As used in this article 66.5, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) 'Behavioral health administration' or 'BHA' means the behavioral health administration established in section 27-50-102.(2) 'Commissioner' means the commissioner of the behavioral health administration.(3) 'High-risk individual' means a person who:(a) Has a significant mental health or substance use disorder, as evidenced by:(I) An emergency mental health hold pursuant to section 27-65-106;(II) A certification for short-term treatment or extended short-term treatment pursuant to section 27-65-108.5 or 27-65-109;(III) Long-term care and treatment pursuant to section 27-65-110;(IV) An emergency commitment pursuant to section 27-81-111;(V) An involuntary commitment pursuant to section 27-81-112; or(VI) Receiving voluntary behavioral health services pursuant to section 27-65-103, 27-65-104, 27-81-109, or 27-81-110; and(b) Repealed.(c) Is not currently engaged or actively enrolled in consistent community-based behavioral health treatment.(4) Repealed.(4.5) 'Transition services' include, but are not limited to, one or more of the following services: (a) Access to housing or residential program placement;(b) Access ral health treatment.(4) Repealed.(4.5) 'Transition services' include, but are not limited to, one or more of the following services: (a) Access to housing or residential program placement;(b) Access to behavioral health treatment or benefits;(c) Advocacy to insurance companies and providers for the appropriate type and intensity of mental health or substance use disorder services;(d) Planning for follow-up services and coordination within the behavioral health system after hospitalization or discharge from a withdrawal management facility, acute treatment service facility, crisis stabilization service facility, or a hospital or an emergency department following a visit for behavioral health reasons;(e) Assistance with preparing advance directives;(f) Obtaining a representative payee or guardian;(g) Family supportive services; or(h) Compliance with court appearances or probation.(5) 'Transition specialist' means a person who assists high-risk individuals with transition services.(6) 'Withdrawal management facility' means a facility that provides twenty-four-hour supervised withdrawal from alcohol or drugs in a residential setting.Amended by 2023 Ch. 423,§ 18, eff. n services.(6) 'Withdrawal management facility' means a facility that provides twenty-four-hour supervised withdrawal from alcohol or drugs in a residential setting.Amended by 2023 Ch. 423,§ 18, eff. 7/1/2024.Amended by 2022 Ch. 451, § 43, eff. 8/10/2022.Amended by 2022 Ch. 222, § 132, eff. 7/1/2022.Amended by 2021 Ch. 45, § 1, eff. 4/20/2021.Amended by 2020 Ch. 286, § 53, eff. 7/13/2020.Added by 2018 Ch. 223, § 1, eff. 5/21/2018.L. 2018: Entire article added, (SB 18-270), ch. 1421, p. 1421, § 1, effective May 21. L. 2020: (3)(a)(IV) and (3)(a)(V) amended, (SB 20-007), ch. 1416, p. 1416, § 53, effective July 13. L. 2021: IP(3)(a), (3)(a)(IV), (3)(a)(V), (3)(c), and (5) amended, (3)(a)(VI) and (4.5) added, and (3)(b) repealed, (HB 21 -1130), ch. 190, p. 190, § 1, effective April 20.2023 Ch. 423, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
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