C.R.S. Section 27-60-112
Behavioral health-care workforce development program

  • creation
  • rules
  • report

(1)

There is created in the behavioral health administration the behavioral health-care workforce development program, referred to in this section as the “program”. The purpose of the program is to increase the behavioral health-care workforce’s ability to treat individuals, including youth, with severe behavioral health disorders.

(2)

To implement the program, the BHA shall:

(a)

Develop an online training system that allows for accessible statewide training opportunities;

(b)

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(I)

Develop an online training curriculum for providers in rural and metro areas to increase competencies in mental health and substance use disorders that will support a high-quality, trained, culturally responsive, and diverse behavioral health-care workforce.

(II)

The office shall also:

(A)

Develop a process to track, store, and create reports concerning the training and continuing education in the curriculum developed pursuant to subsection (2)(b)(I) of this section and to track providers’ completion of in-person and virtual training offered pursuant to this subsection (2)(b); and

(B)

Collaborate with credentialing entities to track peer support professionals in the state.

(c)

Provide fiscal incentives for lower income individuals to obtain a degree in behavioral health, with funding specifically targeted for rural areas of the state;

(d)

Provide training to the existing behavioral health-care workforce to be certified in federally reimbursed services; and

(e)

Provide capacity-building grants to diversify the safety net provider workforce and meet the requirements of part 3 of article 50 of this title 27.

(3)

The state board may promulgate rules as necessary for the implementation of this section.

(4)

For the state fiscal year 2021-22 and each state fiscal year thereafter for which the program receives funding, the BHA shall report a summary of the expenditures from the program, the impact of the expenditures in increasing the behavioral health-care workforce, and any recommendations to strengthen and improve the behavioral health-care workforce as part of its annual presentation to the general assembly required under the “State Measurement for Accountable, Responsive, and Transparent (SMART) Government Act”, part 2 of article 7 of title 2.

Source: Section 27-60-112 — Behavioral health-care workforce development program - creation - rules - report, 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

§ 27-60-112’s source at colorado​.gov