§ 27-60-204. Care Coordination Infrastructure

1. 1. The state department, in collaboration with the department of health care policy and financing, shall develop a statewide care coordination infrastructure to drive accountability and more effective behavioral health navigation to care that builds upon and collaborates with existing care coordination services. The infrastructure must include a website and mobile application that serves as a centralized gateway for information for patients, providers, and care coordination and that facilities access and navigation of behavioral health-care services and support.
   2. The state department shall convene a working group of geographically and demographically diverse partners and stakeholders, including those with lived and professional experience, to provide feedback and recommendations that inform and guide the development of the statewide care coordination infrastructure developed pursuant to subsection (1)(a) of this section.
   3. The extent to which medicaid and private insurance existing care coordination services are aligned with the statewide care coordination infrastructure described in subsection (1)(a) of this section shall be determined by the department of health care policy and financing, the division of insurance in the department of regulatory agencies, and the working group created pursuant to subsection (1)(b) of this section.
   4. The state department shall implement, directly or through a contractor, a comprehensive and robust marketing and outreach plan to make Coloradans aware of the website and mobile application and associated care coordination services developed pursuant to subsection (1)(a) of this section.
2. On or before July 1, 2022, the statewide care coordination infrastructure developed pursuant to subsection (1)(a) of this section is the responsibility of the behavioral health administration established in section 27-60-203.

Source: L. 2021: Entire section added, (SB 21-137), ch. 362, p. 2374, § 19, effective June 28.

Editor’s note: Section 38 of chapter 362 (SB 21-137), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that section 19 of the act adding this section takes effect only if SB 21-288 becomes law and takes effect either upon the effective date of SB 21-137 or one day after the passage of SB 21-288, whichever is later. SB 21-288 became law and took effect June 11, 2021, and SB 21-137 took effect June 28, 2021.

Cross references: For the short title (“Behavioral Health Recovery Act of 2021”) and the legislative declaration in SB 21-137, see sections 1 and 2 of chapter 362, Session Laws of Colorado 2021.