SB 22-148

Senate Bill 22-148 establishes a grant program in Colorado that provides $5 million for land-based tribes within the state to build or renovate facilities focused on behavioral and mental health services. This funding aims to support these tribal communities by improving access to necessary healthcare resources. The bill has been signed into law, meaning the grants are now available to eligible tribes until July 1, 2027, when the program will end.

Official Summary

The act creates the Colorado land-based tribe behavioral health services grant program (grant program) to provide funding to one or more Colorado land-based tribes to support capital expenditure for the renovation or building of a behavioral health facility to provide behavioral and mental health services. The grant program repeals on July 1, 2027. The act appropriates $5 million from the behavioral and mental health cash fund to the department of human services for use by the behavioral health administration. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

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