C.R.S. § 25.5-1-130: Improving access to behavioral health services for individuals at risk of entering the criminal or juvenile justice system - duties of the state department.

(1) On or before March 1, 2020, the state department shall develop measurable outcomes to monitor efforts to prevent medicaid members from becoming involved in the criminal or juvenile justice system.

(2) On or before July 1, 2021, the state department shall work collaboratively with managed care entities to create incentives for behavioral health providers to accept medicaid members with severe behavioral health disorders. The incentives may include, but need not be limited to, higher reimbursement rates, quality payments to managed care entities for adequate networks, establishing performance measures and performance improvement plans related to network expansion, transportation solutions to incentivize medicaid members to attend health-care appointments, and incentivizing providers to conduct outreach to medicaid members to ensure that they are engaged in needed behavioral health services, including technical assistance with billing procedures. The state department may seek any federal authorization necessary to create the incentives described in this subsection (2).