192FC307E615C0A1872587DC0075147D Hearing Summary

Representative McLachlan and Minority Leader McKean, co-prime bill sponsors, presented House Bill 22-1052, concerning promoting behavioral health crisis services to school-age students. The bill requires that student identification cards contain information for Colorado Crisis Services, and that the Office of Behavioral Health provide schools with outreach materials on Colorado Crisis Services upon request. Schools that do not issue student identification cards must request and display the outreach materials.

Christopher Hill, representing self, testified in support of the bill.

Taleen Sample, representing the Colorado Youth Advisory Council, testified in support of the bill.

Aimee Resnick, representing the Colorado Youth Advisory Council, testified in support of the bill.

Elizabeth Owens, representing the Colorado Department of Human Services, Office of Behavioral Health, was available to answer committee questions.

The panelist answered questions from the committee.

Jeff Riester, representing the Department of Law, testified in a neutral position on the bill.

Lauren Snyder, representing Mental Health Colorado, testified in support of the bill.

Patty Boyd, representing the Suicide Prevention Coalition of Colorado, testified in support of the bill. She provided a handout to the committee (Attachment G).

The panelists responded to questions from the committee.

Minority Leader McKean explained amendment L.001 (Attachment I).

Minority Leader McKean explained amendment L.003 (Attachment J).

Representative McLachlan further explained amendment L.003

The commmittee discussed amendment L.003.  Amendment L.003 was withdrawn.