First Regular Session
Seventy-fifth General Assembly
STATE OF COLORADO
INTRODUCED
LLS NO. 25-0479.01 Shelby Ross x4510
HOUSE BILL 25-1132
House Committees Senate Committees
Health & Human Services
A BILL FOR AN ACT
C
ONCERNING CREATING THE MILIT ARY FAMILY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH101
GRANT PROGRAM .102
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
.)
The bill creates the military family behavioral health grant
program in the behavioral health administration in the department of
human services to provide grants to local nonprofit organizations to
establish and expand community behavioral health programs that provide
behavioral health services to service members, veterans, and family
members of service members and veterans.
HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
Camacho and Stewart R., Duran, Carter, Gilchrist, Lindstedt, Martinez, Phillips, Smith
SENATE SPONSORSHIP
Hinrichsen and Bridges,
Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment.
Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law.
Dashes through the words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:1
SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, add 27-50-806 as2
follows:3
27-50-806. Military family behavioral health grant program4
- created - rules - definitions. (1) A
S USED IN THIS SECTION, UNLESS THE5
CONTEXT OTHERWISE REQUIRES :6
(a) "A
RMED FORCES" MEANS THE ARMY, NAVY, AIR FORCE,7
M
ARINE CORPS, SPACE FORCE, AND COAST GUARD OF THE UNITED8
S
TATES.9
(b) "E
LIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL" MEANS A SERVICE MEMBER , A10
VETERAN, OR A FAMILY MEMBER OF A SERVICE MEMBER OR VETERAN .11
(c) "G
RANT PROGRAM" MEANS THE MILITARY FAMILY BEHAVIORAL12
HEALTH GRANT PROGRAM CREATED PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION (2) OF THIS13
SECTION.14
(d) "S
ERVICE MEMBER" MEANS A PERSON WHO IS:15
(I) A
N ACTIVE-DUTY MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES ;16
(II) A
MEMBER OF THE RESERVE FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES;17
OR18
(III) A
MEMBER OF THE FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED NATIONAL19
G
UARD.20
(e) "V
ETERAN" MEANS A PERSON WHO SERVED IN THE ARMED21
FORCES, THE FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED NATIONAL GUARD, OR THE22
RESERVE FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES AND WHO WAS DISCHARGED OR23
RELEASED FROM SERVICE.24
(2) T
HE MILITARY FAMILY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH GRANT PROGRAM25
IS CREATED IN THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ADMINISTRATION . THE PURPOSE26
HB25-1132-2- OF THE GRANT PROGRAM IS TO PROVIDE GRANTS TO LOCAL NONPROFIT1
ORGANIZATIONS TO ESTABLISH AND EXPAND COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL2
HEALTH PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES TO3
SERVICE MEMBERS, VETERANS, AND FAMILY MEMBERS OF SERVICE4
MEMBERS AND VETERANS .5
(3) T
HE BHA SHALL ADMINISTER THE GRANT PROGRAM AND ,6
SUBJECT TO AVAILABLE APPROPRIATIONS , SHALL AWARD GRANTS FOR AN7
INITIAL PERIOD OF ONE YEAR. THE BHA MAY EXTEND A GRANT AWARD8
FOR UP TO ONE YEAR TO ALLOW FOR THE FULL EXPENDITURE OF THE9
GRANT MONEY, BUT THE BHA SHALL NOT AWARD ANY ADDITIONAL10
MONEY DURING THE EXTENSION PERIOD .11
(4) T
HE BHA SHALL IMPLEMENT THE GRANT PROGRAM IN12
ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION . THE BHA SHALL ADOPT RULES13
NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THE GRANT PROGRAM .14
(5) (a) T
O RECEIVE A GRANT, A LOCAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION15
MUST SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO THE BHA IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULES16
ADOPTED BY THE BHA. THE BHA SHALL REVIEW THE APPLICATIONS17
RECEIVED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBSECTION (5).18
(b) A
LOCAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION SHALL DEMONSTRATE19
THAT THE ORGANIZATION:20
(I) S
ERVES THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEEDS OF ELIGIBLE21
INDIVIDUALS IN THE LOCALITY SERVED BY THE LOCAL NONPROFIT22
ORGANIZATION;23
(II) U
TILIZES EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES;24
(III) I
NTEGRATES MILITARY CULTURAL COMPETENCY TRAINING25
FOR THEIR STAFF; AND26
(IV) C
ONNECTS ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS TO APPROPRIATE27
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THE LOCAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION .2
(c) T
HE BHA SHALL PRIORITIZE A GRANT APPLICANT THAT:3
(I) A
PPLIES FOR A GRANT TO SUPPORT THE OPERATING COSTS FOR4
A QUALIFYING PROJECT, AS DETERMINED BY THE BHA, FOR WHICH5
CAPITAL INVESTMENTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE ;6
(II) P
ROVIDES CULTURALLY COMPETENT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH7
SERVICES TO ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS;8
(III) H
AS THE ABILITY TO SUBMIT DATA THAT THE BHA9
DETERMINES IS NECESSARY TO MEASURE THE IMPACT OF THE GRANT10
PROGRAM; AND11
(IV) I
S LOCATED WITHIN FIFTY MILES OF A UNITED STATES12
MILITARY INSTALLATION LOCATED IN COLORADO.13
(6) S
UBJECT TO AVAILABLE APPROPRIATIONS , THE BHA SHALL14
AWARD GRANTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RULES ADOPTED BY THE BHA.15
SECTION 2. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-75-230, amend16
(3.5) as follows:17
24-75-230. Behavioral and mental health cash fund - creation18
- allowable uses - task force - definitions - repeal. (3.5) (a) The first19
five
THREE million FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND dollars of the money20
transferred to the fund pursuant to section 39-37-301 (2)(a)(II) must be21
used by the behavioral health administration, established pursuant to22
section 27-50-102, in coordination with the division of veterans affairs,23
created in section 28-5-701 (1), for the purpose of continuing and24
expanding the veterans mental health services program in accordance25
with section 28-5-714.26
(b) A
FTER THE REQUIREMENT IN SUBSECTION (3.5)(a) OF THIS27
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DOLLARS OF THE MONEY TRANSFERRED TO THE FUND PURSUANT TO2
SECTION 39-37-301 (2)(a)(II) MUST BE USED BY THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH3
ADMINISTRATION, ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION 27-50-102, FOR4
THE MILITARY FAMILY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH GRANT PROGRAM CREATED5
PURSUANT TO SECTION 27-50-806.6
SECTION 3. Act subject to petition - effective date. This act7
takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the8
ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly; except9
that, if a referendum petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V10
of the state constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this11
act within such period, then the act, item, section, or part will not take12
effect unless approved by the people at the general election to be held in13
November 2026 and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the14
official declaration of the vote thereon by the governor.15
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