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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) “Contingency management program” means an evidence-based treatment program that provides motivational incentives to treat individuals with a stimulant use disorder.
(b) “Grant program” means the contingency management grant program created in subsection (2) of this section.
(c) “Stimulant use disorder” means a substance use disorder, as defined in section 27-80-203(23.3), involving a class of drugs that includes cocaine, methamphetamine, or prescription stimulants.
(d) “Substance use disorder treatment program” has the same meaning as set forth in section 27-80-203(23.5).
(2) There is created in the behavioral health administration the contingency management grant program to provide grants to substance use disorder treatment programs that implement a contingency management program for individuals with a stimulant use disorder.
(3)(a) Grant recipients may use the money received through the grant program for staffing, training, supplies, administrative costs, the costs of vouchers and prizes up to five hundred ninety-nine dollars per client during the treatment period, and other related expenses as approved by the BHA.
(b) Any money received through the grant program must supplement and not supplant existing substance use disorder treatment and other health-care services. Grant recipients shall not use money received through the grant program for ongoing or existing executive and senior staff salaries or services already covered by medicaid or a client's insurance.
(4) The BHA shall administer the grant program and, subject to available appropriations, shall award grants as provided in this section.
(5) In selecting grant recipients, the BHA shall prioritize applicants that reside in a jurisdiction with demonstrated need to help mitigate overdose incidents and overdose deaths.
(6) The BHA may contract with a grant application and support team to assist the BHA with drafting the grant application, reviewing applications, and administering and processing grant awards.
(7) This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2027.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Colorado Revised Statutes Title 27. Behavioral Health § 27-50-805. Contingency management grant program--creation--definitions--repeal - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/co/title-27-behavioral-health/co-rev-st-sect-27-50-805/
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