Lawmakers Debate Overhaul In Mental Crisis Treatment

DENVER (CBS4)– State lawmakers are debating a massive overhaul in how people going through a mental crisis are treated in Colorado. The bill has bipartisan support.
Gov. John Hickenlooper is behind a $9 million plan that would end the practice of putting people in crisis, in jail. The funding would come from marijuana sales tax.
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Colorado is only one of six states that still jails people for no other reason than the fact that they suffer from a mental illness.
The lawmakers sp