Created - Rules - Report - Repeal

  There is created in the office the county-based behavioral health grant program, referred to in this section as the “grant program”, to provide matching grants to county departments of human or social services for the expansion or improvement of local or regional behavioral health disorder treatment programs.    Grant recipients may use the money received through the grant program for the following purposes:   Peer training;    Augmentation of direct therapy;    Acute treatment units;    Inpatient treatment programs;    Outreach and education;    Navigation or care coordination;    Capital investments in behavioral health center infrastructure;    Services for non-English-speaking individuals;    Culturally responsive and attuned services;    Suicide prevention and intervention;    Crisis response;    Withdrawal management;    Workforce development;    Supporting regional service delivery; or    Any other purpose the office identifies that will expand or improve local or regional behavioral health disorder treatment programs.       The office shall administer the grant program and shall award grants as provided in this section.    The office shall implement the grant program in accordance with this section. At a minimum, the office shall specify the time frames for applying for grants, the form of the grant program application, and the time frames for distributing grant money.      Each grant applicant shall demonstrate:   A dedication of local funding to support the expansion or improvement of local behavioral health disorder treatment programs, which may be from the county's local share of the federal “American Rescue Plan Act of 2021”, Pub.L. 117-2, as the act may be subsequently amended, or other local revenue sources; or    A plan for regional collaboration between no fewer than three counties to support the expansion or improvement of regional behavioral health disorder treatment programs.       No single grant awarded may exceed one million dollars, unless a grant is awarded for a regional effort involving two or more counties.    A direct service provider that receives a grant shall limit any indirect expenses to no more than ten percent of the total state money awarded, and any entity that receives a grant and oversees a direct service provider shall limit the entity's indirect expenses to no more than five percent of the total state money awarded.    If any grant money is used for capital projects, the grant recipient shall demonstrate a commitment to continue those services past the grant cycle for at least an additional five years.    A grant applicant shall disclose if any project or program is receiving money from another payer source, including but not limited to private dollars, county dollars, state block grants, or money awarded by a managed service organization.       To receive a grant, a county department of human or social services shall submit an application to the office. The office shall give priority to applications that demonstrate innovation and collaboration or include rural or frontier communities; address a demonstrated need, as identified by community input and local planning efforts; and demonstrate the ability to rapidly distribute the grant money into the community. The office shall award grant money equitably to reflect the geographic diversity of the state.    Subject to available appropriations, beginning January 1, 2022, and on or before January 1 each year thereafter for the duration of the grant program, the office shall award grants as provided in this section. The office shall distribute the grant money within ninety days after the office awards the grants.      On or before February 1, 2023, and on or before February 1 each year thereafter for the duration of the grant program, each county department of human or social services that receives a grant through the grant program shall submit a report to the office on the use of the grant money received pursuant to this section, including the total number of individuals served, disaggregated by race, ethnicity, and age.    On or before April 1, 2023, and on or before April 1 each year thereafter for the duration of the grant program, the state department shall submit a summarized report of the information received pursuant to subsection (8)(a) of this section to the joint budget committee, the health and insurance committee and 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, on the grant program.       For the 2021-22 state fiscal year, the general assembly shall appropriate nine million dollars from the behavioral and mental health cash fund created in section 24-75- 230 to the department of human services for use by the office for the purposes of this section. If any unexpended or unencumbered money remains at the end of the fiscal year, the office may expend the money for the same purposes in the next fiscal year without further appropriation.    This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2023.     History. Source: L. 2021: Entire section added,(SB 21-137), ch. 362, p. 2368, § 15, effective June 28.    Editor's note:   Section 38 of chapter 362 (SB 21-137), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that section 15 of the act adding this section takes effect only if SB 21-288 becomes law and takes effect either upon the effective date of SB 21-137 or one day after the passage of SB 21-288, whichever is later. SB 21-288 became law and took effect June 11, 2021, and SB 21-137 took effect June 28, 2021.   Cross references:   For the short title (“Behavioral Health Recovery Act of 2021”) and the legislative declaration in SB 21-137, see sections 1 and 2 of chapter 362, Session Laws of Colorado 2021.