C.R.S. Section 25-20.5-104
Functions of division

  • repeal

(1)

The division has the following functions:

(a)

and (b) Repealed.

(c)

To act as a liaison with communities throughout the state and assist the communities in their efforts to assess their needs with regard to prevention, intervention, and treatment services and to provide information to assist the communities in obtaining funding for appropriate prevention, intervention, and treatment programs;

(d)

To provide technical assistance to communities and to entities that provide prevention, intervention, and treatment services;

(e)

To operate the prevention and intervention programs specified in this article and such other prevention and intervention programs as may be created in or transferred to the division by executive order to be funded solely by nonstate moneys, including but not limited to reviewing applications submitted by entities to receive funding through said programs, awarding grants based on such applications, and notifying the state board of health of the grants awarded and the amounts of said grants;

(f)

To solicit and accept grants from the federal government and to solicit and accept contributions, grants, gifts, bequests, and donations from individuals, private organizations, and foundations for the operation of any prevention and intervention programs under the authority of the division;

(g)

To periodically review the federal funding guidelines for federal prevention, intervention, and treatment programs and to seek the maximum flexibility in the use of federal money in funding prevention, intervention, and treatment programs;

(h)

To seek such federal waivers as may be necessary to allow the division to combine federal moneys available through various federal prevention, intervention, and treatment programs and to combine said moneys with moneys appropriated by the general assembly to fund state prevention, intervention, and treatment programs to allow the greatest flexibility in awarding combined program funding to community-based prevention, intervention, and treatment programs.

(i)

Repealed.

(2)

In addition to any prevention and intervention programs created in or transferred to the division by executive order and any prevention and intervention programs transferred to the division by the executive director pursuant to subsection (4) of this section, the division shall operate the following prevention and intervention programs:

(a)

to (e)(Deleted by amendment, L. 2013.)(f) The school-based health center grant program created in part 5 of this article.

(2.5)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a)

For state fiscal year 2023-24, the general assembly shall appropriate two hundred fifty thousand dollars to the division for the division to partner with a statewide nonprofit organization to provide healthy eating program incentives among Colorado’s low-income populations. These program incentives must attempt to improve access to fresh Colorado-grown fruits and vegetables among Colorado’s low-income populations.

(b)

The statewide nonprofit organization selected by the division for the partnership described in this subsection (2.5) shall have experience in supporting healthy eating incentives programs, such as programs at local farmers markets, and experience with coordinating healthy eating programs and funding between local, state, and federal programs.

(c)

In providing the program incentives described in this subsection (2.5), both the division and the nonprofit shall minimize their administrative expenses. The division shall not use more than ten thousand dollars and the nonprofit shall not use more than five percent of the amount transferred pursuant to subsection (2.5)(a) of this section for their administrative expenses.

(d)

The division shall use the funding provided in subsection (2.5)(a) of this section to supplement, not supplant, other general fund appropriations to the division.

(e)

All but seventy-seven thousand seven hundred fifty-two dollars of the amount transferred pursuant to subsection (2.5)(a) of this section must be expended for healthy eating program incentives among Colorado’s low-income populations.

(f)

This subsection (2.5) is repealed, effective September 1, 2025.

(3)

In operating prevention and intervention programs, on receipt of an application for funding through any of said prevention and intervention programs, the division shall review the application and determine whether there are other prevention, intervention, and treatment programs operated by state agencies within this state through which funding may be available to the applicant. With the applicant’s consent, the division shall forward a copy of the application to any such program for consideration.

(4)

The executive director shall transfer any prevention and intervention programs operated by the department to the division, as he or she deems appropriate. The division shall collaborate with any other division within the department that operates a prevention, intervention, and treatment program in the same manner that it collaborates with other state agencies that operate prevention, intervention, and treatment programs.

Source: Section 25-20.5-104 — Functions of division - repeal, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-25.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

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Prevention services division - creation
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Functions of division - repeal
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Definitions
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Grant program
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Evaluation
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Administration - limitation
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Short title
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Legislative declaration
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Local and regional review teams - creation - membership - authority
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Local review teams - duties - authority
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State review team - creation - membership - vacancies
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State review team - duties - definitions
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Access to records
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Administration - funding - cash fund
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Legislative declaration
25‑20.5‑502
Definitions
25‑20.5‑503
School-based health center grant program - creation - funding - grants
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Community crime victims grant program - created - cash fund
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Repeal of part - sunset review
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Short title
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Definitions
25‑20.5‑903
CARENetwork - structure - resource center
25‑20.5‑1001
Making opiate antagonists available - bulk purchasing - immunity
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Harm reduction grant program - creation - application - permissible uses - department duties
25‑20.5‑1102
Harm reduction grant program cash fund - creation - repeal
25‑20.5‑1103
Rules
25‑20.5‑1201
Definitions
25‑20.5‑1202
Office of gun violence prevention - created - director - staff - collaboration
25‑20.5‑1203
Gun violence prevention awareness and education - violence intervention grant program - rules
25‑20.5‑1204
Resource bank - duties
25‑20.5‑1205
Federal grants - other funds - gifts, grants, and donations
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25‑20.5‑1302
Community behavioral health disaster preparedness and response program - creation - department duties - rules
25‑20.5‑1303
Community behavioral health disaster preparedness and response cash fund
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25‑20.5‑1402
Health-care workforce resilience and retention program - implementation - duties
25‑20.5‑1403
Health-care workforce resilience and retention cash fund
25‑20.5‑1404
Exemption from the procurement code
25‑20.5‑1501
Independent study - report - repeal
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Overdose detection mapping application program
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Colorado overdose trends review committee - recommendations - report - repeal
25‑20.5‑1801
Transfer of functions - employees - property - records
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Colorado substance use disorders prevention collaborative - created - mission - administration - report - repeal
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Economic mobility program - creation - fund - reporting - legislative declaration
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Regional health connector program - creation - third-party contract - department duties - rules - definitions
25‑20.5‑2101
Legislative declaration
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25‑20.5‑2103
Disordered eating prevention program - creation - reports
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Disordered eating prevention research grant program - creation - process - reporting requirements - definitions - repeal
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