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HB22-1283

Youth And Family Behavioral Health Care

Concerning enhanced residential services for persons with behavioral health needs, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation.
Session:
2022 Regular Session
Subjects:
Children & Domestic Matters
Human Services
Bill Summary

The act implements the recommendations of the behavioral health transformational task force concerning youth and family residential care. Specifically, the act:

  • Provides operational support for psychiatric residential treatment facilities and qualified residential treatment programs for youth;
  • Creates in-home and residential respite care in up to 7 regions of the state for children and families; and
  • Provides funds to build and staff a neuro-psych facility at the Colorado mental health institute at Fort Logan.

The act makes the following appropriations to the department of human services from the behavioral and mental health cash fund:

  • $11,628,023 is appropriated for respite and residential programs;
  • $7,500,000 is appropriated for use by the behavioral health administration to expand substance use residential treatment beds for adolescents and for crisis response service systems; and
  • $539,926 is appropriated for use by the behavioral health administration and is for building maintenance costs associated with the youth neuro-psych facility at the Colorado mental health institute at Fort Logan. An additional $35,000,000 is appropriated for capital construction costs related to the construction of a youth neuro-psych facility at the Colorado mental health institute at Fort Logan.
    (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

Status

Introduced
Passed
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