§ 25.5-10-221. Right to Humane Treatment
Corporal punishment of persons with an intellectual and developmental disability is not permitted. All service agencies shall prohibit mistreatment, exploitation, neglect, or abuse in any form of any person receiving services. Service agencies shall provide every person receiving services with a humane physical environment. Each person receiving services must be attended to by qualified staff […]
§ 25.5-10-222. Right to Religious Belief, Practice, and Worship
No person receiving services is required to perform any act or be subject to any procedure whatsoever which is contrary to the person’s religious belief, and each such person has the right to practice such religious belief and be accorded the opportunity for religious worship. Provisions for religious worship must be made available to all […]
§ 25.5-10-209.3. Cross-System Behavioral Health Crisis Response – Comprehensive Care Coordination and Treatment Model – Training – Legislative Declaration
The general assembly declares that persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities and co-occurring behavioral health diagnoses and needs: Experience limited access to appropriate treatment, including crisis intervention, stabilization, and prevention, and such individuals who live in rural areas of Colorado are particularly impacted by this limited access to appropriate treatment; Deserve to live, work, play, […]
§ 25.5-10-223. Rights to Communications and Visits
Each person receiving services has the right to communicate freely and privately with others of the person’s own choosing. Each person receiving services has the right to receive and send sealed, unopened correspondence. No such person’s incoming or outgoing correspondence shall be opened, delayed, held, or censored by any person. Each person receiving services shall […]
§ 25.5-10-209.5. Case Management Agencies – Certification – Purchase of Services and Supports – Rules – Repeal
In order to be certified as a case management agency, a public or private for-profit or not-for-profit agency shall apply for certification to the state department in the form and manner specified by the executive director. The state board shall promulgate rules for certification and decertification of case management agencies. Once certified pursuant to this […]
§ 25.5-10-224. Right to Fair Employment Practices
No person receiving services shall be required to perform labor; except that persons receiving services may voluntarily engage in such labor if the labor is compensated in accordance with applicable minimum wage laws. No person receiving services shall be involved in the physical care, care and treatment, training, or supervision of other persons receiving services […]
§ 25.5-10-210. Revocation of Designation – Repeal
The executive director may revoke the designation of a community-centered board upon a finding that the community-centered board is in violation of the provisions of this article and the rules promulgated thereunder. Such revocation shall conform to the provisions and procedures specified in article 4 of title 24, C.R.S., and shall be made only after […]
§ 25.5-10-225. Right to Vote
Each person receiving services who is eligible to vote according to law has the right to vote in all primary and general elections. As necessary, all service agencies shall assist such persons to register to vote, to obtain mail ballots, to comply with other requirements that are prerequisite to voting, and to vote. Source: L. […]
§ 25.5-10-211. Eligibility Determination – Individualized Plan – Periodic Review – Rules – Repeal
Any person may request an evaluation to determine whether he or she has an intellectual and developmental disability and is eligible to receive services and supports pursuant to this article 10. The person must apply for eligibility determination to the designated community-centered board in the designated service area where the person resides. Pursuant to the […]
§ 25.5-10-226. Records and Confidentiality of Information Pertaining to Eligible Persons or Their Families – Repeal
A record for each person receiving services shall be diligently maintained by the community-centered board. The record must include, but not be limited to, information pertaining to the determination of eligibility for services and the individualized plan. The record is not a public record. Except as otherwise provided by law, all information obtained and any […]