C.R.S. § 27-50-803

(1) The behavioral health administration shall provide technical assistance to facilities in meeting their requirements pursuant to section 17-26-104.9 (1.5). Technical assistance includes development and implementation of medication-assisted treatment, development of guidelines for nonmedical evaluations, including timelines for performing a subsequent medical evaluation and administering medical withdrawal management, approval of prescribers by the United States drug enforcement agency, and other appropriate withdrawal management care, and assistance with identifying bulk purchasing opportunities for necessary services. (2) Intentionally left blank —Ed. (a) For the 2022-23 state fiscal year, the general assembly shall appropriate three million dollars from the behavioral health and mental health cash fund, created in section 24-75-230 , to the behavioral health administration for the purpose of providing technical assistance to jails with meeting their requirements pursuant to section 17-26-104.9 , including providing funding to jails to cover the services required pursuant to section 17-26-104.9 . (b) This subsection (2) is repealed, effective July 1, 2024.