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County staff recommend monitoring behavioral-health transport bill; homelessness draft and other bills flagged
Summary
Arapahoe County staff recommended a "monitor" position on HB 26-1063, which would expand medication-assisted treatment in jails and change secure-transport licensing, while briefing commissioners on a permissive draft homelessness authority and several awareness bills including immunization access and automated vehicle identification systems.
Arapahoe County legislative staff recommended Thursday that the board take a monitor position on HB 26-1063, a bill that would expand Medicaid reimbursement for medication-assisted treatment (MAT) in jails, broaden the types of secure-transport providers and transfer licensing authority for secure transport to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE).
The recommendation followed a staff outline of the billand a discussion of operational concerns from the sheriff nd other county stakeholders. "The legislative team recommends the county take a monitor position for the following reasons," legislative staff said, summarizing competing impacts the measure would have on county operations and justice-system care.
Why it matters: The bill would…
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