C.R.S. § 25.5-5-425

(1) No later than July 1, 2022, the state department shall contract with an independent third-party vendor to audit thirty-three percent of all denials of authorization for inpatient and residential substance use disorder treatment for each MCE. (2) Beginning December 1, 2022, and each December 1 thereafter, the state department shall submit the results of the audit conducted pursuant to subsection (1) of this section and any recommended changes to the residential and inpatient substance use disorder benefit to the house of representatives health and insurance committee, the house of representatives public and behavioral health and human services committee, the senate health and human services committee, or their successor committees, and the joint budget committee.