To: Board of County Commissioners
Through: Nathan Fogg, Manager, Office of Emergency Management
Prepared By:
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Alex Nelson, Management Analyst I, Commissioners' Office
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Presenter: Nathan Fogg, Manager, Office of Emergency Management
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Subject:
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2:00 PM *Secure Transportation Licensing
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Purpose and Request:
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The purpose of this study session is to consider policies for the creation of a secure transportation licensing program as required by HB 21-1085.
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Background and Discussion: In 2021, the Colorado General Assembly passed HB 21-1085, Secure Transportation Behavioral Health Crisis (bill language attached) to develop a program for secure, non-ambulance transportation for people experiencing mental health crises. Each county in Colorado is required to implement a secure transportation licensing program by January 1, 2023. The county programs must include:
* A process for issuing secure transportation licenses and individual vehicle permits
* A complaint process
* A denial, revocation or suspension process
* Data collection and reporting requirements
* Staffing requirements
* Clinical, medical and operating standards and procedures
* Client rights
* A quality management program
Based on initial outreach to behavioral health providers (i.e., AllHealth Network), we anticipate some contracting with third-party secure transportation services.
The program components are similar to that of the existing statutory ambulance licensing program, currently managed by the Office of Emergency Management through delegated authority to the Sheriff's Office. With this delegated authority, the Sheriff's Office entered into an intergovernmental agreement for program management of the ambulance licensing program with five other metro-area counties. This IGA allows an ambulance provider who successfully completes the licensing process in Jefferson County, for example, to receive a license to operate in Arapa...
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