§ 25.5-10-220. Right to Medical Care and Treatment
Each person receiving services must have access to appropriate dental and medical care and treatment for any physical ailments and for the prevention of any illness or disability. No medication for which a prescription is required shall be administered without the written order of a physician. A physician shall conduct a review of all prescriptions […]
§ 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 […]
§ 25.5-8-111. 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 […]
§ 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. 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.
§ 25.5-10-101. Office of Community Living – Creation – Transfer of Duties and Functions – Rules – Legislative Declaration
There is hereby created in the state department the office of community living, referred to in this article as the “office”. The head of the office is the director of community living appointed by the executive director in accordance with section 13 of article XII of the state constitution. The director of community living reports […]