C.R.S. Section 27-60-106.5
Criminal justice diversion programs

  • report
  • rules

(1)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a)

The BHA may contract with cities and counties for the creation, maintenance, or expansion of criminal justice diversion programs. The goal of each program created pursuant to this section should be to connect first responders with behavioral health providers to assist individuals in need of behavioral health intervention or to divert individuals from the criminal justice system.

(b)

The BHA may require criminal justice diversion programs contracted pursuant to subsection (1)(a) of this section to participate as a mobile crisis service in the behavioral health crisis response system, created pursuant to section 27-60-103.

(2)

On or before November 1, 2021, and on or before each November 1 thereafter, the BHA shall include an update regarding the current status of funding and the criminal justice diversion programs implemented pursuant to this section in its report to the judiciary committees of the senate and the house of representatives, the health and human services committee of the senate, the public and behavioral health and human services committee of the house of representatives, or any successor committees, as part of its “State Measurement for Accountable, Responsive, and Transparent (SMART) Government Act” presentation required by section 2-7-203.

(3)

The state board of human services, created in section 26-1-107, may promulgate rules to implement the provisions of this section.

Source: Section 27-60-106.5 — Criminal justice diversion programs - report - rules, 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
Green check means up to date. Up to date

Current through Fall 2024

§ 27-60-106.5’s source at colorado​.gov