(1) The office of behavioral health may make grants, from money appropriated by the general assembly for purposes of this section or available from any other governmental or private source, to approved public programs.
(2) A public program may provide, but need not be limited to, any of the following:
Acute medical services, including emergency services and detoxification;
Case finding, diagnosis, treatment, counseling, individual or group psychotherapy,after-care treatment, and other rehabilitation services;
Education and counseling regarding the use and abuse of alcohol and drugs;
Programs for prevention of alcohol and drug abuse;
Training of teachers, health professionals, and others in the field of alcohol and drugabuse and addiction counseling;
Coordination of existing services and the development of other needed services through demonstration and evaluation projects; or
Services to pregnant women who are alcohol and drug dependent through demonstration and evaluation projects.
(3) In approving any public program, the office of behavioral health shall take into consideration the following:
The community need for the public program;
The range of services to be provided;
The integration of the public program with, and the participation of, other public andnongovernmental agencies, organizations, institutions, and individuals, and their services and facilities, if any, that are available to assist the public program;
The adequacy of the public program to accomplish its purposes; and(e) Any other information the office of behavioral health deems necessary.
Applications for grants made pursuant to subsection (1) of this section are made tothe office of behavioral health, on forms furnished by the office of behavioral health, and must contain any information the office of behavioral health requires. Wherever possible, the office of behavioral health shall give priority to public programs that are community-based and include services to children and juveniles as well as adults, that provide a comprehensive range of services, and that evidence a high degree of community support, either financial or in the furnishing of services and facilities, or both.
Whenever any department or agency of the state has money available from any source for public programs, the department or agency is authorized to distribute the money in accordance with the state plan and to make reasonable rules for the administration of the public programs.
Source: L. 2010: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 10-175), ch. 188, p. 722, § 2, effective April 29. L. 2017: (1), IP(3), (3)(e), (4), and (5) amended, (SB 17-242), ch. 263, p. 1354, § 255, effective May 25.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 25-1-203 as it existed prior to 2010.
Cross references: For the legislative declaration in SB 17-242, see section 1 of chapter 263, Session Laws of Colorado 2017.