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2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 27 - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-94-107) › BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (§§ 27-50-101 — 27-64.5-102) › Article 60 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 27-60-100.3 — 27-60-506) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 27-60-100.3 — 27-60-116) › Section 27-60-106.5 - Criminal justice diversion programs - report - rules

(1)
(a)
The BHA may contract with cities and counties for the creation, maintenance, or expansion of criminal justice diversion programs. The goal of each program created pursuant to this section should be to connect first responders with behavioral health providers to assist individuals in need of behavioral health intervention or to divert individuals from the criminal justice system.
(b)
The BHA may require criminal justice diversion programs contracted pursuant to subsection (1)(a) of this section to participate as a mobile crisis service in the behavioral health crisis response system, created pursuant to section
27-60-103
.
(2)
On or before November 1, 2021, and on or before each November 1 thereafter, the BHA shall include an update regarding the current status of funding and the criminal justice diversion programs implemented pursuant to this section in its report to the judiciary committees of the senate and the house of representatives, the health and human services committee of the senate, the public and behavioral health and human services committee of the house of representatives, or any successor committees, as part of its "State Measurement for Accountable, Responsive, and Transparent (SMART) Government Act" presentation required by section
2-7-203
.
(3)
The state board of human services, created in section
26-1-107
, may promulgate rules to implement the provisions of this section.
Amended by 2022 Ch. 222,§93, eff. 7/1/2022.
Added by 2020 Ch. 288,§10, eff. 9/14/2020.
L. 2020: Entire section added, (HB 20-1017), ch. 1426, p. 1426, § 10, effective September 14.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 27 - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-94-107) › BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (§§ 27-50-101 — 27-64.5-102) › Article 60 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 27-60-100.3 — 27-60-506) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 27-60-100.3 — 27-60-116) › Section 27-60-107 - [Repealed]

Repealed by 2022 Ch. 222,§94, eff. 7/1/2022.
Added by 2019 Ch. 413,§2, eff. 8/2/2019.
L. 2019: Entire section added, (HB 19-1237), ch. 3637, p. 3637, § 2, effective August 2.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 27 - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-94-107) › BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (§§ 27-50-101 — 27-64.5-102) › Article 60 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 27-60-100.3 — 27-60-506) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 27-60-100.3 — 27-60-116) › Section 27-60-110 - Behavioral health-care services for rural and agricultural communities - vouchers - contract - appropriation

(1)
No later than one hundred eighty days after June 28, 2021, the BHA, in collaboration with the department of agriculture, shall contract with a nonprofit organization primarily focused on serving agricultural and rural communities in Colorado, as identified by the BHA, to provide vouchers to individuals living in rural and frontier communities in need of behavioral health-care services.
(2)
The nonprofit organization awarded the contract pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall:
(a)
Contract with licensed behavioral health-care providers that have completed training on cultural competencies specific to the Colorado agricultural and rural community lifestyle to provide direct behavioral health-care services to farmers, ranchers, farm and ranch workers and their families, and other underserved populations in rural and agricultural communities. At least sixty percent of the money received pursuant to the contract must be used for direct behavioral health-care services described in this subsection (2)(a).
(b)
Develop training materials and train behavioral health-care providers on cultural competencies specific to the Colorado agricultural and rural community lifestyle.
(3)
For the 2021-22 fiscal year, and each fiscal year thereafter, the general assembly shall annually appropriate fifty thousand dollars for the contract awarded pursuant to subsection (1) of this section.
Amended by 2022 Ch. 222,§97, eff. 7/1/2022.
Added by 2021 Ch. 362,§14, eff. 6/28/2021.
L. 2021: Entire section added, (SB 21-137), ch. 2367, p. 2367, § 14, effective June 28.
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.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 27 - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-94-107) › BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (§§ 27-50-101 — 27-64.5-102) › Article 60 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 27-60-100.3 — 27-60-506) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 27-60-100.3 — 27-60-116) › Section 27-60-111 - [Repealed]

Amended by 2022 Ch. 222, § 98, eff. 7/1/2022.
Added by 2021 Ch. 362, § 15, eff. 6/28/2021.
L. 2021: Entire section added, (SB 21-137), ch. 2368, p. 2368, § 15, effective June 28.
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.
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.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 27 - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-94-107) › BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (§§ 27-50-101 — 27-64.5-102) › Article 60 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 27-60-100.3 — 27-60-506) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 27-60-100.3 — 27-60-116) › Section 27-60-113 - [Repealed]

Repealed by 2022 Ch. 185,§4, eff. 5/18/2022.
Renumbered as C.R.S. §
26-5-117
by 2022 Ch. 185,§2, eff. 5/18/2022.
Amended by 2022 Ch. 123,§115, eff. 7/1/2022.
Added by 2021 Ch. 362,§17, eff. 6/28/2021.
L. 2021: Entire section added, (SB 21-137), ch. 2371, p. 2371, § 17, effective June 28.
Section 38 of chapter 362 (SB 21-137), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that section 17 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.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 27 - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-94-107) › BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (§§ 27-50-101 — 27-64.5-102) › Article 60 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 27-60-100.3 — 27-60-506) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 27-60-100.3 — 27-60-116) › Section 27-60-116 - [Effective 8/7/2024] Withdrawal management facilities - data collection - approval of admission criteria - definition - repeal

(1)
(a)
No later than July 1, 2025, the behavioral health administration shall collect data from each withdrawal management facility on the total number of individuals who were denied admittance or treatment for withdrawal management during the previous calendar year and the reason for the denial.
(b)
[effective 7/1/2025] The BHA shall share the data received from withdrawal management facilities pursuant to subsection (1)(a) of this section with behavioral health administrative services organizations.
(2)
Beginning January 1, 2025, the BHA shall review and approve any admission criteria established by a withdrawal management facility, as defined in section 27-66.5-102.
(3)
As used in this section, "withdrawal management facility" has the same meaning as set forth in section 27-66.5-102.
Added by 2024 Ch. 470,§ 22, eff. 8/7/2024, except that subsection (1)(b) takes effect 7/1/2025.
2024 Ch. 470, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 27 - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-94-107) › BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (§§ 27-50-101 — 27-64.5-102) › Article 60 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 27-60-100.3 — 27-60-506) › Part 2 - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ADMINISTRATION (§§ 27-60-201 — 27-60-206) › Section 27-60-202 - Definitions

As used in this part 2, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
"Behavioral health" has the same meaning as set forth in section
27-60-100.3
.
(2)
"Behavioral health administration" or "BHA" means the behavioral health administration established in section
27-50-102
.
(2.5)
"Care coordination" means services that support individuals and families and initiate care and navigating crisis supports, mental health and substance use disorder assistance, and services that address the social determinants of health, and preventive care services.
(3)
Repealed.
(4)
"State department" means the state department of human services created pursuant to section
26-1-105
.
Amended by 2022 Ch. 222, § 101, eff. 7/1/2022.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 362, § 18, eff. 6/28/2021.
Added by 2021 Ch. 48, § 1, eff. 4/22/2021.
L. 2021: Entire part added, (HB 21 -1097), ch. 201, p. 201, § 1, effective April 22; (2.5) added, (SB 21-137), ch. 2374, p. 2374, § 18, effective June 28.
Section 38 of chapter 362 (SB 21-137), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that section 18 of the act adding subsection (2.5) 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.
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.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 27 - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-94-107) › BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (§§ 27-50-101 — 27-64.5-102) › Article 60 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 27-60-100.3 — 27-60-506) › Part 2 - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ADMINISTRATION (§§ 27-60-201 — 27-60-206) › Section 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.
Amended by 2022 Ch. 222,§102, eff. 7/1/2022.
Added by 2021 Ch. 48,§1, eff. 4/22/2021.
L. 2021: Entire part added, (HB 21-1097), ch. 201, p. 201, §1, effective April 22.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 27 - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-94-107) › BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (§§ 27-50-101 — 27-64.5-102) › Article 60 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 27-60-100.3 — 27-60-506) › Part 2 - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ADMINISTRATION (§§ 27-60-201 — 27-60-206) › Section 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.
Added by 2022 Ch. 182, § 3, eff. 5/18/2022.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 27 - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-94-107) › BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (§§ 27-50-101 — 27-64.5-102) › Article 60 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 27-60-100.3 — 27-60-506) › Part 3 - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH-CARE PROVIDER WORKFORCE (§§ 27-60-301 — 27-60-305) › Section 27-60-304 - Reports

(1)
In 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, and2027 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)
.
Amended by 2024 Ch. 257,§ 11, eff. 5/24/2024.
Added by 2022 Ch. 452, § 2, eff. 7/1/2022.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 27 - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-94-107) › BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (§§ 27-50-101 — 27-64.5-102) › Article 60 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 27-60-100.3 — 27-60-506) › Part 3 - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH-CARE PROVIDER WORKFORCE (§§ 27-60-301 — 27-60-305) › Section 27-60-305 - Repeal of part

This part 3 is repealed, effective July 1, 2027.
Amended by 2024 Ch. 257,§ 12, eff. 5/24/2024.
Added by 2022 Ch. 452, § 2, eff. 7/1/2022.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 27 - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-94-107) › BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (§§ 27-50-101 — 27-64.5-102) › Article 60 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 27-60-100.3 — 27-60-506) › Part 4 - EARLY INTERVENTION, DEFLECTION, AND REDIRECTION FROM THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM GRANT PROGRAM (§§ 27-60-401 — 27-60-406) › Section 27-60-401 - Definitions

As used in this part 4, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
"Behavioral health administration" or "BHA" means the behavioral health administration established in section
27-60-203
.
(2)
"Community-based organization" means a nonprofit organization that is representative of the community served, or significant segments of the community served, and engaged in meeting that community's needs in the areas of social, human, or health services.
(3)
"Eligible entity" means:
(a)
A community-based organization;
(b)
A nonprofit hospital that provides behavioral health treatment;
(c)
A local government;
(d)
A federally recognized Indian tribe;
(e)
An office that provides or coordinates court-appointed counsel to represent indigent clients charged with a criminal offense in municipal or state court;
(f)
A federally qualified health center, as defined in the federal "Social Security Act",
42 U.S.C. sec. 1395x (aa)(4)
, that partners and submits a joint application with a community-based organization, nonprofit hospital that provides behavioral health treatment, local government, or federally recognized Indian tribe;
(g)
A rural health clinic, as defined in the federal "Social Security Act",
42 U.S.C. sec. 1395x (aa)(2)
, that partners and submits a joint application with a community-based organization, nonprofit hospital that provides behavioral health treatment, local government, or federally recognized Indian tribe; and
(h)
A local law enforcement agency, but only for the purpose of developing or expanding a co-responder community response program, as defined in section
24-32-3501 (8)
.
(4)
"Grant program" means the early intervention, deflection, and redirection from the criminal justice system grant program established in section
27-60-402
.
(5)
"Local government" means a county, municipality, or city and county.
(6)
"Local law enforcement agency" means a county sheriff's office or a municipal police department.
(7)
"Review committee" means the early intervention, deflection, and redirection from the criminal justice system grant review committee created in section
27-60-403
.
Added by 2022 Ch. 193, § 2, eff. 5/19/2022.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 27 - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-94-107) › BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (§§ 27-50-101 — 27-64.5-102) › Article 60 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 27-60-100.3 — 27-60-506) › Part 4 - EARLY INTERVENTION, DEFLECTION, AND REDIRECTION FROM THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM GRANT PROGRAM (§§ 27-60-401 — 27-60-406) › Section 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.
Added by 2022 Ch. 193,§2, eff. 5/19/2022.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 27 - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-94-107) › BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (§§ 27-50-101 — 27-64.5-102) › Article 60 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 27-60-100.3 — 27-60-506) › Part 4 - EARLY INTERVENTION, DEFLECTION, AND REDIRECTION FROM THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM GRANT PROGRAM (§§ 27-60-401 — 27-60-406) › Section 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.
Amended by 2024 Ch. 429,§ 39, eff. 6/5/2024.
Added by 2022 Ch. 193, § 2, eff. 5/19/2022.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 27 - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-94-107) › BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (§§ 27-50-101 — 27-64.5-102) › Article 60 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 27-60-100.3 — 27-60-506) › Part 4 - EARLY INTERVENTION, DEFLECTION, AND REDIRECTION FROM THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM GRANT PROGRAM (§§ 27-60-401 — 27-60-406) › Section 27-60-406 - Repeal of part

This part 4 is repealed, effective January 31, 2027.
Added by 2022 Ch. 193,§2, eff. 5/19/2022.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 27 - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-94-107) › BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (§§ 27-50-101 — 27-64.5-102) › Article 60 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 27-60-100.3 — 27-60-506) › Part 5 - COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH-CARE CONTINUUM GAP GRANT PROGRAM (§§ 27-60-501 — 27-60-506) › Section 27-60-501 - Definitions

As used in this part 5, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
"Behavioral health administration" or "BHA" means the behavioral health administration established in section
27-60-203
.
(2)
"Behavioral health administrative services region" means a behavioral health administrative services region designated by the BHA commissioner after consultation with the department of health care policy and financing and consideration of the regional structure that serves the medicaid population.
(3)
"Behavioral health-care services assessment tool" means the assessment tool described in section
27-60-502 (1)(c)
developed by the BHA to identify regional gaps in behavioral health-care services.
(4)
"Care access point" means a location at which a person seeking behavioral health care can receive care coordination.
(5)
"Community-based organization" means a nonprofit or for-profit organization that provides behavioral health-care services.
(6)
"Grant program" means the community behavioral health-care continuum gap grant program established in section
27-60-502
.
(7)
"Local education provider" means a school district, a charter school authorized pursuant to part 1 of article
30.5
of title
22
, an institute charter school authorized pursuant to part 5 of article
30.5
of title
22
, or a board of cooperative services as defined in section
22-5-103
.
(8)
"Local government" means a county, municipality, city and county, or local education provider.
(9)
"Medication-assisted treatment" or "MAT" has the same meaning as set forth in section
23-21-803
.
(10)
"Nonprofit organization" means an organization that is exempt from taxation under section 501 (c)(3) of the federal "Internal Revenue Code of 1986", as amended.
Added by 2022 Ch. 182, § 2, eff. 5/18/2022.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 27 - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-94-107) › BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (§§ 27-50-101 — 27-64.5-102) › Article 60 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 27-60-100.3 — 27-60-506) › Part 5 - COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH-CARE CONTINUUM GAP GRANT PROGRAM (§§ 27-60-501 — 27-60-506) › Section 27-60-504 - 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 services provided with a grant award and where those services were provided;
(b)
The amount of contributing funds or in-kind contributing resources that supported the services;
(c)
Aggregated demographic information of the individuals who receive services funded with a grant award;
(d)
Whether the recipient is continuing to provide the services, and any other information requested by the state department.
(2)
(a)
In its annual report to the committees of reference pursuant to the "State Measurement for Accountable, Responsive, and Transparent (SMART) Government Act" required by section
2-7-203
, the state department shall provide information about the grant program, including information on the type of services funded with a grant award and where those services were provided.
(b)
Notwithstanding section
24-1-136(11)(a)(I)
, the reporting requirement in this subsection (2) continues indefinitely.
Added by 2022 Ch. 182,§2, eff. 5/18/2022.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 27 - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-94-107) › BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (§§ 27-50-101 — 27-64.5-102) › Article 60 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 27-60-100.3 — 27-60-506) › Part 5 - COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH-CARE CONTINUUM GAP GRANT PROGRAM (§§ 27-60-501 — 27-60-506) › Section 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.
Amended by 2024 Ch. 429,§ 40, eff. 6/5/2024.
Added by 2022 Ch. 182, § 2, eff. 5/18/2022.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 27 - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-94-107) › BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (§§ 27-50-101 — 27-64.5-102) › Article 60 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 27-60-100.3 — 27-60-506) › Part 5 - COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH-CARE CONTINUUM GAP GRANT PROGRAM (§§ 27-60-501 — 27-60-506) › Section 27-60-506 - Repeal of part

This part 5 is repealed, effective January 31, 2027.
Added by 2022 Ch. 182,§2, eff. 5/18/2022.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 27 - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-94-107) › BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (§§ 27-50-101 — 27-64.5-102) › Article 61 - [Repealed] BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TRANSFORMATION COUNCIL (§ 27-61-101) › Section 27-61-101 - and 27-61-102 - [Repealed]

Repealed by 2018 Ch. 123, § 1, eff. 9/1/2018.
§ 27-61-101.5 added by 2017 Ch. 263, § 230, eff. 5/25/2017.
Amended by 2017 Ch. 263,§ 231, eff. 5/25/2017.
Amended by 2017 Ch. 263,§ 229, eff. 5/25/2017.
Amended by 2014 Ch. 390, § 28, eff. 6/6/2014.
L. 2010: Entire article added, (SB 10 -153), ch. 295, p. 1368, § 1, effective May 26. L. 2018: Entire article repealed, (SB 18-161), ch. 123, p. 830, § 1, effective September 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 27 - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-94-107) › BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (§§ 27-50-101 — 27-64.5-102) › Article 62 - HIGH-FIDELITY WRAPAROUND SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH (§§ 27-62-101 — 27-62-103) › Section 27-62-102 - High-fidelity wraparound services for children and youth - interagency coordination - reporting

(1)
Pursuant to section
25.5-5-803 (4)
, the BHA shall work collaboratively with the department of health care policy and financing, counties, and other relevant departments, as appropriate, to develop and oversee wraparound services for children and youth at risk of out-of-home placement or in an out-of-home placement. As part of routine collaboration, the BHA shall assist the department of health care policy and financing in developing a model of sustainable funding for wraparound services. The BHA and the department of health care policy and financing shall monitor and report the annual cost savings associated with eligible children and youth receiving wraparound services 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)
Subject to available appropriations, two full-time staff persons shall be appointed by the commissioner to support and facilitate interagency coordination pursuant to this article 62, part 8 of article
5
of title
25.5
, and any other related interagency behavioral health efforts as determined by the commissioner.
Amended by 2022 Ch. 222, § 105, eff. 7/1/2022.
Amended by 2020 Ch. 172, § 4, eff. 6/29/2020.
Added by 2019 Ch. 190, § 4, eff. 8/2/2019.
L. 2019: Entire article added, (SB 19-195), ch. 2103, p. 2103, § 4, effective August 2. L. 2020: (2) amended, (HB 20-1384), ch. 790, p. 790, § 4, effective June 29.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 27 - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-94-107) › BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (§§ 27-50-101 — 27-64.5-102) › Article 62 - HIGH-FIDELITY WRAPAROUND SERVICES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH (§§ 27-62-101 — 27-62-103) › Section 27-62-103 - Standardized assessment tool - standardized screening tools - interagency coordination - single referral and entry point

(1)
Standardized assessment tool.
Subject to available appropriations, the BHA shall select a single standardized assessment tool to facilitate identification of behavioral health issues and other related needs in children and youth and to develop a plan to implement the tool for programmatic utilization. The BHA shall consult with the department of health care policy and financing, managed care entities, counties, stakeholders, and other relevant departments, as appropriate, prior to selecting the tool.
(2)
Standardized screening tools.
Subject to available appropriations, the BHA shall select developmentally appropriate and culturally competent statewide behavioral health standardized screening tools for primary care providers serving children, youth, and caregivers in the perinatal period, including postpartum women. The BHA and the department of human services may make the tools available electronically for health-care professionals and the public. Prior to the adoption of the standardized assessment tool described in subsection (1) of this section, and the standardized screening tools described in this subsection (2), the BHA shall lead a public consultation process involving relevant stakeholders, including health-care professionals and managed care entities, with input from the department of health care policy and financing, the department of public health and environment, and the division of insurance.
(3)
Single statewide referral and entry point.
Subject to available appropriations, the BHA, in conjunction with the department of health care policy and financing, the department of public health and environment, and other relevant departments and counties, as necessary, shall develop a plan for establishing a single statewide referral and entry point for children and youth who have a positive behavioral health screening or whose needs are identified through a standardized assessment. In developing the single statewide referral and entry point plan, the BHA shall seek input from relevant stakeholders, including counties, managed care entities participating in the statewide managed care system, families of children and youth with behavioral health disorders, communities that have previously implemented wraparound services, mental health professionals, and other relevant departments.
Amended by 2022 Ch. 222,§106, eff. 7/1/2022.
Amended by 2020 Ch. 172,§5, eff. 6/29/2020.
Added by 2019 Ch. 190,§4, eff. 8/2/2019.
L. 2019: Entire article added, (SB 19-195), ch. 2103, p. 2103, § 4, effective August 2. L. 2020: Entire section amended, (HB 20-1384), ch. 791, p. 791, § 5, effective June 29.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 27 - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-94-107) › BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (§§ 27-50-101 — 27-64.5-102) › Article 63 - COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SAFETY NET SYSTEM (§§ 27-63-101 — 27-63-106) › Section 27-63-101 - Definitions

As used in the article 63, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
"Behavioral health" refers to an individual's mental and emotional well-being development and actions that affect an individual's overall wellness. Behavioral health problems and disorders include substance use disorders, serious psychological distress, suicidal ideation, 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". An intellectual or developmental disability is insufficient to either justify or exclude a finding of a behavioral health disorder.
(2)
Repealed.
(3)
"Behavioral health administration" or "BHA" means the behavioral health administration established in section
27-50-102
.
Amended by 2022 Ch. 222, § 107, eff. 7/1/2022.
Added by 2019 Ch. 226, § 6, eff. 5/20/2019.
L. 2019: Entire article added, (SB 19-222), ch. 2266, p. 2266, § 6, effective May 20.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 27 - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-94-107) › BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (§§ 27-50-101 — 27-64.5-102) › Article 63 - COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SAFETY NET SYSTEM (§§ 27-63-101 — 27-63-106) › Section 27-63-102 - [Repealed]

Repealed by 2022 Ch. 222,§108, eff. 7/1/2022.
Added by 2019 Ch. 226,§6, eff. 5/20/2019.
L. 2019: Entire article added, (SB 19-222), ch. 2267, p. 2267, § 6, effective May 20.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 27 - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-94-107) › BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (§§ 27-50-101 — 27-64.5-102) › Article 63 - COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SAFETY NET SYSTEM (§§ 27-63-101 — 27-63-106) › Section 27-63-103 - [Repealed]

Repealed by 2022 Ch. 222,§108, eff. 7/1/2022.
Added by 2019 Ch. 226,§6, eff. 5/20/2019.
L. 2019: Entire article added, (SB 19-222), ch. 2267, p. 2267, § 6, effective May 20.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 27 - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-94-107) › BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (§§ 27-50-101 — 27-64.5-102) › Article 63 - COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SAFETY NET SYSTEM (§§ 27-63-101 — 27-63-106) › Section 27-63-104 - [Repealed]

Repealed by 2022 Ch. 222,§108, eff. 7/1/2022.
Amended by 2020 Ch. 70,§57, eff. 9/14/2020.
Added by 2019 Ch. 226,§6, eff. 5/20/2019.
L. 2019: Entire article added, (SB 19-222), ch. 2268, p. 2268, § 6, effective May 20. L. 2020: (2)(b) amended, (SB 20-136), ch. 300, p. 300, § 57, effective September 14.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 27 - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-94-107) › BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (§§ 27-50-101 — 27-64.5-102) › Article 63 - COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SAFETY NET SYSTEM (§§ 27-63-101 — 27-63-106) › Section 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.
Amended by 2022 Ch. 222,§110, eff. 7/1/2022.
Added by 2019 Ch. 226,§6, eff. 5/20/2019.
L. 2019: Entire article added, (SB 19-222), ch. 2271, p. 2271, § 6, effective May 20.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 27 - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-94-107) › BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (§§ 27-50-101 — 27-64.5-102) › Article 64 - 988 CRISIS HOTLINE ENTERPRISE (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-64-105) › Section 27-64-102 - Definitions

As used in this article 64, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
"988 crisis hotline" means a state-identified hotline participating in the national suicide prevention lifeline network to respond to statewide or regional behavioral health crisis calls.
(1.5)
"Behavioral health administration" or "BHA" means the behavioral health administration established in section
27-50-102
.
(2)
"Charge" means the 988 surcharge imposed by the enterprise pursuant to section
27-64-103 (4)(a)
and the prepaid wireless 988 charge imposed by the enterprise pursuant to section
27-64-103 (4)(b)
.
(3)
"Enterprise" means the 988 crisis hotline enterprise created in section
27-64-103
.
(4)
"National suicide prevention lifeline" means a national network of local crisis centers maintained by the federal substance abuse and mental health services administration that provides free and confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.
(5)
"Veterans crisis line" means the veterans crisis line maintained by the United States department of veterans affairs.
Amended by 2022 Ch. 222, § 111, eff. 7/1/2022.
Added by 2021 Ch. 360, § 1, eff. 9/7/2021.
L. 2021: Entire article added, (SB 21-154), ch. 2344, p. 2344, § 1, effective September 7.
2021 Ch. 360, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 27 - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-94-107) › BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (§§ 27-50-101 — 27-64.5-102) › Article 64 - 988 CRISIS HOTLINE ENTERPRISE (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-64-105) › Section 27-64-104 - 988 crisis hotline cash fund - creation

(1)
The 988 crisis hotline cash fund, referred to in this section as the "fund", is created in the state treasury. The fund consists of money credited to the fund in accordance with article
17.5
of title
40
.
(2)
The state treasurer shall credit all interest and income derived from the deposit and investment of money in the fund to the fund.
(3)
Money in the fund is continuously appropriated. The enterprise may expend money from the fund for the purposes outlined in section
27-64-103 (4)(c) and (4)(d)
.
(4)
The board may seek, accept, and expend gifts, grants, or donations from private or public sources for the purposes of this section, so long as the combination of grants from state and local governments is less than ten percent of the enterprise's total annual revenue.
Amended by 2023 Ch. 206,§ 35, eff. 5/16/2023.
Added by 2021 Ch. 360, § 1, eff. 9/7/2021.
L. 2021: Entire article added, (SB 21-154), ch. 2347, p. 2347, § 1, effective September 7.
2021 Ch. 360, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 27 - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-94-107) › BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (§§ 27-50-101 — 27-64.5-102) › Article 64 - 988 CRISIS HOTLINE ENTERPRISE (§§ 27-64-101 — 27-64-105) › Section 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
.
Amended by 2022 Ch. 222,§113, eff. 7/1/2022.
Added by 2021 Ch. 360,§1, eff. 9/7/2021.
L. 2021: Entire article added, (SB 21-154), ch. 2347, p. 2347, § 1, effective September 7.
2021 Ch. 360, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 27 - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-94-107) › BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (§§ 27-50-101 — 27-64.5-102) › Article 64.5 - SYSTEM OF CARE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH WITH COMPLEX BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEEDS (§§ 27-64.5-101 — 27-64.5-102) › Section 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.
Added by 2024 Ch. 459,§ 4, eff. 6/6/2024.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 27 - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-94-107) › BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (§§ 27-50-101 — 27-64.5-102) › Article 64.5 - SYSTEM OF CARE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH WITH COMPLEX BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEEDS (§§ 27-64.5-101 — 27-64.5-102) › Section 27-64.5-102 - System of care for children and youth - report - rules

(1)
No later than July 1, 2024, the behavioral health administration, in collaboration with the state department and the department of health care policy and financing pursuant to part 20 of article 6 of title 25.5, shall begin developing a system of care for children and youth who have complex behavioral health needs. At a minimum, the system of care must include:
(a)
Implementation of a standardized assessment tool that:
(I)
Expands upon and modifies the assessment tool described in section 19-1-115 (4)(e)(I);
(II)
Makes recommendations regarding the appropriate level of care necessary to meet the child's or youth's treatment needs;
(III)
Informs the child's or youth's treatment planning, including behavioral health programming and medical needs; and
(IV)
Is administered to children and youth who are enrolled in the state medical assistance program or any child or youth who meets the referral requirements established by the behavioral health administration, the state department, and the department of health care policy and financing, which requirements must not exclude a child or youth based on the child's or youth's disability or diagnosis;
(b)
Intensive-care coordination for children and youth enrolled in the state medical assistance program pursuant to articles 4, 5, and 6 of title 25.5;
(c)
Expanded supportive services for children and youth pursuant to subsection (2) of this section; and
(d)
Expanded access to treatment foster care, as defined in section 26-6-903.
(2)
No later than October 1, 2024, the bha shall promulgate rules in collaboration with the state department and the department of health care policy and financing for the administration and implementation of the system of care for children and youth. At a minimum, the rules must address:
(a)
The populations eligible for the system of care components;
(b)
Mechanisms for determining eligibility for participating in the system of care; and
(c)
Requirements for residential treatment providers to obtain cultural competency related to the provision of services under a system of care.
(3)
Notwithstanding section 24-1-136 (11)(a)(1), Beginning January 2025, and each January thereafter, the state department shall report progress on the development and implementation of the system of care developed pursuant to this section to the house of representatives health and human services committee and the senate health and human services committee, or their successor committees, during the hearings held pursuant to the "SMART Act", part 2 of article 7 of title 2.
Added by 2024 Ch. 459,§ 4, eff. 6/6/2024.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 27 - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (§§ 27-1-101 — 27-94-107) › MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS (§§ 27-65-101 — 27-71-105) › Article 65 - CARE AND TREATMENT OF PERSONS WITH MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS (§§ 27-65-101 — 27-65-131) › Section 27-65-101 - Legislative declaration

(1)
The general assembly declares that the purposes of this article 65 are:
(a)
To secure for each person with a mental health disorder such care and treatment suited to the person's needs and to ensure that the care and treatment are skillfully and humanely administered with full respect for the person's dignity and personal integrity;
(b)
To deprive a person of the person's liberty for purposes of care or treatment only when less restrictive alternatives are unavailable and only when the person's safety or the safety of others is endangered;
(c)
To provide the fullest possible measure of privacy, dignity, and other rights to persons undergoing care and treatment for a mental health disorder;
(d)
To encourage the use of voluntary, rather than coercive, measures to provide care and treatment for mental health disorders and to provide the care and treatment in the least restrictive setting;
(e)
To provide appropriate information to family members concerning the location and fact of admission of a person with a mental health disorder to inpatient or residential care and treatment;
(f)
To encourage the appropriate participation of family members in the care and treatment of a person with a mental health disorder and, when appropriate, to provide information to family members in order to facilitate that participation; and
(g)
To facilitate the recovery and resiliency of each person who receives care and treatment pursuant to this article 65.
(2)
To carry out these purposes, the provisions of this article 65 must be liberally construed.
Amended by 2022 Ch. 451, § 1, eff. 8/10/2022.
Amended by 2017 Ch. 263, § 232, eff. 5/25/2017.
L. 2010: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 10 -175), ch. 188, p. 675, § 2, effective April 29. L. 2017: (1) amended, (SB 17-242), ch. 263, p. 1338, § 232, effective May 25.
This section is similar to former § 27-10-101 as it existed prior to 2010.
2022 Ch. 451, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
For the legislative declaration in SB 17-242, see section 1 of chapter 263, Session Laws of Colorado 2017.