SB 20-007: Treatment for Substance Use Disorders

• Requires health benefit plans to cover substance use disorder treatment at parity with physical illness using American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) criteria for placement and medical necessity determinations

• Prohibits denial or restriction of medication-assisted treatment (MAT) access across multiple systems including health insurance, recovery residences, courts, and community corrections programs

• Establishes comprehensive rights for persons in substance use disorder treatment facilities, including right to refuse certain procedures, access to communications, and freedom from restraints/solitary confinement

• Consolidates and modernizes Colorado's substance use disorder treatment framework by relocating provisions from Article 82 to Article 81 and updating commitment procedures for better due process protections

• Creates an opioid crisis recovery funds advisory committee to advise state agencies on allocation of settlement funds from opioid-related litigation