There is established the Colorado mental health institute at Pueblo for the treatment and care of persons who may have a behavioral or mental health disorder from any cause and for other persons in state institutions on an inpatient and outpatient basis and in state programs relating to the treatment of substance use disorders who […]
The Colorado mental health institute at Pueblo is authorized to receive gifts, legacies, devises, and conveyances of property, real or personal, that may be made, given, or granted to or for the Colorado mental health institute at Pueblo. The chief officer of the institute, with the approval of the governor, shall make disposition of such […]
The head of the administrative division overseeing the Colorado mental health institute at Pueblo shall appoint or employ, pursuant to section 13 of article XII of the state constitution, such administrators, physicians, nurses, attendants, and additional employees as may be necessary for the proper conduct of said institute. The head of the administrative division may […]
A person committed to the custody of or cared for in the department of human services or the department of corrections who requires medical care and treatment that can be advantageously treated by psychiatric, medical, or surgical care available at the Colorado mental health institute at Pueblo may be treated at the institute. Charges for […]
The department of human services shall determine the existence of resources at the Colorado mental health institute at Pueblo that are in excess of the needs of the primary purpose of the institute and may make available to the regents of the university of Colorado, on mutually agreeable terms, a maximum of ten beds at […]
The department shall develop and implement admission criteria that ensures individuals, prior to being admitted, have been evaluated for the least restrictive level of care and that geographic location, current health-care provider, and payer type are not the primary determining factor in whether an individual has access to a civil inpatient bed. Source: L. 2019: […]
