Colorado § 27-60-114 - Colorado land-based tribe behavioral health services grant - creation - funding - definitions - repeal.

§ 27-60-114. Colorado land-based tribe behavioral health services grant - creation - funding - definitions - repeal.

(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) "Colorado land-based tribe" means the southern Ute Indian tribe and the Ute mountain Ute tribe.

(b) "Grant applicant" means the southern Ute Indian tribe, the Ute mountain Ute tribe, or any authorized department, division, or affiliate thereof that applies for the grant pursuant to this section.

(c) "Grant program" means the Colorado land-based tribe behavioral health services grant program created in subsection (2) of this section.

(d) "Grant recipient" means the southern Ute Indian tribe, the Ute mountain Ute tribe, or any authorized department, division, or affiliate thereof that is awarded the grant pursuant to this section.

(2) There is created in the state department the Colorado land-based tribe behavioral health services grant program to provide funding to one or more Colorado land-based tribes to support capital expenditure for the renovation or building of a behavioral health facility to provide behavioral and mental health services as the grant recipient may deem appropriate, which services may include inpatient services and transitional housing to principally or fully serve American Indian and Alaska native individuals, including those who may be eligible for Indian health service benefits.

(3) The grant recipient may use the money received through the grant program for capital expenditure costs associated with renovating an existing behavioral health facility or building a new behavioral health facility to provide behavioral health services as the grant recipient may deem appropriate, which may include inpatient behavioral health services and transitional housing, to principally serve the American Indian and Alaska native patients including those who may be eligible for Indian health service benefits. Subject to available appropriations, the state department shall implement and administer the grant program and shall award the grant to the grant recipient in an amount not greater than five million dollars.

(4) An eligible Colorado land-based tribe may apply to the state department in accordance with the procedures, time frames, and requirements set by the state department to receive money through the grant program.

(5) The state department shall review applications received from grant applicants pursuant to this section.

(6) To receive a grant, a grant applicant must submit an application to the state department in the form prescribed by the state department.

(7) The state department may select a grant recipient to receive the grant under this grant program in an amount not greater than five million dollars.

(8) To be eligible to receive a grant, a grant applicant that requests grant money that originates from the money the state received from the coronavirus state fiscal recovery fund must submit to the state department a written justification as set forth in 31 CFR 35.6 (b)(4) for the capital expenditure; except that this requirement does not apply if the state department determines that the written justification is not required based on how the expenditures authorized pursuant to this section will be reported to the United States department of the treasury. For money that did not originate from the money the state received from the coronavirus state fiscal recovery fund, a written justification is not required, except as the state department determines necessary to comply with federal written justification requirements.

(9) The state department and the grant recipient shall comply with the compliance, reporting, record-keeping, and program evaluation requirements established by the office of state planning and budgeting and the state controller in accordance with section 24-75-226 (5).

(10) For state fiscal year 2022-23, the general assembly shall appropriate five million dollars from the behavioral and mental health cash fund created in section 24-75-230 to the state department to be used for the purposes of this section.

(11) The state department shall distribute the grant money to the grant recipient within thirty days after the grant recipient submits a written justification specified in subsection (8) of this section but not later than December 31, 2024. The grant recipient shall spend or obligate all grant money awarded to the grant recipient in accordance with section 24-75-226 (4)(d).

(12) This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2027.

Source: L. 2022: Entire section added, (SB 22-148), ch. 217, p. 1428, § 2, effective May 24. L. 2024: (8) and (11) amended, (HB 24-1466), ch. 429, p. 2944, § 38, effective June 5.

Cross references: For the legislative declaration in SB 22-148, see section 1 of chapter 217, Session Laws of Colorado 2022. For the legislative declaration in HB 24-1466, see section 1 of chapter 429, Session Laws of Colorado 2024.