Consolidation of Crisis Response Services

Updated document formatting to reflect 'Rerevised' status with all amendments adopted in the Second House, replacing preliminary 'Final Act' versioning.

Added bill summary section explaining the consolidation of telephone crisis service with 988 crisis hotline for public information.

Removed preliminary notes about legislative status and signature verification that were present in the earlier version.

Corrected section reference from '27-GO-104' to '27-60-104' for consistency with existing statutes.

Fixed spacing and formatting issues in section headers and text throughout the document.

Corrected typo in section 27-60-104.5 from 'ofthis' to 'of this'.

Fixed typo in section 27-60-104.5 from 'rcsourcc' to 'resource'.

Corrected spelling of 'recommendations' from 'reconunendations' in section 27-64-103.

Removed deleted section 7 entirely, which appears to have been cut from the final version.

Added note indicating the bill is prepared for signatures and directing readers to legislative status resources.

Updated student identification card requirements to include Colorado crisis services information and 988 contact details for both K-12 and postsecondary students.

Added mandate for schools to distribute crisis hotline information to students at the beginning of each semester or trimester if ID cards are not issued.

Established a centralized web-based behavioral health capacity tracking system that must be available to the public.

Updated emergency mental health discharge instructions to include follow-up care requirements and authorization for third-party follow-up services.

Modified crisis service components to include funding for public information campaigns and routing legacy telephone crisis lines to 988.

Reorganized crisis response system components to better reflect the integrated 988 crisis hotline enterprise structure.

Updated document header from 'ENGROSSED' to 'REENGROSSED' to reflect the current legislative status after House amendments were incorporated.

Added '3rd Reading Unamended' and 'April 3, 2025' labels to the bill summary section to clarify the reading stage and date.

Revised the bill summary note to state that it applies to the reengrossed version and that a new summary reflecting amendments will be available online if the bill passes third reading in the House.

Added language confirming that the telephone crisis service is consolidated with the 988 crisis hotline, ensuring all callers are routed to the 988 line.

Removed Section 4, which previously required the Behavioral Health Authority to implement a behavioral health capacity tracking system with coordination between the telephone crisis service and the 988 hotline.

Removed Section 5, which previously required the 988 crisis hotline enterprise to engage third-party vendors for crisis outreach, stabilization, recovery support, mobile response units, acute care, and marketing.