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First Regular Session | 75th General Assembly
Colorado General Assembly

PUBLIC
BILL SUMMARY For SB24-007

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
Date May 2, 2024       Location Old State Library

SB24-007 - Referred to House Appropriations
09:37:40 PM  
The primary bill sponsors, Representatives Titone and Weinberg, introduced Senate Bill 24-007 to the House Health and Human Services Committee. The bill creates the Behavioral Health First Aid Training Program in the Office of Suicide Prevention in the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. The program uses a train-the-trainer model targeted at participants from schools and other organizations. Participants will be prepared under the program to teach certification courses to teens and adults in their organizations and communities. The office must adopt rules for the program, and contract with a third party entity to administer and offer the training program to eligible organizations. The contracted administrator for the program must be a Colorado-based nonprofit with experience implementing evidence-based behavioral health first aid training programs statewide. The administering third-party entity must offer training programs at no cost to selected organizations, which may include public schools, nonprofit organizations, and first responder agencies, among others. The bill sets minimum criteria to use in selecting organizations to receive training. The office must use a pre- and post-program survey administered by the third-party entity to evaluate the training program and report evaluation data and recommendations for improvement.

The bill sponsors responded to questions from members of the committee.
09:44:08 PM  
Ms. Betsy Molgano, representing the Colorado Behavioral Healthcare Council, testified in support of the bill.

Additional written testimony was submitted to the committee (Attachment G).
09:44:09 PM  
The primary bill sponsors, Representatives Titone and Weinberg, provided closing comments on Senate Bill 24-007.

09:49:18 PM
 Motion Refer Senate Bill 24-007 to the Committee on Appropriations.
Moved Weinberg
Seconded Young
Bradfield Yes
Bradley No
Brown Yes
English Yes
Hamrick Yes
Hernandez Excused
Lieder Yes
McCormick Yes
Ortiz Yes
Weinberg Yes
Wilson No
Young Yes
Daugherty Yes
Final YES: 10   NO: 2   EXC: 1   ABS:  0   FINAL ACTION:  PASS