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C.R.S. § 27-80-127

Children and youth in need of residential mental health and substance use treatment

Known as the Colorado Licensing of Controlled Substances Act

The act spans §§ 27–27 (51 sections).

(1) On or before July 1, 2023, the behavioral health administration, created pursuant to part 2 of article 60 of this title 27, shall create, develop, or contract to add additional residential substance use treatment beds for youth. To the greatest extent possible, the department shall ensure that both mental health and substance use treatment services are available in one residential location. The department shall work collaboratively with the behavioral health administration for licensing and determining the greatest areas of need. (2)(a)(I) For the 2022-23 budget year, the general assembly shall appropriate five million dollars from the behavioral and mental health cash fund, created pursuant to section 24-75-230 , to the department to expand substance use residential treatment beds for adolescents, as described in subsection (1) of this section. (II) Money spent pursuant to this subsection (2) must conform with the allowable purposes set forth in the federal “American Rescue Plan Act of 2021”, Pub.L. 117-2, as amended. The department shall either spend or obligate such appropriation prior to December 30, 2024, and expend the appropriation on or before December 31, 2026. (b) This subsection (2) is repealed, effective September 1, 2027. (3) The department of human services and any person that receives money from the department of human services shall comply with the compliance, reporting, record-keeping, and program evaluation requirements established by the office of state planning and budgeting and the state controller in accordance with section 24-75-226 (5). (4) This section is known as the “Andy Campos-Padilla Act”.

Digitized from: Public.Law — Colorado Revised Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Colorado statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.