HB 26-1378

HB 26-1378, a Colorado bill that has been signed into law,撤销了几项旨在支持农村和农业社区心理健康服务、帮助行为健康提供者成为安全网提供者的项目，以及两项关于药物滥用治疗和康复支持的补助金计划。该法案还将在2026年将“高风险家庭现金基金”的剩余资金转移到一般基金中，并减少对教育部门相关项目的拨款。这项法律影响到需要心理健康服务、药物滥用治疗及相关支持的所有农村和农业社区居民，以及依赖这些项目和资金的行为健康提供者和服务机构。

Official Summary

Current law requires the general assembly to annually appropriate $50,000 to provide vouchers to individuals living in rural and frontier communities in need of behavioral health-care services. The bill repeals the requirement to appropriate money for that purpose.     The act:Repeals the requirement that the BHA contract with an independent third party to provide services and supports to behavioral health providers seeking to become behavioral health safety net providers;Repeals the building substance use disorder treatment capacity in underserved communities grant program;Repeals the recovery support services grant program;Transfers the balance of the high-risk families cash fund (fund) to the general fund and repeals the fund on July 1, 2026; andReduces appropriations to the behavioral health administration for the affected programs and services.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

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