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CO Code § 25.5-8-109.5 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 25.5 - Health Care Policy and Financing|Article 8 - Children's Basic Health Plan|§ 25.5-8-109.5. Telehealth - Interim Therapeutic Restorations - Reimbursement - Definitions

  Subject to federal authorization and financial participation, on or after July 1, 2016, in-person contact between a health-care provider and an enrollee is not required under the children's basic health plan for the diagnosis, development of a treatment plan, instruction to perform an interim therapeutic restoration procedure, or supervision of a dental hygienist performing an interim therapeutic restoration procedure. A health-care provider may provide these services through telehealth, including store-and-forward transfer, and is entitled to reimbursement for the delivery of those services via telehealth to the extent the services are otherwise eligible for reimbursement under the plan. The services are subject to the reimbursement policies developed pursuant to the children's basic health plan.    As used in this section:   “Interim therapeutic restoration” has the same meaning as set forth in section 12-220-104 (10).    “Store-and-forward transfer” means the asynchronous transmission of medical or dental information to be reviewed by a dentist at a later time at a distant site without the patient present in real time.        History. Source: L. 2015: Entire section added, (HB 15-1309), ch. 326, p. 1335, § 9, effective August 5. L. 2019: (2) amended, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1711, § 191, effective October 1. L. 2021: (2)(b) amended, (SB 21-102), ch. 31, p. 130, § 11, effective September 1.
CO Code § 25.5-8-111 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 25.5 - Health Care Policy and Financing|Article 8 - Children's Basic Health Plan|§ 25.5-8-111. Department - Administration - Outsourcing

     The department may:   Pursuant to section 24-50-504 (2)(a), C.R.S., enter into personal services contracts for the administration of the children's basic health plan. Any contracts established pursuant to this section shall contain performance measures that shall be monitored by the department.    Use county departments of human or social services to perform functions relating to the administration of the children's basic health plan;    Perform administrative functions at the department, including consolidation of functions with other administrative functions handled by the department.       In deciding how to allocate functions relating to the administration of the children's basic health plan as allowed under paragraph (a) of this subsection (1), the department shall determine and base its decisions upon what is the most cost-effective method to handle the particular function and to deliver the services.       The implementation of subparagraph (I) of paragraph   of subsection (1) of this section is contingent upon a finding by the state personnel director that any of the conditions of section 24-50-504 (2), C.R.S., have been met or that the conditions of section 24-50-503 (1), C.R.S., have been met.        History. Source: L. 2006: Entire article added with relocations, p. 1984, § 7, effective July 1. L. 2018: (1)(a)(II) amended,(SB 18-092), ch. 38, p. 446, § 113, effective August 8.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 26-19-111 as it existed prior to 2006.   Cross references:   For the legislative declaration in SB 18-092, see section 1 of chapter 38, Session Laws of Colorado 2018.
CO Code § 25.5-8-112 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 25.5 - Health Care Policy and Financing|Article 8 - Children's Basic Health Plan|§ 25.5-8-112. Authority to the Department to Apply for Federal Waivers

 The department is hereby authorized and required to apply for any federal waivers necessary to implement the purposes of this article.   History. Source: L. 2006: Entire article added with relocations, p. 1985, § 7, effective July 1.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 26-19-112 as it existed prior to 2006.
CO Code § 25.5-11-101 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 25.5 - Health Care Policy and Financing|Article 11 - Health Care Cost Savings Act|§ 25.5-11-101. Short Title

 The short title of this article 11 is the “Health Care Cost Savings Act of 2019”.   History. Source: L. 2019: Entire article added, (HB 19-1176), ch. 381, p. 3424, § 2, effective May 31.
CO Code § 25.5-11-102 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 25.5 - Health Care Policy and Financing|Article 11 - Health Care Cost Savings Act|§ 25.5-11-102. Definitions

 As used in this article 11, unless the context otherwise requires:    “Federal act” means the federal “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act”, Pub.L. 111-148, as amended by the federal “Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010”, Pub.L. 111-152.    “Health benefit exchange” means the Colorado health benefit exchange created in article 22 of title 10.    “Medicaid” means the program established pursuant to the “Colorado Medical Assistance Act”, articles 4, 5, and 6 of this title 25.5.    “Medicare” means federal insurance or assistance as provided by Title XVIII of the federal “Social Security Act”, as amended, 42 U.S.C. sec. 1395 et seq.    “Public option system” means a health-care system under which every resident of the state is able to purchase a health benefit plan managed by the state or through the health benefit exchange.    “Task force” means the health care cost analysis task force created in section 25.5-11-103.    “Universal health care” means a health-care system under which every resident of the state has access to adequate and affordable health care.     History. Source: L. 2019: Entire article added, (HB 19-1176), ch. 381, p. 3424, § 2, effective May 31.
CO Code § 25.5-11-105 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 25.5 - Health Care Policy and Financing|Article 11 - Health Care Cost Savings Act|§ 25.5-11-105. Appropriation - Gifts, Grants, and Donations

  For each fiscal year 2019-20 and 2020-21, the general assembly may appropriate one hundred thousand dollars to the state department for the implementation of this article 11.    The state department and the task force may seek, accept, and expend gifts, grants, or donations, including in-kind donations, from private or public sources for the purposes of this article 11.    The task force may use money available pursuant to subsections (1) and (2) of this section for the implementation of this article 11 to:   Compensate any necessary staff and consultants hired pursuant to section 25.5-11-103 (6);    Pay the analyst selected pursuant to section 25.5-11-103 (5) for the costs associated with the development of the methodology and analyses conducted pursuant to section 25.5-11-104; and    Reimburse the task force members' actual and necessary expenses in performing their duties.        History. Source: L. 2019: Entire article added, (HB 19-1176), ch. 381, p. 3428, § 2, effective May 31.
CO Code § 25.5-11-106 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 25.5 - Health Care Policy and Financing|Article 11 - Health Care Cost Savings Act|§ 25.5-11-106. Repeal of Article

 This article 11 is repealed, effective September 1, 2022.   History. Source: L. 2019: Entire article added, (HB 19-1176), ch. 381, p. 3428, § 2, effective May 31.
CO Code § 26-5-100.2 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 26 - Human Services Code|Article 5 - Child Welfare Services|§ 26-5-100.2. Legislative Declaration

  The general assembly finds and declares that:   Each year, for a variety of reasons, more than three hundred youth, ages eighteen to twenty-one, exit Colorado's foster care system without a permanent home or a stable support network;    These youth do not have the same safety nets, supportive adults, and support networks as do other youth their age;    Many of these youth will face challenges as they search for affordable housing, pursue higher education or training, search for employment, manage tight budgets, take care of their health needs, and much more;    Youth in foster care face not only the typical developmental changes and new experiences that are common to youth their age but also the dramatic change from being under the county's care to being on their own, many without any supportive adults or safety net to help them succeed;    The array of services and supports available to youth while in the foster care system, including housing, food, medical care, and caseworker support, disappear as soon as the youth exits foster care. Additionally, many of these youth are dealing with the long-term consequences of trauma related to the abuse, neglect, removal, and overall lack of resources that they may have experienced.    By leveraging the expertise of youth who have successfully made the transition to adulthood, as well as experts in the field, many states have developed creative approaches to address the needs of these youth;    Colorado can start addressing the needs of youth by allowing counties to use existing child welfare money to provide continued supportive services for youth who exit the foster care system; and    Although existing child welfare money may enable the state to provide services to some youth, it is insufficient to address all the need, nor is it available consistently across the state.       Therefore, the general assembly determines that by coupling the short-term approach of using existing child welfare money with the creation of a steering committee tasked with developing a long-term implementation plan for services for a successful adulthood for youth who were formerly in the state's foster care system, the state can better meet the needs of youth who are making the transition from the foster care system to successful adulthood.     History. Source: L. 2018: Entire section added,(HB 18-1319), ch. 217, p. 1388, § 1, effective May 18.
CO Code § 26-5-103 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 26 - Human Services Code|Article 5 - Child Welfare Services|§ 26-5-103. Coordination With Other Programs

 The program of child welfare services established pursuant to this article shall be coordinated with other social services and assistance payments programs for children of this state and shall be rendered in complement of, and not in duplication of or contrary to, legal processes provided by the “Colorado Children's Code” and services rendered under any public assistance law or other law for the benefit of children, including assistance under the Colorado works program, as described in part 7 of article 2 of this title.   History. Source: L. 73: R&RE, p. 1195, § 3. C.R.S. 1963: § 119-4-3. L. 97: Entire section amended, p. 1243, § 46, effective July 1. History. Source: L. 73: R&RE, p. 1195, § 3. C.R.S. 1963: § 119-4-3. L. 97: Entire section amended, p. 1243, § 46, effective July 1.    Cross references:   For the “Colorado Children's Code”, see title 19.   ANNOTATION   Power to make determinations as to custody and care of children. Given the broad power of the juvenile court to make determinations as to the custody and care of a child under its jurisdiction, it would be inconsistent and contrary to the intent of the general assembly to also find such a power in the Denver department of welfare. City & County of Denver v. Juvenile Court, 182 Colo. 157 , 511 P.2d 898 (1973).
CO Code § 26-5-105 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 26 - Human Services Code|Article 5 - Child Welfare Services|§ 26-5-105. Reimbursement Procedure

 Claims for state reimbursement under this article shall be presented by the county departments to the state department at such times and in such manner as the state department may prescribe. The state department shall certify to the controller the amount approved, specifying the amount of each county's capped or targeted allocation. The amount so certified shall be paid from the state treasury, upon the voucher of the state department and warrant of the controller, to the respective county treasurers of the counties seeking the reimbursement, from money appropriated to the state department for the purpose of administering the provisions of this article.   History. Source: L. 73: R&RE, p. 1195, § 3. C.R.S. 1963: § 119-4-5. L. 97: Entire section amended, p. 1429, § 3, effective June 3. History. Source: L. 73: R&RE, p. 1195, § 3. C.R.S. 1963: § 119-4-5. L. 97: Entire section amended, p. 1429, § 3, effective June 3.
CO Code § 26-5-105.3 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 26 - Human Services Code|Article 5 - Child Welfare Services|§ 26-5-105.3. Federal Waivers

 The state department shall pursue as soon as possible any waivers that may be necessary to implement this article, including but not limited to waivers for Title IV-E foster care services and medicaid.   History. Source: L. 97: Entire section added, p. 1429, § 4, effective June 3.
CO Code § 26-5-105.5 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 26 - Human Services Code|Article 5 - Child Welfare Services|§ 26-5-105.5. State Department Integrated Care Management Program - County Performance Agreements - Authorized - Performance Incentive Cash Fund Created - Repeal

     There is hereby created the state department integrated care management program. In administering the state department integrated care management program, the state department shall develop, by rule, principles of integrated care management and a process to allow counties or groups of counties specified in section 26-5-104 (4)(b)(I) to participate in the program. Individual counties or groups of counties specified in section 26-5-104 (4)(b)(I) may participate in the integrated care management program for the delivery of child welfare services.       (Deleted by amendment,L. 2002, p. 526, § 1, effective May 24, 2002.)       The state department is hereby authorized to enter into performance agreements with individual counties or groups of counties specified in section 26-5-104 (4)(b)(I). A county that enters into a performance agreement with the state department shall be exempt from the rules of the state department and state board governing the delivery of child welfare services, as such exemptions are identified in the performance agreement.    and (3.2) Repealed. (3.5) Evaluation.   The state department is authorized to contract for an external evaluation of the performance agreements authorized pursuant to subsection (1) of this section. Any such external evaluation shall include any evaluation that may be required in connection with any waiver authorized pursuant to section 26-5-105.3. Criteria for and components of the evaluation shall be developed by the state department with input from the counties authorized pursuant to this section.    (Deleted by amendment,L. 2001, p. 1172, § 9, effective August 8, 2001.)    This subsection (3.5) is repealed on the date the executive director of the state department notifies the revisor of statutes that the state is no longer participating in the waiver authorized pursuant to Title IV-E of the federal “Social Security Act”, as amended. (3.7) The state board shall promulgate rules necessary to implement the integrated care management program established pursuant to this section.       (Deleted by amendment,L. 2002, p. 526, § 1, effective May 24, 2002.)     History. Source: L. 97: Entire section added, p. 1430, § 4, effective June 3. L. 98: Entire section amended, p. 708, § 2, effective May 18. L. 2001: (3.5) amended, p. 1172, § 9, effective August 8. L. 2002: Entire section amended, p. 526, § 1, effective May 24. L. 2003: (3.2) amended, p. 387, § 3, effective March 5. L. 2004: (3.2)(c) added, p. 1554, § 2, effective May 28. L. 2018: (3) repealed,(SB 18-254), ch. 216, p. 1384, § 7, effective May 18.    Editor's note:    Subsection (3.2)(c) provided for the repeal of subsection (3.2), effective July 1, 2006. (SeeL. 2004, p. 1554.)    As of publication date, the revisor of statutes has not received the notice referred to in subsection (3.5)(c).
CO Code § 26-5-107 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 26 - Human Services Code|Article 5 - Child Welfare Services|§ 26-5-107. Limitations of Article

 All child welfare services granted under this article shall be granted and held subject to the provisions of any amending or repealing law that may be passed after July 1, 1973, and no recipient shall have any claim for compensation or otherwise by reason of his services being affected in any way by any amending or repealing law.   History. Source: L. 73: R&RE, p. 1196, § 3. C.R.S. 1963: § 119-4-7. History. Source: L. 73: R&RE, p. 1196, § 3. C.R.S. 1963: § 119-4-7.
CO Code § 26-5-108 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 26 - Human Services Code|Article 5 - Child Welfare Services|§ 26-5-108. Developmental Assessment - Rules

 The appropriate county department of human or social services shall refer each child under five years of age who is the subject of a substantiated case of abuse or neglect to the appropriate state or local agency for developmental screening within sixty days after abuse or neglect has been substantiated. The state board shall promulgate rules to implement this section.   History. Source: L. 2008: Entire section added, p. 1234, § 4, effective January 1, 2009. L. 2018: Entire section amended,(SB 18-092), ch. 38, p. 448, § 122, effective August 8.    Cross references:   For the legislative declaration in SB 18-092, see section 1 of chapter 38, Session Laws of Colorado 2018.
CO Code § 26-5-109 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 26 - Human Services Code|Article 5 - Child Welfare Services|§ 26-5-109. Child Welfare Training Academy Established - Rules

  There is hereby established within the state department the child welfare training academy, referred to in this section as the “academy”, to ensure that certain persons hired to work within child welfare services receive the necessary training to perform the functions of their jobs responsibly and effectively. The state department shall administer the academy in accordance with rules promulgated by the state department pursuant to subsection (2) of this section.    On or before September 15, 2009, the state department shall promulgate rules for the administration of the academy. The rules shall include:   Identification of specific job titles within child welfare services that shall be required to attain certification from the academy as a mandatory condition of employment;    Identification of specific job titles within child welfare services that shall be required to complete ongoing or occasional training from the academy as a mandatory condition of employment;    Establishment of minimum standards of competence that a person shall be required to demonstrate prior to receiving certification from the academy, which standards of competence shall include, but need not be limited to, a demonstrated ability to perform the duties described in section 19-3-313.5 (2), C.R.S.;    Identification of means by which a person may demonstrate the minimum standards established pursuant to paragraph (c) of this subsection (2); and    Establishment of alternative methods for attaining certification from the academy for persons who have already successfully completed comparable child welfare training, including a description of child welfare training that shall be deemed to be comparable to the training offered by the academy.        History. Source: L. 2009: Entire section added,(SB 09-164), ch. 276, p. 1239, § 2, effective May 19.
CO Code § 26-5-113 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 26 - Human Services Code|Article 5 - Child Welfare Services|§ 26-5-113. Extended Services for Former Foster Care Youth

  A county department may coordinate certain services to former foster care youth who request such services in order to support such former foster care youth in becoming self-sufficient adults. This section is not meant to replace services for foster care youth who remain in the custody of a county department. The determination of whether a youth who is in foster care is ready to leave the custody of the county department remains under the jurisdiction of the court.    A county department may opt to serve former foster care youth who have been in the custody of the division of youth services if such youth are included in the plan for services for a successful adulthood.    The department of local affairs may assist a county department in securing available housing vouchers through programs offered by the department of local affairs, such as the homeless solutions program, the housing choice voucher program, or any other appropriate supportive housing program for former foster care youth, specifically between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one, who are experiencing homelessness or imminent risk of homelessness. If appropriations are available, the department of local affairs may assist former foster care youth with security deposits related to housing.    The managed care entity contracted with for the department of health care policy and financing's statewide managed care system shall assist a county department that opts to serve former foster care youth who are enrolled in medicaid.    State institutions of higher education and community colleges shall work with the county departments to explore ways to support former foster care youth both financially and through other supportive services. This support includes reviewing the ability to provide tuition assistance and other fee waivers to former foster care youth.    A county department may support former foster care youth pursuant to this section by developing a plan for services for a successful adulthood and transferring an amount of money out of the county's core services funding and into a fund for services for a successful adulthood.     History. Source: L. 2018: Entire section added,(HB 18-1319), ch. 217, p. 1390, § 3, effective May 18.
CO Code § 26-5-114 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 26 - Human Services Code|Article 5 - Child Welfare Services|§ 26-5-114. Former Foster Care Youth Steering Committee - Implementation Plan - Recommendations - Report

  The state department shall establish a former foster care youth steering committee that includes comprehensive and appropriate stakeholder representation from the state and county level. The state department shall convene the committee on or before October 30, 2018. The steering committee shall:   Develop an implementation plan that allows former foster care youth to receive services for a successful adulthood or assistance in returning to placement, as well as alternatives to returning to placement after reaching eighteen years of age but before reaching twenty-one years of age, or a later age if so recommended by the steering committee, and after the county department's jurisdiction ends;    Make recommendations relating to the operation, evaluation, and sustainability of the implementation plan. In making its recommendations, the steering committee shall use a consensus-based approach.    Coordinate with other committees formed by the general assembly that have similar or overlapping jurisdictional tasks or purposes.       On or before January 1, 2020, the steering committee shall submit a report with its recommendations for an implementation plan to the executive director of the department of human services; the governor; and the joint budget committee, the health and human services committee of the senate, the public health and environment committee of the house of representatives, or any successor committees.    The implementation plan recommended by the steering committee pursuant to this section is not required to become operational unless adequate state and federal funding is available.     History. Source: L. 2018: Entire section added,(HB 18-1319), ch. 217, p. 1390, § 3, effective May 18.