C.R.S. § 25.5-5-208: Additional services - training - grants - screening, brief intervention, and referral.

(1) On or after July 1, 2018, the state department shall grant, through a competitive grant program, one million five hundred thousand dollars to one or more organizations to operate a substance use screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment practice. The grant program must require:

(a) Training for health-care professionals statewide, including providers who serve women of childbearing age, that is evidence-based and that may be attended either in person or online. The training must include training for reimbursement and billing codes in the "Colorado Medical Assistance Act", articles 4 to 6 of this title 25.5.

(a.3) Implementation of a statewide adolescent substance use screening, brief intervention, and referral practice that includes training and technical assistance for appropriate professionals in Colorado schools, with the purpose of identifying students who would benefit from screening, brief intervention, and potential referral to resources, including treatment;

(a.5) Implementation of a statewide substance use screening, brief intervention, and referral practice that includes training and technical assistance for pediatricians and professionals in pediatric settings, with the purpose of identifying adolescent patients who would benefit from screening, brief intervention, and potential referral to resources, including treatment;

(b) Consultation and technical assistance for health-care providers, health-care organizations, and stakeholders;

(c) Outreach, communication, and education to providers and patients;

(d) Coordination with primary care, mental health care, integrated health care, and substance use prevention, treatment, and recovery efforts; and

(e) Campaigning to increase public awareness of the risks related to alcohol, marijuana, tobacco, and drug use and to reduce any stigma associated with treatment.

(2) (a) The state department contractor shall develop a patient education tool for women of childbearing age to learn about the risks of substance-exposed pregnancies, to be deployed for public use in the state.

(b) Repealed.