Second Regular Session
Seventy-third General Assembly
STATE OF COLORADO
REVISED
This Version Includes All Amendments Adopted
on Second Reading in the Second House
LLS NO. 22-0117.01 Michael Dohr x4347
HOUSE BILL 22-1052
House Committees Senate Committees
Public & Behavioral Health & Human Services Education
Appropriations Appropriations
A BILL FOR AN ACT
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ONCERNING PROMOTING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CRISIS SERVICES TO101
SCHOOL-AGE
STUDENTS, AND, IN CONNECTION THEREWITH,102
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION .103
Bill Summary
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill
passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that
applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at
http://leg.colorado.gov/
.)
Colorado Youth Advisory Council Review Committee. The bill
requires each student identification card issued to a public school student
to contain the phone number, website address, and text talk number for
the 24-hour telephone crisis service center (Colorado crisis services). If
the school does not issue identification cards, the school shall request and
SENATE
Amended 2nd Reading
May 3, 2022
HOUSE
3rd Reading Unamended
April 22, 2022
HOUSE
Amended 2nd Reading
April 21, 2022
HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
McLachlan and McKean, Amabile, Bacon, Benavidez, Bernett, Bird, Boesenecker,
Cutter, Duran, Esgar, Exum, Froelich, Gonzales-Gutierrez, Herod, Hooton, Jodeh, Kipp,
Lindsay, Lontine, McCluskie, McCormick, Michaelson Jenet, Mullica, Sirota, Titone, Valdez
A., Valdez D., Woodrow
SENATE SPONSORSHIP
Priola and Moreno, Fenberg
Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment.
Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing statute.
Dashes through the words indicate deletions from existing statute. display outreach materials from Colorado crisis services.
The bill requires that Colorado crisis services notify each public
school in the state that it can provide outreach materials explaining the
services provided, how to engage the services, and the possibility of
peer-to-peer counseling as part of the offered services. Colorado crisis
services shall provide those materials upon request.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:1
SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, add 22-1-134 as2
follows:3
22-1-134. Student identification cards - information required.4
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ACH STUDENT IDENTIFICATION CARD ISSUED TO A PUBLIC SCHOOL5
STUDENT MUST CONTAIN THE PHONE NUMBER , WEBSITE ADDRESS, AND6
TEXT TALK NUMBER FOR COLORADO CRISIS SERVICES, AS DEFINED IN7
SECTION
27-60-104, AND THE SAFE2TELL PROGRAM CREATED IN SECTION8
24-31-606. THE PUBLIC SCHOOL MAY ALSO INCLUDE INFORMATION9
REGARDING OTHER AVAILABLE CRISIS SERVICES ON THE IDENTIFICATION10
CARD. IF A PUBLIC SCHOOL DOES NOT ISSUE STUDENT IDENTIFICATION11
CARDS, THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SHALL DISPLAY THE MATERIALS DESCRIBED12
IN SECTION 27-60-104 (10) AT THE SCHOOL AND SEND INFORMATION13
RELATED TO COLORADO CRISIS SERVICES TO PARENTS OR GUARDIANS AT14
THE BEGINNING OF EACH SCHOOL YEAR .15
SECTION 2. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 27-60-104, add (10)16
as follows:17
27-60-104. Behavioral health crisis response system - crisis18
service facilities - walk-in centers - mobile response units - report.19
(10) (a) THE STATE DEPARTMENT SHALL ANNUALLY, IN AUGUST, NOTIFY20
EACH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOL IN THE STATE ABOUT SERVICES21
PROVIDED BY THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CRISIS RESPONSE SYSTEM,22
1052-2- INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO HOW TO ENGAGE WITH AND WHAT TO1
EXPECT FROM THE SERVICES, AND THE POSSIBILITY OF PEER-TO-PEER2
COUNSELING AS A PART OF THE OFFERED SERVICES. THE STATE3
DEPARTMENT SHALL PROVIDE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CRISIS RESPONSE4
SYSTEM AWARENESS AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS TO EACH PUBLIC AND5
PRIVATE SCHOOL IN THE STATE.6
(b) THE STATE DEPARTMENT SHALL COLLABORATE WITH THE7
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, CREATED IN SECTION 24-1-115, IN8
IDENTIFYING PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN COLORADO, INCLUDING9
BUT NOT LIMITED TO IDENTIFYING SCHOOL CONTACT INFORMATION . 10
SECTION 3. Appropriation. (1) For the 2022-23 state fiscal11
year, $267,065 is appropriated to the department of human services for12
use by the behavioral health administration. This appropriation is from the13
general fund. To implement this act, the administration may use this14
appropriation as follows:15
(a) $74,990 for program administration related to community16
behavioral health administration, which amount is based on an17
assumption that the administration will require an additional 0.9 FTE and18
(b) $192,075 for the behavioral health crisis response system19
public information campaign.20
SECTION 4. Safety clause. The general assembly hereby finds,21
determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate22
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety.23
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