2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 23 - POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-81-102) › STATE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES (§§ 23-1-101 — 23-56-111) › STATE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES (§§ 23-20-101 — 23-56-111) › Article 21 - UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO - UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL - CENTERS (§§ 23-21-101 — 23-21-1105) › Part 8 - MEDICATION-ASSISTED TREATMENT (MAT) › Section 23-21-805 - [Effective Until 8/7/2024] MAT expansion advisory board - created - duties

(1)
There is hereby created in the center the MAT expansion advisory board, which shall:
(a)
Review and approve pilot program guidelines and procedures;
(b)
Advise and provide assistance to the center on the implementation of the pilot program;
(c)
Review and make recommendations to the center on grant applications, including recommendations for grant award amounts;
(d)
Assist the center in evaluating the pilot program; and
(e)
Perform other tasks, as requested by the center, related to the implementation and administration of the pilot program.
(2)
(a)
The advisory board consists of representatives of the following entities or organizations who are designated by the entity or organization:
(I)
The college of nursing;
(II)
The state substance abuse trend and response task force created in section
18-18.5-103
;
(III)
The Colorado consortium for prescription drug abuse prevention, administered under the center at the university of Colorado Anschutz medical campus;
(IV)
The Colorado Nurses Association;
(V)
The Colorado Academy of Physician Assistants; and
(VI)
The physician assistant program at the university of Colorado.
(b)
In addition to the members specified in subsection (2)(a) of this section, representatives from counties participating in the pilot program area, appointed as follows, shall serve on the advisory board:
(I)
The Northwest Colorado Community Health Partnership in Routt county shall appoint a medical or public health professional from Routt county;
(II)
The Pueblo county heroin task force shall appoint a medical or public health professional from Pueblo county;
(III)
Valley-wide Health Systems, Inc., shall appoint a medical professional from the San Luis valley;
(IV)
The San Luis Valley Area Health Education Center shall appoint a medical or public health professional from the San Luis valley;
(V)
The Colorado Association of Local Public Health Officials shall appoint a public health professional from the San Luis valley;
(VI)
If additional counties are selected to participate in the pilot program, the center shall determine the appointing authority for and type of professional from each participating county;
(VII)
The board of county commissioners for each county participating in the pilot program, including additional counties that may be selected to participate pursuant to section
23-21-804 (1)(b)
, shall appoint a member of its board; except that, for the San Luis valley, the boards of county commissioners of the counties in the San Luis valley shall jointly appoint one member from one of the boards of county commissioners in the San Luis valley to serve on the advisory board; and
(VIII)
The executive director of the department of health care policy and financing shall appoint a representative from the department.
Amended by 2019 Ch. 173, § 4, eff. 5/14/2019.
Added by 2017 Ch. 226, § 1, eff. 5/22/2017.
L. 2017: Entire part added, (SB 17-074), ch. 226, p. 874, § 1, effective May 22.
This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.