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27-64-105. Reports. (1) Beginning January 1, 2023, and each January 1 thereafter, the BHA shall: (a) Submit information about the usage of the 988 crisis hotline and services provided to the federal substance abuse and mental health services administration and information about the expenditures of the 988 crisis hotline cash fund to the federal communications commission; and (b) Report progress on the implementation of the 988 crisis hotline, including the usage of the 988 crisis hotline, the services provided, and the deposits and expenditures from the 988 crisis hotline cash fund as part of its State Measurement for Accountable, Responsive, and Transparent (SMART) Government Act hearing required by section 2-7-203. Source: L. 2021: Entire article added, (SB 21-154), ch. 360, p. 2347, � 1, effective September 7. L. 2022: IP(1) amended, (HB 22-1278), ch. 222, p. 1537, � 113, effective July 1. ARTICLE 64.5 System of Care for Children and Youth with Complex Behavioral Health Needs 27-64.5-101. Definitions. As used in this article 64.5, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Behavioral health administration or BHA means the behavioral health administration established in section 27-50-102. (2) Child or youth means an individual who is less than twenty-one years of age. (3) State department means the state department of human services created pursuant to section 26-1-105. Source: L. 2024: Entire article added, (HB 24-1038), ch. 459, p. 3181, � 4, effective June 6. 27-64.5-102. System of care for children and youth - report - rules. (1) No later than July 1, 2024, the behavioral health administration, in collaboration with the state department and the department of health care policy and financing pursuant to part 20 of article 6 of title 25.5, shall begin developing a system of care for children and youth who have complex behavioral health needs. At a minimum, the system of care must include: (a) Implementation of a standardized assessment tool that: (I) Expands upon and modifies the assessment tool described in section 19-1-115 (4)(e)(I); (II) Makes recommendations regarding the appropriate level of care necessary to meet the child's or youth's treatment needs; (III) Informs the child's or youth's treatment planning, including behavioral health programming and medical needs; and (IV) Is administered to children and youth who are enrolled in the state medical assistance program or any child or youth who meets the referral requirements established by the behavioral health administration, the state department, and the department of health care policy and financing, which requirements must not exclude a child or youth based on the child's or youth's disability or diagnosis; (b) Intensive-care coordination for children and youth enrolled in the state medical assistance program pursuant to articles 4, 5, and 6 of title 25.5; (c) Expanded supportive services for children and youth pursuant to subsection (2) of this section; and (d) Expanded access to treatment foster care, as defined in section 26-6-903. (2) No later than October 1, 2024, the BHA shall promulgate rules in collaboration with the state department and the department of health care policy and financing for the administration and implementation of the system of care for children and youth. At a minimum, the rules must address: (a) The populations eligible for the system of care components; (b) Mechanisms for determining eligibility for participating in the system of care; and (c) Requirements for residential treatment providers to obtain cultural competency related to the provision of services under a system of care. (3) Notwithstanding section 24-1-136 (11)(a)(I), beginning January 2025, and each January thereafter, the state department shall report progress on the development and implementation of the system of care developed pursuant to this section to the house of representatives health and human services committee and the senate health and human services committee, or their successor committees, during the hearings held pursuant to the SMART Act, part 2 of article 7 of title 2. Source: L. 2024: Entire article added, (HB 24-1038), ch. 459, p. 3181, � 4, effective June 6. MENTAL HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS ARTICLE 65 Care and Treatment of Persons with Mental Health Disorders Editor's note: This article 65 was added with relocations in 2010. It was amended with relocations in 2022, resulting in the addition, relocation, or elimination of sections as well as subject matter. For amendments to this article 65 prior to 2022, consult the 2021 Colorado Revised Statutes and the Colorado statutory research explanatory note beginning on page vii in the front of this volume. Former C.R.S. section numbers are shown in editor's notes following those sections that were relocated. For a detailed comparison of this article, see the comparative tables located in the back of the index. Cross references: For provisions concerning home- and community-based services for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities, see part 4 of article 6 of title 25.5; for liability of mental health care providers, see � 13-21-117. Law reviews: For article, Expanded Medical Screening for Public Sector Psychiatric Patients, see 13 Colo. Law. 1651 (1984); for article, Medina: Incompetence and the Right to Refuse Medication, see 14 Colo. Law. 1998 (1985); for article, A Critique of the Model State Law on Civil Commitment of the Mentally Ill, see 14 Colo. Law. 1206 (1985); for article, Colorado Guardianship and Conservatorship Law: A Status Report, see 16 Colo. Law. 421 (1987); for article, The Continuing Crisis in Mental Health Care, see 18 Colo. Law. 1533 (1989); for article, When Worlds Collide: Mentally Ill Criminal Defendants -- Part II, see 29 Colo. Law. 101 (July 2000); for article, Guidance for Attorneys When Children's Mental Health Concerns are Implicated, see 31 Colo. Law. 33 (Oct. 2002); for article, Mental Health Certifications in Colorado: A Primer for Attorneys, see 51 Colo. Law. 48 (Dec. 2022).