(1) To carry out the purposes of this article 81, the office of behavioral health may:
Plan, establish, and maintain substance use disorder treatment programs as necessaryor desirable;
Make contracts necessary or incidental to the performance of its duties and the execution of its powers, including contracts with public and private agencies, organizations, and individuals to pay them for services rendered or furnished to persons with substance use disorders, persons intoxicated by alcohol, or persons under the influence of drugs;
Solicit and accept for use any gift of money or property made by will or otherwiseand any grant of money, services, or property from the federal government, the state, or any political subdivision thereof or any private source, and do all things necessary to cooperate with the federal government or any of its agencies in making an application for any grant;
Administer or supervise the administration of the provisions relating to persons withsubstance use disorders, persons intoxicated by alcohol, and persons under the influence of drugs of any state plan submitted for federal funding pursuant to federal health, welfare, or treatment legislation;
Coordinate its activities and cooperate with substance use disorder treatment programs in this state and other states and make contracts and other joint or cooperative arrangements with state, local, or private agencies in this state and other states for the treatment of persons with substance use disorders, persons intoxicated by alcohol, and persons under the influence of drugs and for the common advancement of substance use disorder treatment programs;
Keep records and engage in research and the gathering of relevant statistics;
Do other acts and things necessary or convenient to execute the authority expresslygranted to it; and
Acquire, hold, or dispose of real property, or any interest therein, and construct, lease, or otherwise provide substance use disorder treatment facilities for persons with substance use disorders, persons intoxicated by alcohol, and persons under the influence of drugs.
Source: L. 2010: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 10-175), ch. 188, p. 733, § 2, effective April 29. L. 2017: IP(1), (1)(a), (1)(b), (1)(d), (1)(e), and (1)(h) amended, (SB 17-242), ch. 263, p. 1363, § 272, effective May 25. L. 2020: (1)(a), (1)(b), (1)(d), (1)(e), and (1)(h) amended, (SB 20-007), ch. 286, p. 1394, § 13, effective July 13.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 25-1-303 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.