Section 25-1.5-506 - Colorado health service corps fund - created - acceptance of grants and donations - annual appropriation from marijuana tax cash fund - repeal(1) The Colorado health service corps fund is hereby created in the state treasury, which fund consists of: (a) All general fund money appropriated by the general assembly for the Colorado health service corps, the first five hundred thousand dollars of which shall be used solely for loan repayments for nursing faculty;(b) Damages and penalties collected from breach of contract actions for loan repayment contracts; and(c) For the 2016-17 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, tobacco litigation settlement money transferred to the fund by the state treasurer pursuant to section 24-75-1104.5 (1.7)(n).(2)(a) The money in the fund, other than the money described in subsection (1)(c) of this section, is hereby continuously appropriated to the primary care office for the Colorado health service corps. Any money in the fund not expended for the purpose of this part 5 may be invested by the state treasurer as provided by law. All interest and income derived from the investment and deposit of money in the fund shall be credited to the fund. Any unexpended and unencumbered money remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year remains in the fund and shall not be credited or transferred to the general fund or another fund.(b) The money described in subsection (1)(c) of this section is subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly to the primary care office for the Colorado health service corps.(3) The primary care office is authorized to receive contributions, grants, and services from public and private sources, and to expend public or private contributions and grants, to carry out the purposes of this part 5.(4)(a) For the 2018-19 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, the general assembly shall appropriate three million five hundred thousand dollars from the marijuana tax cash fund created in section 39-28.8-501 to the primary care office to:(I) Provide loan repayment for behavioral health-care providers and candidates for licensure participating in the Colorado health service corps; and(II) Award scholarships to addiction counselors participating in the scholarship program.(b) Since behavioral health-care providers, candidates for licensure, and addiction counselors provide behavioral health-care services and treatment to people with substance use or mental health disorders, use of money in the marijuana tax cash fund is permitted under section 39-28.8-501(2)(b)(IV)(C).(c)(I) In addition to the appropriation described in subsection (4)(a) of this section, for the 2021-22 state fiscal year the general assembly shall appropriate one million seven hundred thousand dollars from the behavioral and mental health cash fund created in section 24-75-226 to the primary care office for the uses described in subsection (4)(a) of this section. If any unexpended or unencumbered money appropriated for a fiscal year remains at the end of that fiscal year, the primary care office may expend the money for the same purposes in the next fiscal year without further appropriation.(II) This subsection (4)(c) is repealed, effective January 1, 2024.(d)(I) In addition to the appropriations described in subsections (4)(a) and (4)(c) of this section, for the 2022-23 state fiscal year, the general assembly shall appropriate twenty million dollars from the behavioral and mental health cash fund created in section 24-75-230(2)(a) to the primary care office for the purposes described in subsection (4)(a) of this section. If any unexpended or unencumbered money appropriated for a fiscal year remains at the end of that fiscal year, the primary care office may expend the money for the same purposes in the next fiscal year without further appropriation.(II) The department of public health and environment, the primary care office, and any person who receives money from the primary care office, including each recipient of loan repayments or a scholarship, shall comply with the compliance, reporting, record-keeping, and program evaluation requirements established by the office of state planning and budgeting and the state controller in accordance with section 24-75-226(5).(III) This subsection (4)(d) is repealed, effective January 1, 2025.Amended by 2022 Ch. 452,§4, eff. 7/1/2022.Amended by 2021 Ch. 362,§33, eff. 6/28/2021.Amended by 2018 Ch. 222,§10, eff. 7/1/2018.Amended by 2016 Ch. 153,§13, eff. 7/1/2016.Renumbered from 25-20.5-706 and added by 2013 Ch. 150,§1, eff. 8/7/2013.L. 2013: Entire part added with relocations, (HB 13-1074), ch. 489, p. 489, § 1, effective August 7. L. 2016: (1)(c) amended, (HB 16-1408), ch. 466, p. 466, § 13, effective July 1. L. 2018: Entire section amended, (SB 18-024), ch. 1419, p. 1419, § 10, effective July 1. L. 2021: IP(4)(a) amended and (4)(c) added, (SB 21-137), ch. 2386, p. 2386, § 33, effective June 28.(1) This section is similar to former § 25-20.5-706 as it existed prior to 2013.
(2) Section 38 of chapter 362 (SB 21-137), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section takes effect only if SB 21-288 becomes law and takes effect either upon the effective date of SB 21-137 or one day after the passage of SB 21-288, whichever is later. SB 21-288 became law and took effect June 11, 2021, and SB 21-137 took effect June 28, 2021.
(1) For the legislative declaration in SB 18-024, see section 1 of chapter 222, Session Laws of Colorado 2018. (2) For the short title ("Behavioral Health Recovery Act of 2021") and the legislative declaration in SB 21-137, see sections 1 and 2 of chapter 362, Session Laws of Colorado 2021.