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Current as of January 01, 2022 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
(1) The office of behavioral health shall establish a program to provide temporary financial housing assistance to individuals with a substance use disorder who have no supportive housing options when the individual is:
(a) Transitioning out of a residential treatment setting and into recovery; or
(b) Receiving treatment for the individual's substance use disorder.
(2) The office of behavioral health may promulgate rules establishing the maximum amount of temporary financial assistance that an individual can receive and the maximum amount of time for which an individual may receive assistance. Rules promulgated pursuant to this subsection (2) related to the time for which an individual may receive assistance must be clinically based, culturally responsive, and trauma-informed.
(3) In awarding temporary financial housing assistance in accordance with this section, the office of behavioral health shall consider funding for individuals entering into a recovery residence, as defined in section 25-1.5-108.5(1)(a).
(4) Notwithstanding section 24-1-136(11)(a)(I), by February 1, 2022, and by February 1 each year thereafter, the office of behavioral health shall submit a report detailing the amount of housing assistance provided in the prior year, the number of individuals and the entities that received the housing assistance, and the duration of housing assistance each individual or entity received to the health and human services committee of the senate, the health and insurance and the public and behavioral health and human services committees of the house of representatives, and the opioid and other substance use disorders study committee created in section 10-22.3-101, or any successor committees.
(5) For the 2021--22 state fiscal year and each state fiscal year thereafter, the general assembly shall appropriate four million dollars to the office of behavioral health for the purpose of the housing program described in this section.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Colorado Revised Statutes Title 27. Behavioral Health § 27-80-125. Housing assistance for individuals with a substance use disorder--rules--report--appropriation - last updated January 01, 2022 | https://codes.findlaw.com/co/title-27-behavioral-health/co-rev-st-sect-27-80-125/
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