Colorado § 27-50-405 - Behavioral health administrative services organizations - stakeholder input - report - rules.

§ 27-50-405. Behavioral health administrative services organizations - stakeholder input - report - rules.

(1) Each behavioral health administrative services organization shall develop a process to solicit and respond to input from stakeholders about behavioral health services and gaps in the service area. A behavioral health administrative services organization shall publicly post an annual report that includes:

(a) A report on the stakeholder input received in the prior year, anonymized and aggregated to protect individual privacy;

(b) Descriptions of how the behavioral health administrative services organization has responded to, or plans to respond to, stakeholder input from the prior year, including descriptions of policy or practice changes or explanations of why no changes were made; and

(c) The plan for stakeholder engagement for the upcoming year.

(2) In soliciting and responding to input from stakeholders pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, the behavioral health administrative services organization shall, at a minimum, engage the following stakeholders within the service area:

(a) Clients of behavioral health services and their families;

(b) Behavioral health safety net providers;

(c) Counties;

(d) Law enforcement;

(e) Hospitals and physical health providers; and

(f) Judicial districts.

(3) The behavioral health administrative services organization may also engage stakeholders in neighboring service areas, as appropriate.

(4) The BHA may promulgate rules as necessary to implement this section.

Source: L. 2022: Entire article added, (HB 22-1278), ch. 222, p. 1469, § 1, effective July 1.

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