Title 27, Behavioral Health

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 27-65-103 Voluntary applications for mental health services
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(1) Nothing in this article 65 in any way limits the right of any person to make a voluntary application at any time to any public or private agency or professional person for mental health services, either by direct application in person or by referral from any other public or p…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 27-65-105 Rights of respondents
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Unless specifically stated in an order by the court, a respondent does not forfeit any legal right or suffer legal disability by reason of the provisions of this article 65. Source: L. 2022: Entire article amended with relocations, (HB 22-1256), ch. 451, p. 3179, � 1, effective A…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 27-65-109 Certification for short-term treatment - procedure
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(1) A person may be certified for not more than three months for short-term treatment under the following conditions: (a) The professional staff of the facility detaining the person on an emergency mental health hold has evaluated the person and has found the person has a mental …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 27-65-113 Hearing procedures - jurisdiction
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(1) Hearings before the court pursuant to section 27-65-108.5, 27-65-109, or 27-65-110 are conducted in the same manner as other civil proceedings before the court. The burden of proof is on the person or facility seeking to detain the respondent. The court or jury shall determin…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 27-65-114 Appeals
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Appellate review of any order of short-term treatment or long-term care and treatment may be had as provided in the Colorado appellate rules. An appeal must be advanced upon the calendar of the appellate court and must be decided at the earliest practicable time. Pending disposit…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 27-65-115 Habeas corpus
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Any person detained pursuant to this article 65 is entitled to an order in the nature of habeas corpus upon proper petition to any court generally empowered to issue orders in the nature of habeas corpus. Source: L. 2022: Entire article amended with relocations, (HB 22-1256), ch.…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 27-65-116 Restoration of rights
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Any person who, by reason of a judicial decree entered by a court of this state prior to July 1, 1975, is adjudicated as a person with a mental illness is deemed to have been restored to legal capacity and competency. Source: L. 2022: Entire article amended with relocations, (HB …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 27-65-117 Discrimination - definition
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No person who has received an evaluation or treatment pursuant to this article 65 may be discriminated against for receiving an evaluation or treatment. For purposes of this section, discrimination means giving any undue weight to the fact of hospitalization or outpatient care an…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 27-65-118 Right to treatment - rules
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(1) (a) Any person receiving an evaluation or treatment pursuant to this article 65 is entitled to medical and psychiatric care and treatment, with regard to services listed in section 27-50-301 and services listed in rules authorized by section 27-66-102, suited to meet the pers…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 27-65-121 Employment of persons in a facility - rules
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The BHA shall adopt rules governing the employment and compensation for the administration of care or treatment to persons receiving care or treatment pursuant to this article 65. The BHA shall establish standards for reasonable compensation for such employment. Source: L. 2022: …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 27-65-122 Voting in public elections
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Any person receiving evaluation, care, or treatment pursuant to this article 65 must be given the opportunity to exercise the person's right to register and to vote in primary and general elections. The agency or facility providing evaluation, care, or treatment shall assist the …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 27-65-123 Records
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(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, all information obtained and records prepared in the course of providing any services to any person pursuant to any provision of this article 65 are confidential and privileged matter. The information and records may be di…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 27-65-125 Treatment in federal facilities
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(1) If a person is certified pursuant to this article 65 and is eligible for hospital care or treatment by an agency of the United States, and if a certificate of notification from the agency showing that facilities are available and that the person is eligible for care or treatm…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 27-65-128 Administration - rules
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The BHA shall promulgate any rules and develop and distribute any applications or forms necessary to consistently enforce the provisions of this article 65, including rules concerning involuntary feeding tubes for individuals with an eating disorder. The BHA shall proactively tra…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 27-65-129 Payment for counsel
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In order to provide legal representation to persons eligible for an attorney pursuant to this article 65, the judicial department shall pay, out of money appropriated by the general assembly, sums directly to the appointed attorney on a case-by-case basis or, on behalf of the sta…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 27-65-130 Advisory board - created - service standards and rules
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(1) (a) An advisory board, referred to in this section as the board, is established for the purpose of assisting and advising the commissioner in accordance with subsection (2) of this section in the development of service standards and rules. The board consists of no fewer than …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 27-65-131 Data report
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(1) Beginning January 1, 2025, and each January 1 thereafter, the BHA shall annually submit a report to the general assembly on the outcomes and effectiveness of the involuntary commitment system described in this article 65, disaggregated by region, including any recommendations…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 27-66-101 Definitions
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As used in this article 66, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Repealed. (1.3) Behavioral health administration or BHA means the behavioral health administration established in section 27-50-102. (1.5) Behavioral health entity has the same meaning as defined in section 27…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 27-66-102 Administration - rules
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(1) The commissioner has the power and duty to administer and enforce the provisions of this article 66. (2) The state board of human services may adopt reasonable and proper rules to implement this article 66 in accordance with the provisions of section 24-4-103 and consistent w…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 27-66-103 Community mental health services - purchase program
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In order to encourage the development of preventive, treatment, and rehabilitative services through new community mental health programs, the improvement and expansion of existing community mental health services, and the integration of community with state mental health services…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 27-66-104 Types of services purchased - limitation on payments
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Community mental health services may be purchased from behavioral health safety-net providers that have been approved by the commissioner. Source: L. 2010: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 10-175), ch. 188, p. 702, � 2, effective April 29. L. 2011: (4)(a) amended, (SB 1…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 27-66-105 Standards for approval - repeal. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 2010: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 10-175), ch. 188, p. 704, � 2, effective April 29. L. 2017: IP(1), (1)(f), and (2)(e) amended, (SB 17-242), ch. 263, p. 1350, � 246, effective May 25. L. 2018: (1)(e) amended, (SB 18-096), ch. 44, p. 475, � 19, effective…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 27-66-108 Institutes and training programs. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 2010: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 10-175), ch. 188, p. 705, � 2, effective April 29. L. 2022: Entire section repealed, (HB 22-1278), ch. 222, p. 1544, � 130, effective July 1. 27-66-109. Family mental health services grant program - rural areas - creatio…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 27-66-110 Trauma-informed care standards of approval
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The BHA shall establish care standards and an approval process that a qualified residential treatment program, as defined in section 26-6-903 (26), must meet to ensure that qualified residential treatment programs have a trauma-informed treatment model that addresses the needs of…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 27-67-101 Short title
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The short title of this article 67 is the Children and Youth Mental Health Treatment Act. Source: L. 2010: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 10-175), ch. 188, p. 708, � 2, effective April 29. L. 2018: Entire section amended, (HB 18-1094), ch. 343, p. 2037, � 1, effective…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 27-67-102 Legislative declaration
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(1) The general assembly finds that many parents in Colorado experience challenging circumstances because their children have significant mental health needs. Many times, the parents are loving, caring parents who have become increasingly frustrated in their attempts to navigate …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 27-67-103 Definitions
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As used in this article 67, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Behavioral health administration or BHA means the behavioral health administration established in section 27-50-102. (1.3) Behavioral health safety net provider has the same meaning as defined in section 27-50…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 27-67-105 Monitoring - reports
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(1) On or before September 1, 2018, and by September 1 of each year thereafter, each mental health agency shall report to the BHA the following information: (a) The number of children and youth who are at risk of out-of-home placement and whose parent or legal guardian requested …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 27-67-106 Funding - rules
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(1) In order to make mental health treatment available, it is the intent of the general assembly that mental health treatment provided pursuant to this article to each child described in section 27-67-103 (2) be provided by mental health agencies. (2) (a) If neither the family's …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 27-67-107 Dispute resolution - rules
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(1) The BHA shall utilize, when appropriate, established grievance and dispute resolution processes in order to assure that parents have access to mental health services on behalf of their children. (2) The state board of human services shall promulgate rules to assure that a gri…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 27-67-108 Repeal of article. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 2010: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 10-175), ch. 188, p. 712, � 2, effective April 29. L. 2018: Entire section repealed, (HB 18-1094), ch. 343, p. 2043, � 7, effective June 30. Editor's note: This section was similar to former � 27-10.3-108 as it existed p…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 27-70-101 Legislative declaration
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(1) The general assembly finds and declares that: (a) The lack of medication consistency for individuals with behavioral or mental health disorders who are involved in the criminal and juvenile justice systems creates additional, often serious, problems for these individuals; (b)…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 27-70-102 Definitions
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As used in this article 70, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Behavioral health administration or BHA means the behavioral health administration established in section 27-50-102. (2) Facility means a federally qualified health-care center, clinic, behavioral health entit…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 27-71-101 Legislative declaration
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The general assembly finds and declares that there is an urgent need for community-based mental health residential beds throughout the state to serve individuals who need the support of a residential setting. Source: L. 2022: Entire article added, (HB 22-1303), ch. 183, p. 1221, …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 27-71-102 Definitions
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As used in this article 71, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Assisted living residence has the same meaning as defined in section 25-27-102 (1.3). (2) Behavioral health administration or BHA means the behavioral health administration established pursuant to section 27-6…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 27-71-103 Mental health residential facilities - additional beds
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(1) (a) On or before July 1, 2024, the department and the department of health care policy and financing shall jointly create, develop, or contract, which may include the cost of renovation at private facilities, for at least an additional one hundred and twenty-five beds at ment…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 27-80-101 Definitions
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As used in this article 80, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Behavioral health administration or BHA means the behavioral health administration established in section 27-50-102. (2) Commissioner means the commissioner of the behavioral health administration. (2.3) Depar…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 27-80-102 Duties of the behavioral health administration
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(1) The behavioral health administration is a type 2 entity, as defined in section 24-1-105, and is responsible for the powers, duties, and functions relating to the alcohol and drug driving safety program specified in section 42-4-1301.3. The behavioral health administration sha…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 27-80-103 Grants for public programs
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(1) The BHA may make grants, from money appropriated by the general assembly for purposes of this section or available from any other governmental or private source, to approved public programs. (2) A public program may provide, but need not be limited to, any of the following: (…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 27-80-104 Cancellation of grants
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(1) The BHA may cancel a grant for any public program for any of the following reasons: (a) There is no longer a need for the public program. (b) Funds for the public program are not available. (c) The public program does not meet the standards or requirements adopted by the BHA …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 27-80-105 Annual distribution of funds
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Funds for public programs shall be distributed annually, if available. Source: L. 2010: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 10-175), ch. 188, p. 724, � 2, effective April 29. Editor's note: This section is similar to former � 25-1-205 as it existed prior to 2010.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 27-80-106 Purchase of prevention and treatment services
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(1) Using money appropriated for purposes of this section or available from any other governmental or private source, the BHA may purchase services for prevention or for the treatment of alcohol and drug abuse or substance use disorders or both types of services on a contract bas…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 27-80-107.7 Increase synthetic opiate treatment - report
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(1) On or before January 1, 2023, each managed service organization designated pursuant to section 27-80-107 shall evaluate the current supply and necessary demand within its region for: (a) The number of medication-assisted treatment providers employed by the managed service org…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 27-80-108 Rules
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(1) The state board of human services, created in section 26-1-107, has the power to promulgate rules governing the provisions of this article 80. The rules may include, but are not limited to: (a) Requirements for the operation of a public program, including record keeping and d…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 27-80-109 Coordination of state and federal funds and programs
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(1) Requests for state appropriations for substance use disorder treatment programs must be submitted to the BHA and the office of state planning and budgeting on dates specified by the BHA, consistent with requirements and procedures of the office of state planning and budgeting…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 27-80-110 Reports. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 2010: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 10-175), ch. 188, p. 727, � 2, effective April 29. L. 2017: Entire section amended, (SB 17-242), ch. 263, p. 1358, � 261, effective May 25; entire section repealed, (SB 17-234), ch. 154, p. 524, � 18, effective August 9.…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 27-80-111 Counselor training - fund created - rules
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(1) The commissioner shall establish by rule fees to be charged for addiction counselor training. The amount assessed must be sufficient to cover a portion of the costs of administering the training, and the money collected must be deposited in the addiction counselor training fu…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 27-80-128 Fentanyl education and treatment program
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The behavioral health administration shall develop a fentanyl education program for the purpose of sections 18-1.3-410 and 18-1.3-510. The fentanyl education program must include information regarding the nature and addictive elements of synthetic opiates, their dangers to a pers…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 27-80-129 Regulation of recovery residences - rules - definitions
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(1) As used in this section: (a) Certifying body means the body that certifies a recovery residence approved by the behavioral health administration in the department of human services pursuant to section 27-80-122. (b) (I) Recovery residence means any premises, place, facility, …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 27-80-201 Short title
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This part 2 shall be known and may be cited as the Colorado Licensing of Controlled Substances Act. Source: L. 2012: Entire part added with relocations, (SB 12-1311), ch. 281, p. 1595, � 5, effective July 1. Editor's note: This section is similar to former � 12-22-301 as it exist…