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Committee advances $10 million jail behavioral‑health appropriation to appropriations committee
Summary
The Human Services Committee amended House Bill 13‑37 to permit the Department of Human Services or an authorized agent to contract with private entities to provide jail mental‑health and substance‑use services, and voted to refer the bill to appropriations with a due‑pass recommendation.
The House Human Services Committee on Tuesday amended and advanced House Bill 13‑37, a proposal that would appropriate up to $10 million to provide behavioral‑health services in county jails, saying the funds would be one‑time and designed to collect outcome data for future budgeting.
Representative Anderson, sponsor of the bill, said the appropriation would…
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