Colorado § 27-71-105 - Mental health residential facilities - licensing requirements - rules.
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§ 27-71-105. Mental health residential facilities - licensing requirements - rules.
(1) On and after July 1, 2023, unless licensed as an assisted living facility, any person, partnership, association, or corporation operating a mental health residential facility shall obtain a license from the behavioral health administration. By July 1, 2023, the BHA shall promulgate rules establishing minimum standards for the operation and licensing of mental health facilities. The rules must address, at a minimum, health, safety, welfare, and programmatic and treatment consideration.
(2) Notwithstanding the requirement of subsection (1) of this section, a mental health facility need not be licensed as a mental health facility if the facility is:
(a) Licensed pursuant to article 27 of title 25; and
(b) Providing services to individuals under a home- and community-based services for persons with major mental health disorders waiver pursuant to part 6 of article 6 of title 25.5.
Source: L. 2022: Entire article added, (HB 22-1303), ch. 183, p. 1225, § 3, effective May 18.
ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE USE - ALCOHOL AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS
ARTICLE 80
Alcohol and Substance Use - Alcohol and Substance Use Disorders
PART 1
PROGRAMS AND SERVICES
27-80-101. Definitions.
27-80-102. Duties of the behavioral health administration.
27-80-103. Grants for public programs.
27-80-104. Cancellation of grants.
27-80-105. Annual distribution of funds.
27-80-106. Purchase of prevention and treatment services.
27-80-107. Designation of managed service organizations - purchase of services - revocation of designation.
27-80-107.5. Increasing access to effective substance use disorder services act - managed service organizations - substance use disorder services - assessment - community action plan - allocations - reporting requirements - evaluation.
27-80-107.7. Increase synthetic opiate treatment - report. (Repealed)
27-80-107.8. Withdrawal management and crisis service expansion - appropriation.
27-80-108. Rules.
27-80-109. Coordination of state and federal funds and programs.
27-80-110. Reports. (Repealed)
27-80-111. Counselor training - fund created - rules.
27-80-112. Legislative declaration - treatment program for high-risk pregnant women - creation.
27-80-113. Substance use and addiction counseling and treatment - necessary components.
27-80-114. Treatment program for high-risk pregnant and parenting women - cooperation with organizations.
27-80-115. Treatment program for high-risk pregnant and parenting women - data collection.
27-80-116. Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders - legislative declaration - health warning signs - federal funding.
27-80-117. Rural alcohol and substance abuse prevention and treatment program - creation - administration - cash fund - definitions - repeal.
27-80-118. Center for research into substance use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery support strategies - established - appropriation - legislative declaration.
27-80-119. Care navigation program - creation - reporting - rules - legislative declaration - definition. (Repealed)
27-80-120. Building substance use disorder treatment capacity in underserved communities - grant program. (Repealed)
27-80-121. Perinatal substance use data linkage project - center for research into substance use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery support strategies - report.
27-80-122. Recovery residence certifying body - competitive selection process - appropriation - repeal.
27-80-123. High-risk families cash fund - creation - services provided - report - definition - repeal. (Repealed)
27-80-124. Colorado substance use disorders prevention collaborative - created - mission - administration - report - repeal. (Repealed)
27-80-125. Housing assistance for individuals with a substance use disorder - report - rules - appropriation.
27-80-126. Recovery support services grant program - creation - eligibility - reporting requirements - appropriation - rules - definitions. (Repealed)
27-80-127. Children and youth in need of residential mental health and substance use treatment - repeal.
27-80-128. Fentanyl education and treatment program.
27-80-129. Regulation of recovery residences - rules - definitions - repeal.
PART 2
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES
27-80-201. Short title.
27-80-202. Legislative declaration.
27-80-203. Definitions.
27-80-204. License required - controlled substances - repeal.
27-80-205. Issuance of license - fees.
27-80-206. Controlled substances program fund - disposition of fees.
27-80-207. Qualifications for license.
27-80-208. Denial, revocation, or suspension of license - other disciplinary actions - notice.
27-80-209. Exemptions.
27-80-210. Records to be kept - order forms.
27-80-211. Enforcement and cooperation.
27-80-212. Records confidential.
27-80-213. Rules - policies.
27-80-214. Defenses.
27-80-215. Central registry - registration required - notice - repeal.
27-80-216. Policy verifying identity.
PART 3
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ACCESS TO CARE OMBUDSMAN
27-80-301. Short title.
27-80-302. Definitions.
27-80-303. Office of ombudsman for behavioral health access to care - creation - appointment of ombudsman - duties.
27-80-304. Liaisons - department - commissioner of insurance.
27-80-305. Qualified immunity.
27-80-306. Annual report.
PART 1
PROGRAMS AND SERVICES
Editor's note: This part 1 was added with relocations in 2010 containing provisions of part 2 of article 1 of title 25. Former C.R.S. section numbers are shown in editor's notes following those sections that were relocated. For a detailed comparison of this part 1, see the comparative tables located in the back of the index.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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