Colorado House Bill 22-1283: Youth & Family Behavioral Health Care

The legislation was signed on May 18, 2022. It enhances residential services for persons with behavioral health needs, and appropriates funding for new residential and respite services. Specifically, it provides operational support for psychiatric residential treatment facilities and qualified residential treatment programs for youth. It creates in-home and residential respite care in up to seven regions of the state for children and families. Further, it provides funds to build and staff a neuro-psych facility at the Colorado mental health institute at Fort Logan . . .