Colorado Code
Article 66 - Community Mental Health Services - Purchase
§ 27-66-104. Types of Services Purchased - Limitation on Payments

(1) [ Editor's note: This version of subsection (1) is effective July 1, 2022. ] Community mental health services may be purchased from behavioral health entities, clinics, community mental health centers, local general or psychiatric hospitals, and other agencies that have been approved by the executive director.

(2) (a) [ Editor's note: This version of the introductory portion to subsection (2)(a) is effective July 1, 2022. ] Each year the general assembly shall appropriate money for the purchase of mental health services from:

(II) [ Editor's note: This version of subsection (2)(a)(II) is effective July 1, 2022. ] Agencies that provide specialized clinic-type services but do not serve a specific designated service area;

(III) [ Editor's note: This version of subsection (2)(a)(III) is effective July 1, 2022. ] Acute treatment units; and

(b) [ Editor's note: This version of subsection (2)(b) is effective July 1, 2022. ] The money appropriated for the purposes of this subsection (2) shall be distributed by the executive director to approved behavioral health entities, community mental health centers, and other agencies on the basis of need and in accordance with the services provided.

(3) [ Editor's note: This version of subsection (3) is effective July 1, 2022. ] Each year the general assembly may appropriate money in addition to the money appropriated for purposes of subsection (2) of this section, which money may be used by the executive director to assist behavioral health entities and community mental health clinics and centers in instituting innovative programs, in providing mental health services to impoverished areas, and in dealing with crisis situations. The executive director shall require that any innovative or crisis programs for which money is allocated pursuant to this subsection (3) be clearly defined in terms of services to be rendered, program objectives, scope and duration of the program, and the maximum amount of money to be provided.

(6) [ Editor's note: This version of subsection (6) is effective July 1, 2022. ] For purposes of entering into a cooperative purchasing agreement pursuant to section 24-110-201, a nonprofit behavioral health entity, nonprofit community mental health center, or nonprofit community mental health clinic may be certified as a local public procurement unit as provided in section 24-110-207.5.

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 11-225), ch. 189, p. 731, § 5, effective May 19. L. 2012: (4)(a) amended, (HB 12-1247), ch. 53, p. 197, § 8, effective March 22. L. 2013: (4)(a) amended, (HB 13-1181), ch. 74, p. 241, § 9, effective March 22. L. 2016: (4)(a) amended, (HB 16-1408), ch. 153, p. 471, § 23, effective May 4; (4)(b) repealed, (HB 16-1408), ch. 153, p. 472, § 26, effective July 1. L. 2017: (4) amended, (SB 17-264), ch. 353, p. 1839, § 2, effective June 5. L. 2019: (1), IP(2)(a), (2)(a)(II), (2)(a)(III), (2)(b), (3), and (6) amended and (2)(a)(IV) added, (HB 19-1237), ch. 413, p. 3642, § 15, effective July 1, 2022.