2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 27 - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-94-107) › ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE USE - ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS (§§ 27-80-101 — 27-82-205) › Article 82 - MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH PILOT PROGRAM (§§ 27-82-101 — 27-82-205) › Part 2 - MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH PILOT PROGRAM (§§ 27-82-201 — 27-82-205) › Section 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
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, 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.
Amended by 2022 Ch. 222,§194, eff. 7/1/2022.
Added by 2019 Ch. 276,§13, eff. 5/23/2019.
L. 2019: Entire part added, (SB 19-228), ch. 2607, p. 2607, § 13, effective May 23.