Senate Bill 22-147 Summary

• Creates the Colorado Pediatric Psychiatry Consultation and Access Program (CoPPCAP) at the University of Colorado to provide peer-to-peer consultations and support to primary care providers for identifying and treating mild to moderate pediatric behavioral health conditions.

• Appropriates $4,600,000 from the Behavioral and Mental Health Cash Fund to the University of Colorado Board of Regents for CoPPCAP, with funds to be spent or obligated by December 31, 2024, and expended by December 31, 2026.

• Appropriates $5,000,000 from the Behavioral and Mental Health Cash Fund to the Department of Education for the behavioral health care professional matching grant program to increase school health professionals in schools.

• Appropriates $1,500,000 from the Behavioral and Mental Health Cash Fund to the Department of Public Health and Environment for school-based health center grants serving primarily low-income schools.

• Designates funds from federal coronavirus state fiscal recovery funds to support children's behavioral health services in response to COVID-19 pandemic impacts on mental health rates among young people.