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JBC staff introduces bill to consolidate Colorado crisis line into 988; committee approves introduction
Summary
JBC staff presented a bill draft to consolidate the Colorado crisis hotline into the 988 enterprise and to update statutory references; the committee voted to introduce the draft with staff authority for technical changes.
Emily Pope, JBC staff, described a bill draft the committee approved to introduce that would consolidate various references to the Colorado crisis hotline into the national 988 system. The draft would update statutory cross-references (for example, requiring school IDs to list 988 rather than the Colorado crisis number), and it would remove an existing statutory requirement that the Behavioral Health Administration (BHA)…
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