2016 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 27 - Behavioral Health
Alcohol and Drug Abuse
Article 81 - Alcohol Abuse, Education, Prevention, and Treatment
§ 27-81-105. Comprehensive program for treatment - regional facilities

(1) The unit shall establish a comprehensive and coordinated program for the treatment of alcoholics and intoxicated persons.

(2) Insofar as funds available to the unit will permit, the program established in subsection (1) of this section shall include all of the following:

(a) Emergency treatment;

(b) Inpatient treatment;

(c) Intermediate treatment; and

(d) Outpatient and follow-up treatment.

(3) The unit shall provide for adequate and appropriate treatment for alcoholics and intoxicated persons admitted under sections 27-81-109 to 27-81-112. Except as otherwise provided in section 27-81-111, treatment may not be provided at a correctional institution except for inmates.

(4) The unit shall maintain, supervise, and control all facilities operated by it subject to policies of the department. The administrator of each facility shall make an annual report of its activities to the director in the form and manner the director specifies.

(5) All appropriate public and private resources shall be coordinated with and utilized in the program if possible.

(6) The director shall prepare, publish, and distribute annually a list of all approved public and private treatment facilities.

(7) The unit may contract for the use of any facility as an approved public treatment facility if the director, subject to the policies of the department, considers this to be an effective and economical course to follow.