(1) An employer shall participate in a multiple employer behavioral health trust in order to provide the program specified in this section for its firefighters. If at any time the funding provided pursuant to subsection (3) of this section is insufficient to cover the cost of the program required by this section, then the requirement to participate in the program becomes optional pursuant to section 29-1-304.5.(2) A trust shall provide a program planned, organized, operated, and maintained to provide basic services to firefighters for the prevention, diagnosis, and initial treatment of emotional, behavioral, or mental health disorders. Services provided under the program shall be rendered primarily on an outpatient and consultative basis, including services delivered telephonically or remotely.(3) Subject to available appropriations and the requirements of section 24-33.5-1231(2)(a)(II), the division of fire prevention and control shall reimburse a multiple employer behavioral health trust for the direct costs of providing a program as required by this part 5 from the local firefighter safety and disease prevention fund created in section 24-33.5-1231(1).Added by 2022 Ch. health trust for the direct costs of providing a program as required by this part 5 from the local firefighter safety and disease prevention fund created in section 24-33.5-1231(1).Added by 2022 Ch. 339,§4, eff. 6/3/2022.
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