Colorado § 25.5-5-208 - Additional services - training - grants - screening, brief intervention, and referral.

§ 25.5-5-208. Additional services - training - grants - screening, brief intervention, and referral.

(1) On or after July 1, 2018, the state department shall grant, through a competitive grant program, one million five hundred thousand dollars to one or more organizations to operate a substance use screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment practice. The grant program must require:

(a) Training for health-care professionals statewide, including providers who serve women of childbearing age, that is evidence-based and that may be attended either in person or online. The training must include training for reimbursement and billing codes in the "Colorado Medical Assistance Act", articles 4 to 6 of this title 25.5.

(a.3) Implementation of a statewide adolescent substance use screening, brief intervention, and referral practice that includes training and technical assistance for appropriate professionals in Colorado schools, with the purpose of identifying students who would benefit from screening, brief intervention, and potential referral to resources, including treatment;

(a.5) Implementation of a statewide substance use screening, brief intervention, and referral practice that includes training and technical assistance for pediatricians and professionals in pediatric settings, with the purpose of identifying adolescent patients who would benefit from screening, brief intervention, and potential referral to resources, including treatment;

(b) Consultation and technical assistance for health-care providers, health-care organizations, and stakeholders;

(c) Outreach, communication, and education to providers and patients;

(d) Coordination with primary care, mental health care, integrated health care, and substance use prevention, treatment, and recovery efforts; and

(e) Campaigning to increase public awareness of the risks related to alcohol, marijuana, tobacco, and drug use and to reduce any stigma associated with treatment.

(2) (a) The state department contractor shall develop a patient education tool for women of childbearing age to learn about the risks of substance-exposed pregnancies, to be deployed for public use in the state.

(b) Repealed.

Source: L. 2015: Entire section added, (HB 15-1367), ch. 271, p. 1078, § 17, effective January 1, 2016. L. 2018: Entire section amended, (HB 18-1003), ch. 224, p. 1428, § 4, effective May 21. L. 2024: IP(1) amended and (1)(a.3) and (1)(a.5) added, (SB 24-047), ch. 440, p. 3081, § 9, effective June 6.

Editor's note: (1) Section 23(2) of chapter 271 (HB 15-1367), Session Laws of Colorado 2015, provides that this section takes effect only if a majority of voters approve the ballot issue referred in accordance with section 39-28.8-603 (1) at the November 2015 statewide election. If the voters approve the ballot measure, this section is effective on the date of the official declaration of the vote by the governor, or January 1, 2016, whichever is later. The ballot issue was approved by voters on November 3, 2015. The governor's proclamation was issued on December 28, 2015, establishing an effective date of January 1, 2016, for this section. The vote count for the measure was as follows:

FOR: 847,380

AGAINST: 373,734

(2) Subsection (2)(b)(II) provided for the repeal of subsection (2)(b), effective September 1, 2019. (See L. 2018, p. 1428.)

Cross references: For the legislative declaration in HB 15-1367, see section 1 of chapter 271, Session Laws of Colorado 2015.

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