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	1	+	First Regular Session
	2	+	Seventy-fifth General Assembly
	3	+	STATE OF COLORADO
	4	+	REVISED
	5	+	This Version Includes All Amendments Adopted
	6	+	on Second Reading in the Second House
	7	+	LLS NO. 25-0987.01 Chelsea Princell x4335
1	8		SENATE BILL 25-236
2		-	BY SENATOR(S) Amabile and Bridges, Kirkmeyer;
3		-	also REPRESENTATIVE(S) Sirota and Taggart, Bird.
	9	+	Senate Committees House Committees
	10	+	Appropriations Appropriations
	11	+	A BILL FOR AN ACT
4	12		C
5		-	ONCERNING THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE COLORADO CRISIS HOTLINE AND
6		-	THE
7		-	988 CRISIS HOTLINE ENTERPRISE , AND, IN CONNECTION
8		-	THEREWITH
9		-	, MAKING AN APPROPRIATION.
10		-
11		-	Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
12		-	SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, amend 22-1-136 as
13		-	follows:
14		-	22-1-136. Student identification cards - information required.
15		-	Each student identification card issued to a public school student must
16		-	contain the phone number, website address, and text talk number for
17		-	Colorado crisis services, as defined in section 27-60-104 INFORMATION ON
18		-	THE
19		-	988 CRISIS HOTLINE, OPERATED PURSUANT TO SECTION 27-64-103, and
20		-	the safe2tell program created in section 24-31-606. The public school may
21		-	also include information regarding other available crisis services on the
22		-	identification card. If a public school does not issue student identification
23		-	cards, the public school shall display the materials described in section
24		-	27-60-104 (10) at the school and send information related to Colorado crisis
25		-	NOTE: This bill has been prepared for the signatures of the appropriate legislative
26		-	officers and the Governor. To determine whether the Governor has signed the bill
27		-	or taken other action on it, please consult the legislative status sheet, the legislative
28		-	history, or the Session Laws.
29		-	________
30		-	Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material added to existing law; dashes
31		-	through words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law and such material is not part of
32		-	the act. services to parents or guardians at the beginning of each school year.
33		-	SECTION 2. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 23-5-109, amend (2)
34		-	as follows:
35		-	23-5-109. Identification - suicide and crisis prevention - rules.
36		-	(2) Each student identification card issued after August 1, 2023, to a public
37		-	or private postsecondary school student must include the phone number and
38		-	text talk number for the statewide behavioral health crisis response system,
39		-	commonly referred to as "Colorado crisis services", as described in section
40		-	27-60-104, and INFORMATION ON the national three-digit suicide and crisis
41		-	lifeline number 988. The public or private postsecondary school may
42		-	include information about other available crisis services and other services
43		-	on the identification card, including local campus crisis and suicide
44		-	prevention numbers. The public or private postsecondary school is not
45		-	required to reprint or reissue identification cards in use before August 1,
46		-	2023. If, at any time, a private or public postsecondary school has current
47		-	students still using identification cards without the information required by
48		-	this section, the school shall distribute the phone number and text talk
49		-	number for Colorado crisis services, as described in section 27-60-104, and
50		-	INFORMATION ON the national three-digit suicide and crisis lifeline number
51		-	988 to all students at the beginning of each school semester or trimester
52		-	until all students have identification cards with the required information. If
53		-	a private or public postsecondary school does not issue or use student
54		-	identification cards, the school shall distribute the phone number and text
55		-	talk number for Colorado crisis services, as described in section 27-60-104,
56		-	and INFORMATION ON the national three-digit suicide and crisis lifeline
57		-	number 988 to all students at the beginning of each school semester or
58		-	trimester.
59		-	SECTION 3. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 27-60-103, amend
60		-	(1)(b)(V); and repeal (1)(b)(I) as follows:
61		-	27-60-103. Behavioral health crisis response system - services -
62		-	request for proposals - criteria - reporting - rules - definitions - repeal.
63		-	(1) (b) The components of the crisis response system must reflect a
64		-	continuum of care from crisis response through stabilization and safe return
65		-	to the community, with adequate support for transitions to each stage.
66		-	Specific components include:
67		-	PAGE 2-SENATE BILL 25-236 (I) A twenty-four-hour telephone crisis service that is staffed by
68		-	skilled professionals who are capable of assessing child, adolescent, and
69		-	adult crisis situations and making the appropriate referrals;
70		-	(V) FUNDING FOR a public information campaign AND TO ENSURE
71		-	THAT INDIVIDUALS CALLING OR TEXTING THE LEGACY STATEWIDE
72		-	TELEPHONE CRISIS LINES ARE ROUTED TO THE
73		-	988 CRISIS LINE.
74		-	SECTION 4. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 27-60-104.5, amend
75		-	(3)(c) and (8) as follows:
76		-	27-60-104.5. Behavioral health capacity tracking system - rules
77		-	- legislative declaration - definitions. (3) Pursuant to subsection (8) of this
78		-	section, the BHA shall implement a behavioral health capacity tracking
79		-	system, which must include the following:
80		-	(c) Coordination with the telephone crisis service that is part of the
81		-	behavioral health crisis response system pursuant to section 27-60-103 988
82		-	CRISIS HOTLINE CREATED PURSUANT TO SECTION 27-64-103;
83		-	(8) Subject to available appropriations, the BHA shall implement a
84		-	centralized, web-based tracking system as described in this section and shall
85		-	ensure that appropriate tracking system information is available to the
86		-	public. The contractor of the twenty-four-hour telephone crisis services
87		-	provided pursuant to section 27-60-103 shall use the tracking system as an
88		-	available service resource locator.
89		-	SECTION 5. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 27-64-103, amend
90		-	(4)(d)(I) and (7) as follows:
91		-	27-64-103. 988 crisis hotline enterprise - creation - powers and
92		-	duties. (4) The enterprise's primary powers and duties are to:
93		-	(d) (I) Engage the services of third parties serving as crisis vendors
94		-	to provide crisis outreach; stabilization,
95		-	INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
96		-	RECOVERY SUPPORT AND MOBILE RESPONSE UNITS ; acute care; and
97		-	marketing for the 988 crisis hotline;
98		-	(7) The enterprise shall consider recommendations from the state's
99		-	988 planning committee to determine how the 988 crisis hotline will
100		-	PAGE 3-SENATE BILL 25-236 interact with the twenty-four-hour telephone crisis services established in
101		-	section 27-60-103 (1)(b)(I) FUNDING TO ENSURE THAT INDIVIDUALS CALLING
102		-	OR TEXTING THE LEGACY STATEWIDE TELEPHONE CRISIS LINES ARE ROUTED
103		-	TO THE
104		-	988 CRISIS HOTLINE.
105		-	SECTION 6. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 27-65-106, amend
106		-	(8)(a)(VI) and (8)(d)(I) as follows:
107		-	27-65-106. Emergency mental health hold - screening -
108		-	court-ordered evaluation - discharge instructions - respondent's rights.
109		-	(8) (a) The facility shall provide each person detained for an emergency
110		-	mental health hold discharge instructions. The discharge instructions must
111		-	be completed for every person, regardless of the person's discharge status,
112		-	before the person is released. If the detained person refuses to accept the
113		-	discharge instructions, the refusal must be documented in the person's
114		-	medical record. At a minimum, the discharge instructions must include:
115		-	(VI) The phone number to call or text the Colorado crisis services
116		-	hotline INFORMATION ON THE 988 CRISIS HOTLINE OPERATED PURSUANT TO
117		-	SECTION
118		-	27-64-103 and information on the availability of peer support
119		-	services;
120		-	(d) (I) The facility shall, at a minimum, attempt to follow up with
121		-	the person, the person's parent or legal guardian, or the person's lay person
122		-	at least forty-eight hours after discharge. The facility is encouraged to
123		-	utilize peer support professionals, as defined in section 27-60-108 (2)(b),
124		-	when performing follow-up care with individuals and in developing a
125		-	continuing care plan pursuant to subsection (8)(a)(I) of this section. The
126		-	facility may facilitate follow-up care through contracts with
127		-	community-based behavioral health providers or the Colorado behavioral
128		-	health crisis hotline 988 CRISIS HOTLINE OPERATED PURSUANT TO SECTION
129		-	27-64-103. If the facility facilitates follow-up care through a third-party
130		-	contract, the facility shall obtain authorization from the person to provide
131		-	follow-up care.
132		-	SECTION 7. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 27-65-119, amend
133		-	(1)(d) as follows:
134		-	27-65-119. Rights of respondents certified for short-term
135		-	treatment or long-term care and treatment. (1) Each respondent
136		-	PAGE 4-SENATE BILL 25-236 certified for short-term treatment or long-term care and treatment on an
137		-	inpatient basis pursuant to sections 27-65-108.5, 27-65-109, and 27-65-110
138		-	has the following rights and shall be advised of such rights by the facility:
139		-	(d) To meet with or call a personal clinician, spiritual advisor,
140		-	counselor, crisis hotline
141		-	THE 988 CRISIS HOTLINE, family member,
142		-	workplace, child care provider, or school at all reasonable times;
143		-	SECTION 8. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 27-80-129, amend
144		-	(7)(c)(IV) and (7)(e) as follows:
145		-	27-80-129. Regulation of recovery residences - rules - definitions.
146		-	(7) (c) If a client is unable or no longer wishes to reside in a recovery
147		-	residence, or is discharged or transferred from a recovery residence, prior
148		-	to the client vacating the recovery residence, the recovery residence staff
149		-	shall:
150		-	(IV) Provide the client with the phone number to contact the
151		-	Colorado crisis services hotline
152		-	988 CRISIS HOTLINE OPERATED PURSUANT
153		-	TO SECTION
154		-	27-64-103, information on the availability of peer support
155		-	services, and information about the behavioral health services directory
156		-	provided by the behavioral health administration.
157		-	(e) The recovery residence shall, at a minimum, attempt to follow
158		-	up with the client's designated emergency contact at the time of discharge.
159		-	The recovery residence is encouraged to utilize peer support professionals,
160		-	as defined in section 27-60-108, when performing follow-up care with
161		-	clients a recovery residence may facilitate follow-up care through contacts
162		-	with community-based providers or the Colorado crisis hotline
163		-	988 CRISIS
164		-	HOTLINE OPERATED PURSUANT TO SECTION
165		-	27-64-103.
166		-	SECTION 9. Appropriation - adjustments to 2025 long bill.
167		-	(1) To implement this act, appropriations made in the annual general
168		-	appropriation act for the 2025-26 state fiscal year to the department of
169		-	human services for use by the behavioral health administration are adjusted
170		-	as follows:
171		-	(a) The general fund appropriation for behavioral health crisis
172		-	response system services is decreased by $200,000; and
173		-	PAGE 5-SENATE BILL 25-236 (b) The appropriation for the behavioral health crisis response
174		-	system telephone hotline is decreased by $3,863,938, which consists of
175		-	$3,496,622 from the general fund and $367,316 from the marijuana tax cash
176		-	fund created in section 39-28.8-501 (1), C.R.S.
177		-	(2) For the 2025-26 state fiscal year, $3,863,938 is appropriated to
178		-	the department of human services for use by the behavioral health
179		-	administration. This appropriation is from the 988 crisis hotline cash fund
180		-	created in section 27-64-104 (1), C.R.S. This figure is subject to the "(I)"
181		-	notation as defined in the annual general appropriation act for the same
182		-	fiscal year. To implement this act, the administration may use this
183		-	appropriation for the behavioral health crisis response system telephone
184		-	hotline.
185		-	SECTION 10. Effective date. This act takes effect July 1, 2025.
186		-	SECTION 11. Safety clause. The general assembly finds,
187		-	determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate
188		-	preservation of the public peace, health, or safety or for appropriations for
189		-	PAGE 6-SENATE BILL 25-236 the support and maintenance of the departments of the state and state
190		-	institutions.
191		-	____________________________ ____________________________
192		-	James Rashad Coleman, Sr. Julie McCluskie
193		-	PRESIDENT OF SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
194		-	THE SENATE OF REPRESENTATIVES
195		-	____________________________ ____________________________
196		-	Esther van Mourik Vanessa Reilly
197		-	SECRETARY OF CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE
198		-	THE SENATE OF REPRESENTATIVES
199		-	APPROVED________________________________________
200		-	(Date and Time)
201		-	_________________________________________
202		-	Jared S. Polis
203		-	GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO
204		-	PAGE 7-SENATE BILL 25-236
	13	+	ONCERNING THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE COLORADO CRISIS HOTLINE101
	14	+	AND THE 988 CRISIS HOTLINE ENTERPRISE, AND, IN CONNECTION102
	15	+	THEREWITH, MAKING AN APPROPRIATION .103
	16	+	Bill Summary
	17	+	(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
	18	+	not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill
	19	+	passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that
	20	+	applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at
	21	+	http://leg.colorado.gov/
	22	+	.)
	23	+	Joint Budget Committee. Under current law, the 988 crisis
	24	+	hotline and the telephone crisis service that is part of the behavioral
	25	+	health crisis response system operate as 2 separate services. The bill
	26	+	consolidates the telephone crisis service with the 988 crisis hotline. This
	27	+	ensures that callers who call the telephone crisis service will be routed to
	28	+	HOUSE
	29	+	2nd Reading Unamended
	30	+	April 9, 2025
	31	+	SENATE
	32	+	3rd Reading Unamended
	33	+	April 3, 2025
	34	+	SENATE
	35	+	2nd Reading Unamended
	36	+	April 2, 2025
	37	+	SENATE SPONSORSHIP
	38	+	Amabile and Bridges, Kirkmeyer
	39	+	HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
	40	+	Sirota and Taggart, Bird
	41	+	Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment.
	42	+	Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law.
	43	+	Dashes through the words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law. the 988 crisis hotline.
	44	+	Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:1
	45	+	SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, amend 22-1-136 as2
	46	+	follows:3
	47	+	22-1-136. Student identification cards - information required.4
	48	+	Each student identification card issued to a public school student must5
	49	+	contain the phone number, website address, and text talk number for6
	50	+	Colorado crisis services, as defined in section 27-60-104 INFORMATION7
	51	+	ON THE 988 CRISIS HOTLINE, OPERATED PURSUANT TO SECTION 27-64-103,8
	52	+	and the safe2tell program created in section 24-31-606. The public school9
	53	+	may also include information regarding other available crisis services on10
	54	+	the identification card. If a public school does not issue student11
	55	+	identification cards, the public school shall display the materials12
	56	+	described in section 27-60-104 (10) at the school and send information13
	57	+	related to Colorado crisis services to parents or guardians at the beginning14
	58	+	of each school year.15
	59	+	SECTION 2. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 23-5-109, amend (2)16
	60	+	as follows:17
	61	+	23-5-109. Identification - suicide and crisis prevention - rules.18
	62	+	(2) Each student identification card issued after August 1, 2023, to a19
	63	+	public or private postsecondary school student must include the phone20
	64	+	number and text talk number for the statewide behavioral health crisis21
	65	+	response system, commonly referred to as "Colorado crisis services", as22
	66	+	described in section 27-60-104, and INFORMATION ON the national23
	67	+	three-digit suicide and crisis lifeline number 988. The public or private24
	68	+	postsecondary school may include information about other available crisis25
	69	+	236-2- services and other services on the identification card, including local1
	70	+	campus crisis and suicide prevention numbers. The public or private2
	71	+	postsecondary school is not required to reprint or reissue identification3
	72	+	cards in use before August 1, 2023. If, at any time, a private or public4
	73	+	postsecondary school has current students still using identification cards5
	74	+	without the information required by this section, the school shall6
	75	+	distribute the phone number and text talk number for Colorado crisis7
	76	+	services, as described in section 27-60-104, and INFORMATION ON the8
	77	+	national three-digit suicide and crisis lifeline number 988 to all students9
	78	+	at the beginning of each school semester or trimester until all students10
	79	+	have identification cards with the required information. If a private or11
	80	+	public postsecondary school does not issue or use student identification12
	81	+	cards, the school shall distribute the phone number and text talk number13
	82	+	for Colorado crisis services, as described in section 27-60-104, and14
	83	+	INFORMATION ON the national three-digit suicide and crisis lifeline15
	84	+	number 988 to all students at the beginning of each school semester or16
	85	+	trimester.17
	86	+	SECTION 3. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 27-60-103, amend18
	87	+	(1)(b)(V); and repeal (1)(b)(I) as follows:19
	88	+	27-60-103. Behavioral health crisis response system - services20
	89	+	- request for proposals - criteria - reporting - rules - definitions -21
	90	+	repeal. (1) (b) The components of the crisis response system must reflect22
	91	+	a continuum of care from crisis response through stabilization and safe23
	92	+	return to the community, with adequate support for transitions to each24
	93	+	stage. Specific components include:25
	94	+	(I) A twenty-four-hour telephone crisis service that is staffed by26
	95	+	skilled professionals who are capable of assessing child, adolescent, and27
	96	+	236
	97	+	-3- adult crisis situations and making the appropriate referrals;1
	98	+	(V) F
	99	+	UNDING FOR a public information campaign AND TO ENSURE2
	100	+	THAT INDIVIDUALS CALLING OR TEXTING THE LEGACY STATEWIDE3
	101	+	TELEPHONE CRISIS LINES ARE ROUTED TO THE 988 CRISIS LINE.4
	102	+	SECTION 4. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 27-60-104.5, amend5
	103	+	(3)(c) and (8) as follows:6
	104	+	27-60-104.5. Behavioral health capacity tracking system -7
	105	+	rules - legislative declaration - definitions. (3) Pursuant to subsection8
	106	+	(8) of this section, the BHA shall implement a behavioral health capacity9
	107	+	tracking system, which must include the following:10
	108	+	(c) Coordination with the telephone crisis service that is part of
	109	+	11
	110	+	the behavioral health crisis response system pursuant to section 27-60-10312
	111	+	988
	112	+	CRISIS HOTLINE CREATED PURSUANT TO SECTION 27-64-103;13
	113	+	(8) Subject to available appropriations, the BHA shall implement14
	114	+	a centralized, web-based tracking system as described in this section and15
	115	+	shall ensure that appropriate tracking system information is available to16
	116	+	the public. The contractor of the twenty-four-hour telephone crisis
	117	+	17
	118	+	services provided pursuant to section 27-60-103 shall use the tracking18
	119	+	system as an available service resource locator.19
	120	+	SECTION 5. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 27-64-103, amend20
	121	+	(4)(d)(I) and (7) as follows:21
	122	+	27-64-103. 988 crisis hotline enterprise - creation - powers and22
	123	+	duties. (4) The enterprise's primary powers and duties are to:23
	124	+	(d) (I) Engage the services of third parties serving as crisis24
	125	+	vendors to provide crisis outreach; stabilization,
	126	+	INCLUDING, BUT NOT25
	127	+	LIMITED TO, RECOVERY SUPPORT AND MOBILE RESPONSE UNITS ; acute care;26
	128	+	and marketing for the 988 crisis hotline;27
	129	+	236
	130	+	-4- (7) The enterprise shall consider recommendations from the state's1
	131	+	988 planning committee to determine how the 988 crisis hotline will2
	132	+	interact with the twenty-four-hour telephone crisis services established in3
	133	+	section 27-60-103 (1)(b)(I) FUNDING TO ENSURE THAT INDIVIDUALS4
	134	+	CALLING OR TEXTING THE LEGACY STATEWIDE TELEPHONE CRISIS LINES5
	135	+	ARE ROUTED TO THE 988 CRISIS HOTLINE.6
	136	+	SECTION 6. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 27-65-106, amend7
	137	+	(8)(a)(VI) and (8)(d)(I) as follows:8
	138	+	27-65-106. Emergency mental health hold - screening -9
	139	+	court-ordered evaluation - discharge instructions - respondent's10
	140	+	rights. (8) (a) The facility shall provide each person detained for an11
	141	+	emergency mental health hold discharge instructions. The discharge12
	142	+	instructions must be completed for every person, regardless of the13
	143	+	person's discharge status, before the person is released. If the detained14
	144	+	person refuses to accept the discharge instructions, the refusal must be15
	145	+	documented in the person's medical record. At a minimum, the discharge16
	146	+	instructions must include:17
	147	+	(VI) The phone number to call or text the Colorado crisis services18
	148	+	hotline INFORMATION ON THE 988 CRISIS HOTLINE OPERATED PURSUANT19
	149	+	TO SECTION 27-64-103 and information on the availability of peer support20
	150	+	services;21
	151	+	(d) (I) The facility shall, at a minimum, attempt to follow up with22
	152	+	the person, the person's parent or legal guardian, or the person's lay23
	153	+	person at least forty-eight hours after discharge. The facility is24
	154	+	encouraged to utilize peer support professionals, as defined in section25
	155	+	27-60-108 (2)(b), when performing follow-up care with individuals and26
	156	+	in developing a continuing care plan pursuant to subsection (8)(a)(I) of27
	157	+	236
	158	+	-5- this section. The facility may facilitate follow-up care through contracts1
	159	+	with community-based behavioral health providers or the Colorado2
	160	+	behavioral health crisis hotline 988 CRISIS HOTLINE OPERATED PURSUANT3
	161	+	TO SECTION 27-64-103. If the facility facilitates follow-up care through a4
	162	+	third-party contract, the facility shall obtain authorization from the person5
	163	+	to provide follow-up care.6
	164	+	SECTION 7. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 27-65-119, amend7
	165	+	(1)(d) as follows:8
	166	+	27-65-119. Rights of respondents certified for short-term9
	167	+	treatment or long-term care and treatment. (1) Each respondent10
	168	+	certified for short-term treatment or long-term care and treatment on an11
	169	+	inpatient basis pursuant to sections 27-65-108.5, 27-65-109, and12
	170	+	27-65-110 has the following rights and shall be advised of such rights by13
	171	+	the facility:14
	172	+	(d) To meet with or call a personal clinician, spiritual advisor,15
	173	+	counselor, crisis hotline THE 988 CRISIS HOTLINE, family member,16
	174	+	workplace, child care provider, or school at all reasonable times;17
	175	+	SECTION 8. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 27-80-129, amend18
	176	+	(7)(c)(IV) and (7)(e) as follows:19
	177	+	27-80-129. Regulation of recovery residences - rules -20
	178	+	definitions. (7) (c) If a client is unable or no longer wishes to reside in21
	179	+	a recovery residence, or is discharged or transferred from a recovery22
	180	+	residence, prior to the client vacating the recovery residence, the recovery23
	181	+	residence staff shall:24
	182	+	(IV) Provide the client with the phone number to contact the25
	183	+	Colorado crisis services hotline 988 CRISIS HOTLINE OPERATED PURSUANT26
	184	+	TO SECTION 27-64-103, information on the availability of peer support27
	185	+	236
	186	+	-6- services, and information about the behavioral health services directory1
	187	+	provided by the behavioral health administration.2
	188	+	(e) The recovery residence shall, at a minimum, attempt to follow3
	189	+	up with the client's designated emergency contact at the time of discharge.4
	190	+	The recovery residence is encouraged to utilize peer support5
	191	+	professionals, as defined in section 27-60-108, when performing6
	192	+	follow-up care with clients a recovery residence may facilitate follow-up7
	193	+	care through contacts with community-based providers or the Colorado8
	194	+	crisis hotline 988 CRISIS HOTLINE OPERATED PURSUANT TO SECTION9
	195	+	27-64-103.10
	196	+	SECTION 9. Appropriation - adjustments to 2025 long bill.11
	197	+	(1) To implement this act, appropriations made in the annual general12
	198	+	appropriation act for the 2025-26 state fiscal year to the department of13
	199	+	human services for use by the behavioral health administration are14
	200	+	adjusted as follows:15
	201	+	(a) The general fund appropriation for behavioral health crisis16
	202	+	response system services is decreased by $200,000; and17
	203	+	(b) The appropriation for the behavioral health crisis response18
	204	+	system telephone hotline is decreased by $3,863,938, which consists of19
	205	+	$3,496,622 from the general fund and $367,316 from the marijuana tax20
	206	+	cash fund created in section 39-28.8-501 (1), C.R.S.21
	207	+	(2) For the 2025-26 state fiscal year, $3,863,938 is appropriated22
	208	+	to the department of human services for use by the behavioral health23
	209	+	administration. This appropriation is from the 988 crisis hotline cash fund24
	210	+	created in section 27-64-104 (1), C.R.S. This figure is subject to the "(I)"25
	211	+	notation as defined in the annual general appropriation act for the same26
	212	+	fiscal year. To implement this act, the administration may use this27
	213	+	236
	214	+	-7- appropriation for the behavioral health crisis response system telephone1
	215	+	hotline.2
	216	+	SECTION 10. Effective date. This act takes effect July 1, 2025.3
	217	+	SECTION 11. Safety clause. The general assembly finds,4
	218	+	determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate5
	219	+	preservation of the public peace, health, or safety or for appropriations for6
	220	+	the support and maintenance of the departments of the state and state7
	221	+	institutions.8
	222	+	236
	223	+	-8-