§ 26-1-127.5. Prevention of Erroneous Payments to Prisoners – Incentives
In the event the identifying information transmitted to the state department and the county departments pursuant to section 17-26-118.5 (2), C.R.S., results in the termination of benefits from any program administered by the state department or county departments, the state department or county department shall pay as a reward to the sheriff ten percent of […]
§ 26-1-129. Comprehensive Information – Packet of Aged Services and Programs – Implementation
The general assembly hereby finds and declares that, while numerous programs and services are available for the aged, their access to such programs and services is often fragmented due to a lack of knowledge and information, and, as a result, needs which could be met are not. The general assembly further finds that compiling a […]
§ 26-1-130. Applications for Licenses – Authority to Suspend Licenses – Rules – Definitions
Every application by an individual for a license issued by the state department or any authorized agent of said department shall require the applicant’s name, address, and social security number. The state department or any authorized agent of the state department shall deny, suspend, or revoke any license pursuant to the provisions of section 26-13-126, […]
§ 26-1-132. Department of Human Services – Rate Setting – Residential Treatment Service Providers – Monitoring and Auditing – Report
In conjunction with the group of representatives convened by the state department pursuant to section 26-5-104 (6)(e), (6)(g), and (6)(i) to review the rate-setting process for child welfare services, the state department shall develop a rate-setting process consistent with medicaid requirements for providers of residential treatment services in Colorado. The department of health care policy […]
§ 26-1-133.5. Rental Properties – Fund Created
The executive director is authorized to rent surplus facilities on the campuses of the various institutions operated by the state department so long as the rentals are not prohibited by contractual agreement, state law, or other legal restrictions on the state department’s possession or use of the property. The state department shall not enter into […]
§ 26-1-134. Home- and Community-Based Services for Persons With Developmental Disabilities – Cooperation
It is the intent of the general assembly that the department of health care policy and financing and the state department cooperate to the maximum extent possible in designing, implementing, and administering the program authorized under part 4 of article 6 of title 25.5, C.R.S. Source: L. 2006: Entire section added, p. 1993, § 20, […]
§ 26-1-135. Child Welfare Action Committee – Reporting – Cash Fund – Created
As part of the work done by the governor’s child welfare action committee, created by executive order B 006 08, the state department shall make periodic reports of findings and recommendations, including a report of the child welfare action committee’s initial recommendations, to the health and human services committees of the senate and the house […]
§ 26-1-136. Persons in a Department of Human Services Facility – Medical Benefits Application Assistance – County of Residence – Rules
Beginning as soon as practicable, but no later than January 1, 2009, no later than one hundred twenty days prior to release, state department facility personnel shall assist the following persons in applying for medical assistance pursuant to part 1 or 2 of article 5 of title 25.5, C.R.S.: A person who was receiving medical […]
§ 26-1-136.5. Menstrual Hygiene Products for a Person in Custody – Definition
A department of human services facility shall provide whichever menstrual hygiene products are requested by a person in the custody of a department of human services facility to the person in custody at no expense to the person in custody. The department of human services facility shall not impose any condition or restriction on a […]
§ 26-1-136.7. Opioid Treatment for a Person in Custody – Definitions
A state department facility may make available opioid agonists and opioid antagonists to a person committed to or placed within the facility with an opioid use disorder. The facility is strongly encouraged to maintain the treatment of the person throughout the duration of the person’s commitment, as medically necessary. Qualified medication administration personnel may, in […]