C.R.S. Section 27-60-101
Behavioral health crisis response system

  • legislative declaration

(1)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a)

The general assembly finds and declares that:

(I)

There are people in Colorado communities who are experiencing behavioral health crises and need professional behavioral health crisis care or urgent psychiatric care from skilled mental health clinicians and medical professionals who excel at providing compassionate behavioral health crisis intervention and stabilization;

(II)

A behavioral health crisis can happen any hour of the day and any day of the week;

(III)

Persons in a behavioral health crisis frequently come in contact with community first responders who are often unable to provide necessary behavioral health interventions or who must transport these persons in a behavioral health crisis to emergency rooms for services, or, in cases where a crime is alleged, to jail;

(IV)

Colorado ranks fiftieth in the nation in the number of inpatient psychiatric beds;

(V)

Fewer than one-half of the persons who are in a behavioral health crisis and are taken to an emergency room are admitted for inpatient hospitalization, meaning that thousands of people each year return to community streets with little, if any, crisis intervention or treatment for behavioral health disorders; and

(VI)

Significant time and resources are required of community first responders in addressing persons in a behavioral health crisis and, in many cases, this community response is neither timely nor safe for the person in crisis nor cost-efficient for the state.

(b)

The general assembly therefore finds that a coordinated behavioral health crisis response system:

(I)

Serves as a comprehensive and preferred response to behavioral health emergencies throughout Colorado by providing for early intervention and effective treatment of individuals who are experiencing a behavioral health crisis;

(I.5)

As the appropriate and preferred response to behavioral health crises, eliminates the use of the criminal justice system to hold individuals who are experiencing a mental health crisis and enhances the ability of mental health providers and hospitals to serve individuals who are experiencing a mental health crisis;

(II)

Provides an appropriate first line of response to individuals in need of an emergency seventy-two-hour mental health hold and utilizes first responders and information technology systems to integrate available behavioral health crisis responses;

(III)

Should be available in all Colorado communities;

(IV)

Includes community-based, behavioral health crisis centers where individuals who are experiencing a behavioral health crisis may be stabilized and receive short-term treatment, as clinically appropriate;

(V)

Decriminalizes mental health disorders by leading the development of a partnership-supported network of crisis services; and

(VI)

Establishes a statewide framework that creates, strengthens, and enhances community partnerships that will facilitate the preferred response to behavioral health crises, including ensuring that peace officers and other first responders are equipped with a variety of options when they encounter a behavioral health crisis.

(c)

Therefore, the general assembly declares that it is a matter of statewide concern to incentivize and coordinate existing behavioral health crisis intervention services and to commit resources to expand the crisis response system.

(2)

Repealed.

Source: Section 27-60-101 — Behavioral health crisis response system - legislative declaration, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-27.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

27‑60‑100.3
Definitions
27‑60‑101
Behavioral health crisis response system - legislative declaration
27‑60‑103
Behavioral health crisis response system - services - request for proposals - criteria - reporting - rules - definitions - repeal
27‑60‑104
Behavioral health crisis response system - crisis service facilities - walk-in centers - mobile response units - report
27‑60‑104.5
Behavioral health capacity tracking system - rules - legislative declaration - definitions
27‑60‑105
Outpatient restoration to competency services - jail-based behavioral health services - responsible entity - duties - report - legislative declaration
27‑60‑106
Jail-based behavioral health services program - purpose - created - funding - repeal
27‑60‑106.5
Criminal justice diversion programs - report - rules
27‑60‑108
Peer support professionals - cash fund - fees - requirements - rules - legislative declaration - definitions
27‑60‑109
Temporary youth mental health services program - established - report - rules - definitions - repeal
27‑60‑110
Behavioral health-care services for rural and agricultural communities - vouchers - contract - appropriation
27‑60‑112
Behavioral health-care workforce development program - creation - rules - report
27‑60‑114
Colorado land-based tribe behavioral health services grant - creation - funding - definitions - repeal
27‑60‑115
Behavioral health feasibility study - authority to contract - report - definitions - appropriation
27‑60‑201
Legislative declaration
27‑60‑202
Definitions
27‑60‑203
Behavioral health administration - timeline
27‑60‑204
Care coordination infrastructure - implementation - care navigation program - creation - report - rules - definition
27‑60‑206
Substance use workforce stability grant program - repeal
27‑60‑301
Definitions
27‑60‑302
Behavioral health-care provider workforce plan - expansion - current workforce
27‑60‑303
Behavioral health administration - additional duties - collaboration with other agencies
27‑60‑304
Reports
27‑60‑305
Repeal of part
27‑60‑401
Definitions
27‑60‑402
Early intervention, deflection, and redirection from the criminal justice system grant program - established - permissible uses
27‑60‑403
Grant program application - criteria - award - rules
27‑60‑404
Grant program reporting requirements
27‑60‑405
Grant program funding - requirements - reports - appropriation
27‑60‑406
Repeal of part
27‑60‑501
Definitions
27‑60‑502
Behavioral health-care continuum gap grant program - established - rules
27‑60‑503
Grant program application - criteria - contributing resources - award - rules
27‑60‑504
Grant program reporting requirements
27‑60‑505
Grant program funding - requirements - reports
27‑60‑506
Repeal of part
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Current through Fall 2024

§ 27-60-101’s source at colorado​.gov