Colorado § 25-20.5-104 Functions of division

Colorado Statutes

§ 25-20.5-104 — Functions of division

Colorado § 25-20.5-104

Title 25Public

Art.Prevention, Intervention, and Treatment

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-20.5-104 (2026).

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(1)The division has the following functions:

(a)and (b) Repealed.

(c)To act as a liaison with communities throughout the state and assist the communities in their efforts to assess their needs with regard to prevention, intervention, and treatment services and to provide information to assist the communities in obtaining funding for appropriate prevention, intervention, and treatment programs;

(d)To provide technical assistance to communities and to entities that provide prevention, intervention, and treatment services;

(e)To operate the prevention and intervention programs specified in this article and such other prevention and intervention programs as may be created in or transferred to the division by executive order to be funded solely by nonstate moneys, including bu

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(1) The division has the following
functions:

(a) and (b) Repealed.

(c) To act as a liaison with communities throughout the state and assist the
communities in their efforts to assess their needs with regard to prevention,
intervention, and treatment services and to provide information to assist the
communities in obtaining funding for appropriate prevention, intervention, and
treatment programs;

(d) To provide technical assistance to communities and to entities that
provide prevention, intervention, and treatment services;

(e) To operate the prevention and intervention programs specified in this
article and such other prevention and intervention programs as may be created in or
transferred to the division by executive order to be funded solely by nonstate
moneys, including but not limited to reviewing applications submitted by entities to
receive funding through said programs, awarding grants based on such
applications, and notifying the state board of health of the grants awarded and the
amounts of said grants;

(f) To solicit and accept grants from the federal government and to solicit
and accept contributions, grants, gifts, bequests, and donations from individuals,
private organizations, and foundations for the operation of any prevention and
intervention programs under the authority of the division;

(g) To periodically review the federal funding guidelines for federal
prevention, intervention, and treatment programs and to seek the maximum
flexibility in the use of federal money in funding prevention, intervention, and
treatment programs;

(h) To seek such federal waivers as may be necessary to allow the division to
combine federal moneys available through various federal prevention, intervention,
and treatment programs and to combine said moneys with moneys appropriated by
the general assembly to fund state prevention, intervention, and treatment
programs to allow the greatest flexibility in awarding combined program funding to
community-based prevention, intervention, and treatment programs.

(i) Repealed.

(2) In addition to any prevention and intervention programs created in or
transferred to the division by executive order and any prevention and intervention
programs transferred to the division by the executive director pursuant to
subsection (4) of this section, the division shall operate the following prevention
and intervention programs:

(a) to (e) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2013.)

(f) The school-based health center grant program created in part 5 of this
article.

(2.5) Repealed.

(3) In operating prevention and intervention programs, on receipt of an
application for funding through any of said prevention and intervention programs,
the division shall review the application and determine whether there are other
prevention, intervention, and treatment programs operated by state agencies within
this state through which funding may be available to the applicant. With the
applicant's consent, the division shall forward a copy of the application to any such
program for consideration.

(4) The executive director shall transfer any prevention and intervention
programs operated by the department to the division, as he or she deems
appropriate. The division shall collaborate with any other division within the
department that operates a prevention, intervention, and treatment program in the
same manner that it collaborates with other state agencies that operate prevention,
intervention, and treatment programs.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2000: Entire article added, p. 563, � 1, effective May 18. L. 2001: (2)(e) amended, p. 251, � 6, effective March 29. L. 2006: (2)(f) added, p. 1597, � 2, effective July 1. L. 2013: (1)(a), (1)(e), and (2) amended, (HB 13-1117), ch. 169, p. 586, � 14, effective July 1. L. 2020: (1)(a) and (1)(b) repealed and (1)(g) amended, (HB 20-1038), ch. 44, p. 146, � 4, effective September 14. L. 2023: (2.5) added, (HB 23-1008), ch. 338, p. 2028, � 2, effective August 7.