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 80 - ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE USE - ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS (§§ 27-80-101 — 27-80-306) › Part 1 - PROGRAMS AND SERVICES (§§ 27-80-101 — 27-80-129) › Section 27-80-126 - [Effective 8/7/2024] 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.
Amended by 2024 Ch. 405,§ 5, eff. 8/7/2024.
Amended by 2022 Ch. 222, § 163, eff. 7/1/2022.
Added by 2021 Ch. 362, § 24, eff. 6/28/2021.
L. 2021: Entire section added, (SB 21-137), ch. 2377, p. 2377, § 24, effective June 28.
2024 Ch. 405, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.
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.