To: Community Mental Health Centers Community Mental Health Clinics Behavioral Health Entities County Commissioners Ground Ambulance Agencies Trade Associations Stakeholders From: Kara Johnson-Hufford- CPDHE, Interim Deputy Division Director We are pleased to share a new toolkit, “Secure Transportation Program Implementation for Counties” (attached), developed to provide counties and commissioners with the information needed to develop and implement a secure transportation licensing and permitting program. The State Board of Health adopted rules in June 2022, establishing the minimum requirements for licensing and operating secure transportation services, and gives counties the authority to license secure transportation services, issue permits for secure transportation service vehicles, and enforce the promulgated regulations. Beginning January 1, 2023, any entity that provides secure transportation services, with limited exceptions, must apply for and receive a license issued by the county in which the service is based. Secure transportation is utilized to transport an individual who is experiencing a behavioral health crisis (1) from the community or other location to an appropriate behavioral health care facility, or (2) from one such facility to another. These rules will increase consumer access to safe and secure transportation services by allowing a broader array of licensed transports to provide these services. It is also intended to provide a trauma-informed, less stigmatizing means of providing secure transportation to individuals who are experiencing a behavioral health crisis and only require a safe ride to behavioral health facilities. For more information, please contact either your individual county commissioner for specific county licensing questions. Or, if you have questions regarding the state regulations or this toolkit, you may contact Kara Johnson-Hufford at kara.johnson-hufford@state.co.us. Thank you!
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