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CO Code § 26-6-114 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 26 - Human Services Code|Article 6 - Child Care Centers|Part 1 - Child Care Licensing|§ 26-6-114. Civil Penalties - Fines - Child Care Cash Fund - Created

  In addition to any other penalty otherwise provided by law, including section 26-6-112, any person violating any provision of this part 1 or intentionally making any false statement or report to the department or to any agency delegated by the department to make an investigation or inspection under the provisions of this part 1 may be assessed a civil penalty up to a maximum of ten thousand dollars as follows:   Two hundred and fifty dollars a day for the first day;    Five hundred dollars a day for the second day; and    One thousand dollars a day for the third and subsequent days.       Repealed.    Each day in which a person is in violation of any provision of this part 1 may constitute a separate offense.    The department may assess a civil penalty in conformity with the provisions and procedures specified in article 4 of title 24, C.R.S.; except that all hearings conducted pursuant to this section shall be before an administrative law judge of the department, who shall render his or her recommendation to the executive director of the department who shall render the final decision of the department.    The fines collected pursuant to this section, section 26-6-108 (2) and (2.7), and section 26-6-108.5 (1)(c) shall be transmitted to the state treasurer, who shall credit the same to the child care cash fund, which fund is hereby created in the state treasury. All interest derived from the deposit and investment of moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund. At the end of any fiscal year, all unexpended and unencumbered moneys in the fund shall remain therein and shall not be credited or transferred to the general fund or any other fund. Moneys in the child care cash fund are hereby continuously appropriated to the department to fund activities related to the improvement of the quality of child care in the state of Colorado.     History. Source: L. 90: Entire section added, p. 1391, § 7, effective May 4. L. 96: (1) and (3) amended, p. 811, § 14, effective May 23; (4) amended, p. 264, § 12, effective July 1. L. 99: (5) added, p. 1204, § 9, effective June 2. L. 2021: (1) amended and (2) repealed,(SB 21-201), ch. 244, p. 1317, § 4, effective June 16.    Cross references:   For the legislative declaration and report to the general assembly contained in the 1990 act enacting this section, see sections 1 and 9 of chapter 219, Session Laws of Colorado 1990.
CO Code § 26-6-116 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 26 - Human Services Code|Article 6 - Child Care Centers|Part 1 - Child Care Licensing|§ 26-6-116. Child Care Resource and Referral System - Created

  The state department shall design and develop a child care resource and referral system, referred to in this section as the “system”, to assist in promoting availability, accessibility, and quality of child care services in Colorado. The executive director, or his or her designee, shall have the authority, within available appropriations, to designate a public or private entity that shall be responsible for the administration of the system, and may enter into a contract with the administering entity for such purpose. The executive director shall designate or redesignate such administering entity on a biennial basis.    Repealed.     History. Source: L. 2000: Entire section added, p. 36, § 2, effective May 14. L. 2007: (2) amended, p. 2044, § 78, effective June 1. L. 2017: (2) repealed,(SB 17-234), ch. 154, p. 523, § 13, effective August 9.
CO Code § 26-6-117 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 26 - Human Services Code|Article 6 - Child Care Centers|Part 1 - Child Care Licensing|§ 26-6-117. Accreditation Standards for County Departments and Child Placement Agencies - Study

  No later than July 1, 2002, the state department shall study:   Standards for assessing the quality and performance of foster care in foster care homes certified by county departments or by child placement agencies based upon national standards for foster care services;    Standards for the accreditation of county departments and child placement agencies for purposes of foster care services based upon accreditation standards of a nationally recognized accrediting body of child welfare and social services organizations.       In conducting such study on accreditation standards, the state department shall compare the merits of writing its own standards with the merits of contracting with a national accrediting body. The study shall include, but is not limited to, analyzing the following:   The fiscal impact on the state, counties, and providers, including the cost of:   Writing standards;    Contracting with a national accrediting body, including all fees and travel expenses;    Training;    Implementation;    Potential corrective action;    Staff time of county departments and child placement agencies to meet the accreditation standards;    Collecting and evaluating data relating to accreditation standards;       The time frame for implementation of accreditation standards;    Sanctions for failing to meet the accreditation standards.       Repealed.     History. Source: L. 2001: Entire section added, p. 756, § 8, effective June 1. L. 2003: (3) amended, p. 2011, § 100, effective May 22. L. 2004: (3) repealed, p. 471, § 3, effective August 4.
CO Code § 26-6-118 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 26 - Human Services Code|Article 6 - Child Care Centers|Part 1 - Child Care Licensing|§ 26-6-118. Child Placement Agencies - Information Sharing - Investigations by State Department - Recovery of Moneys - Rule-Making

  If a county department has substantiated evidence that a child placement agency with which the county has contracted to provide foster care services has violated the provisions of this part 1 or any rule of the state board, it shall communicate such information to the state department. A county department shall also identify whether it is requesting the state department to investigate a complaint against a child placement agency for possible negative licensing action against the child placement agency.    Upon receipt of a request for investigation of a child placement agency from a county department, the state department shall commence an investigation and, upon conclusion, report its findings to the requesting county department. The state department shall include in its report to the county department the child placement agency's response, if any, to the findings.    The state department shall provide to county departments and affected child placement agencies direct access to information concerning the results of any investigation or negative licensing action taken against the affected child placement agency licensed to provide foster care services in Colorado.      The state department, in collaboration with the federal department of health and human services and other federal agencies and with county departments, shall seek recovery from a child placement agency of any public funds that have been misused by the child placement agency, as the term “misuse” is defined by rules promulgated pursuant to section 26-6-108 (2)(n).    Any county and child placement agency entering into a contract for the provision of foster care services shall include a provision in the contract that recognizes a right of the state department or county department to recover any funds misused by the child placement agency and to withhold subsequent payments. The provision in the contract shall provide for an appeal of the decision to recover or withhold the funds. The state board shall promulgate rules that set forth the procedures for the appeal, which rules shall require, at a minimum, reasonable notice to the child placement agency.         History. Source: L. 2001: Entire section added, p. 750, § 18, effective June 1; entire section added, p. 756, § 8, effective June 1. L. 2003: (2) amended, p. 1877, § 5, effective May 22; (4) added, p. 856, § 5, effective August 6.    Editor's note:   This section was enacted as § 26-6-117 by Senate Bill 01-012 but has been renumbered on revision and harmonized with Senate Bill 01-014.
CO Code § 26-6-119 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 26 - Human Services Code|Article 6 - Child Care Centers|Part 1 - Child Care Licensing|§ 26-6-119. Family Child Care Homes - Administration of Routine Medications - Parental Direction - Rules

  The delegation of nursing tasks by a registered nurse pursuant to section 12-255-131 shall not be required for the administration of routine medications by a child care provider to children cared for in family child care homes licensed pursuant to this part 1, subject to the following conditions:   The parent of the child cared for in the licensed family child care home has daily physical contact with the child care provider that actually administers the routine medication;    The child care provider has successfully completed a medication administration instructional program that is approved by the state department;    Routine medications are administered in compliance with rules promulgated by the state board pursuant to subsection (2) of this section;    If the routine medication involves the administration of unit dose epinephrine, the administration is accompanied by a written protocol by the prescribing health-care professional that identifies the factors for determining the need for the administration of the medication, and is limited to emergency situations; and    If the routine medication involves the administration of a nebulized inhaled medication, the administration is accompanied by a written protocol by the prescribing health-care professional that identifies the factors for determining the need for the administration of the medication.       The state board shall promulgate rules concerning the medically acceptable procedures and standards to be followed by child care providers administering routine medications to children cared for in family child care homes.     History. Source: L. 2002: Entire section added, p. 127, § 1, effective March 26. L. 2019: IP(1) amended,(HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1712, § 194, effective October 1.
CO Code § 26-6-121 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 26 - Human Services Code|Article 6 - Child Care Centers|Part 1 - Child Care Licensing|§ 26-6-121. Preschools - Unique Student Identifying Numbers - Rules

  On or before September 1, 2008, the executive director, in cooperation with the commissioner of education, shall convene a working group, as described in section 22-2-134, C.R.S., to review the issues pertaining to the assignment of a uniquely identifying student number to children who receive state-subsidized or federally subsidized early childhood education services, including but not limited to services provided through the child care development block grant and head start.    The working group shall adopt protocols by which the department of education, the department of human services, school districts, charter schools, and the early childhood councils, as described in part 1 of article 6.5 of this title 26, shall cooperate in assigning the uniquely identifying student numbers. The working group shall also consider methods by which to encourage and facilitate the assignment of uniquely identifying student numbers to students who are receiving early childhood education services that are not subsidized by state or federal funding.    Following adoption of the protocols, the state board shall promulgate rules pursuant to the “State Administrative Procedure Act”, article 4 of title 24, C.R.S., as necessary for the assignment of uniquely identifying student numbers to students receiving early childhood education services. The state board shall collaborate with the state board of education in promulgating any necessary rules to ensure that they do not conflict with any rules promulgated by the state board of education pursuant to section 22-2-134, C.R.S.     History. Source: L. 2008: Entire section added, p. 784, § 3, effective August 5. L. 2018: (2) amended,(HB 18-1141), ch. 59, p. 602, § 6, effective August 8.    Cross references:   For the legislative declaration in HB 18-1141, see section 1 of chapter 59, Session Laws of Colorado 2018.
CO Code § 26-6-701 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 26 - Human Services Code|Article 6 - Child Care Centers|Part 7 - Temporary Care Assistance Program|§ 26-6-701. Short Title

 The short title of this part 7 is the “Kyle Forti Act”.   History. Source: L. 2019: Entire part added,(HB 19-1142), ch. 265, p. 2505, § 1, effective August 2.
CO Code § 26-6-702 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 26 - Human Services Code|Article 6 - Child Care Centers|Part 7 - Temporary Care Assistance Program|§ 26-6-702. Definitions

 As used in this part 7, unless the context otherwise requires:    “Approved temporary caregiver” means a person approved by a temporary care assistance program pursuant to this part 7 who is delegated temporary care responsibility of a minor by a parent or guardian through a power of attorney, as described in section 15-14-105.    “Temporary care assistance program” means a program operated by a child placement agency that assists a parent or guardian with recruiting and identifying an appropriate and safe approved temporary caregiver to whom the parent or guardian can choose to delegate temporary care responsibility of a minor through a power of attorney pursuant to section 15-14-105.     History. Source: L. 2019: Entire part added,(HB 19-1142), ch. 265, p. 2505, § 1, effective August 2.
CO Code § 26-6-703 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 26 - Human Services Code|Article 6 - Child Care Centers|Part 7 - Temporary Care Assistance Program|§ 26-6-703. Temporary Care Assistance Program Permitted

  A child placement agency may operate a temporary care assistance program; except that, prior to July 1, 2021, only a child placement agency that is a nonprofit organization, and that operates a program similar to a temporary care assistance program in thirty or more states, may operate a temporary care assistance program.    The activities of a temporary care assistance program performed pursuant to this part 7 do not constitute placing a child pursuant to this article 6.     History. Source: L. 2019: Entire part added,(HB 19-1142), ch. 265, p. 2506, § 1, effective August 2.
CO Code § 26-6-705 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 26 - Human Services Code|Article 6 - Child Care Centers|Part 7 - Temporary Care Assistance Program|§ 26-6-705. Approval of Temporary Caregiver - Background Check - Training

  A child placement agency operating a temporary care assistance program may approve as a temporary caregiver any person who meets the standards prescribed by the temporary care assistance program and who complies with the requirements established pursuant to this section.      A child placement agency operating a temporary care assistance program shall require an applicant to become an approved temporary caregiver and any other person who resides in the applicant's home and is eighteen years of age or older to submit to the following background checks:   A fingerprint-based criminal history record check through the Colorado bureau of investigation and the federal bureau of investigation in the same manner as described in section 26-6-107 (1)(a)(I)(C);    A child abuse and neglect background check pursuant to section 19-1-307; and    A check against the state's sex offender registry and against the national sex offender public website operated by the United States department of justice that checks names and addresses in the registries and the interactive database system for Colorado to determine if a person is a registered sex offender.       A child placement agency operating a temporary care assistance program is responsible for the costs arising from any background check performed pursuant to this section. The child placement agency may collect the costs from any person subject to a background check.    The child placement agency operating a temporary care assistance program shall maintain records of a background check performed pursuant to this section, including the full transcripts of the background check, for a period of not less than five years. The child placement agency shall make the records available to a parent or guardian executing a power of attorney, and any local, state, or federal authority conducting an investigation involving the approved temporary caregiver, the parent or guardian, or the minor.    A child placement agency operating a temporary care assistance program shall not approve an applicant as an approved temporary caregiver if a background check conducted pursuant to this section discloses a substantiated allegation of child abuse, neglect, or exploitation, or any crime that would disqualify the applicant or any other person who resides in the applicant's home and is eighteen years of age or older from becoming certified or licensed to operate a foster care home in the state.       A child placement agency operating a temporary care assistance program shall train an approved temporary caregiver in the rights, duties, and limitations associated with providing care for a minor pursuant to this part 7.      History. Source: L. 2019: Entire part added,(HB 19-1142), ch. 265, p. 2507, § 1, effective August 2.
CO Code § 26-6-706 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 26 - Human Services Code|Article 6 - Child Care Centers|Part 7 - Temporary Care Assistance Program|§ 26-6-706. Rules

  A temporary care assistance program and a temporary care provider are subject to any rule promulgated by the department that is applicable to noncertified kinship care, defined in section 19-1-103; except that a temporary care assistance program and a temporary care provider are not subject to a rule that is inconsistent with this part 7.    Except as provided in subsection (1) of this section, a temporary care assistance program and a temporary caregiver are not subject to any rule promulgated by the department for an activity performed pursuant to this part 7.     History. Source: L. 2019: Entire part added,(HB 19-1142), ch. 265, p. 2508, § 1, effective August 2. L. 2021: (1) amended,(SB 21-059), ch. 136, p. 749, § 129, effective October 1.
CO Code § 26-6-707 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 26 - Human Services Code|Article 6 - Child Care Centers|Part 7 - Temporary Care Assistance Program|§ 26-6-707. Application of Part

  This part 7 applies only when a parent or guardian of a minor delegates any power regarding care, custody, or property of the minor to an approved temporary caregiver with the assistance of a temporary care assistance program pursuant to this part 7. Nothing in this part 7 restricts, abridges, or alters the right of a minor's parent or guardian to provide for the care of the minor by power of attorney pursuant to any other provision of law.    Nothing in this part 7:   Relieves the parent of any obligation to support the minor as otherwise provided by law;    Limits the authority of the court to order a parent to make support payments or reimbursements for medical, behavioral, health, or other care or treatment;    Abrogates the right of the minor to any benefits provided through public funds for which the minor is otherwise entitled; or    Limits or prevents the ability of law enforcement or county child welfare agencies to investigate a report of suspected abuse or neglect of a child pursuant to section 19-3-308.        History. Source: L. 2019: Entire part added,(HB 19-1142), ch. 265, p. 2509, § 1, effective August 2.
CO Code § 26-6-806 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 26 - Human Services Code|Article 6 - Child Care Centers|Part 8 - Emergency Relief Grant Programs|§ 26-6-806. Child Care Teacher Salary Grant Program - Created - Timeline - Criteria and Eligibility - Grant Awards - Reports - Definitions

  As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:   “CCCAP” means the Colorado child care assistance program created in part 8 of article 2 of this title 26.    “Child care center” has the same meaning as set forth in section 26-6-102.    “Eligible entity” means a child care center licensed pursuant to part 1 of this article 6 or a family child care home that has the following components:   Authorization to serve families pursuant to CCCAP; and    A quality rating of at least a level three pursuant to the Colorado shines quality rating and improvement system established in section 26-6.5-106.       “Family child care home” has the same meaning as set forth in section 26-6-102.    “Grant program” means the child care teacher salary grant program created in subsection (2) of this section.       There is created in the department the child care teacher salary grant program. The purpose of the grant program is to allow eligible entities to apply for a grant to increase the salaries of its early childhood educators.    The department shall solicit and review applications from eligible entities. Each application must, at a minimum, include:   A description of the number of early childhood educators proposed to receive a salary increase;    Verification that the eligible entity has had a quality rating of at least level three under the Colorado shines quality rating and improvement system during the past twelve months and specification of that quality rating level;    Verification that the eligible entity is authorized to administer subsidies under CCCAP;    Verification that the eligible entity is actively serving families that are subsidized through CCCAP; and    Written attestation the money received from the grant program will only be used to increase salaries of early childhood educators, as specified in subsection (4) of this section.       The department shall establish the percentage of salary increase for each early childhood educator, based on the number of applications and available appropriations.     History. Source: L. 2021: Entire section added,(SB 21-236), ch. 243, p. 1303, § 4, effective June 16.