CO SB091

Creates a limited "risk factors that influence health" benefit for Colorado Medicaid recipients under 21 years old who experience qualifying risk factors, regardless of whether they have a behavioral health diagnosis.

Benefit must include access to behavioral health services including family therapy, group therapy, individual therapy, prevention/education services, evaluation, intake, case management, and treatment planning.

Qualifying risk factors include hospitalization in intensive care, separation from caregivers, death of family members, foster care, food insecurity, housing instability, domestic violence, bullying, chronic conditions, discrimination, and parental factors such as incarceration or substance use disorders.

Requires the state department to implement the benefit by July 1, 2024, develop screening tools to identify eligible recipients, and notify patients, providers, schools, law enforcement, and other entities about availability.

Directs the state department to explore opportunities to extend a similar benefit to adults experiencing risk factors such as housing instability.