§ 25.5-10-303 — Administration - duties of department

(1) Subject to annual
appropriation by the general assembly, the state department shall administer the
family support services program and shall coordinate family support services with
other existing services provided to families and individuals. Family support services
must be provided in a manner that develops comprehensive, responsive, and
flexible support to families in their role as the primary care givers for a family
member with an intellectual and developmental disability.

(2) The state department may contract with case management agencies or
entities approved by the state department to provide family support services in
accordance with this part 3. Programs developed shall be flexible in order to
address individual family needs.

(3) In administering the family support services program, the state
department shall have the following duties:

(a) To design the program;

(b) To pursue a family support model 200 waiver for approval by the federal
centers for medicare and medicaid services in order to utilize medicaid funds for
the provision of family support services, implemented subject to appropriation;

(c) To develop rules to be promulgated by the state board pursuant to
section 25.5-10-306, with consultation from service agencies, including
representatives of families of persons with intellectual and developmental
disabilities;

(d) To allocate funds;

(e) To coordinate training and provide technical assistance to case
management agencies or entities approved to provide family support services;

(f) To monitor and evaluate the program;

(g) To coordinate contracts, expenditures, and billing of the program; and

(h) To recommend changes in the program.

(4) Subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly, out of the
appropriation to the state department for community programs in the general
appropriation act, the state department is authorized to use up to seven percent of
such appropriation allocated for family support services to pay for administrative
costs within the state department and the service agency.

(5) The state department shall take any necessary action relating to the
termination and wind up of the Colorado family support loan fund as created in
section 25.5-10-402 prior to its repeal. The state department shall receive
payments relating to outstanding loans made from the Colorado family support
loan fund as created in section 25.5-10-402 prior to its repeal, which payments shall
be transferred to the state treasurer and credited to the family support services
fund created in section 25.5-10-303.5.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2013: Entire article added with relocations, (HB 13-1314), ch. 323, p. 1783, � 1, effective March 1, 2014. L. 2017: (5) added, (HB 17-1078), ch. 27, p. 82, � 4, effective July 1. L. 2021: (2), (3)(b), (3)(c), (3)(e), and (4) amended, (HB 21-1187), ch. 83, p. 343, � 47, effective July 1, 2024.