(1) On or before July 1, 2020, the department, in collaboration with the department of health care policy and financing, shall:
(a) Define what constitutes a high-intensity behavioral health treatment program, which at a minimum must include:
A program that has evidence of effectiveness in engaging and treating individuals,including youth, with severe behavioral health disorders; and
A program that conducts assertive outreach to and engagement with high-risk populations that are known and unknown to current health systems;
Determine what an adequate network of high-intensity behavioral health treatmentservices includes by collaborating with stakeholders, which include but are not limited to, counties; law enforcement; community mental health centers; substance use providers; and other behavioral health providers, hospitals, physical health providers, and judicial districts, to understand what services and supports are needed to assist in the diversion and release of individuals with behavioral health disorders from the criminal justice and juvenile justice systems; and
Identify existing high-intensity behavioral health treatment programs, based on thedefinition developed by the departments pursuant to subsection (1)(a) of this section, that are available throughout the state and where those programs require additional resources to meet the identified needs or where additional high-intensity behavioral health treatment programs are needed.
Source: L. 2019: Entire article added, (SB 19-222), ch. 226, p. 2267, § 6, effective May 20.