§ 25.5-8-111 — Department - administration - outsourcing

(1) (a) The
department may:

(I) 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.

(II) Use county departments of human or social services to perform functions
relating to the administration of the children's basic health plan;

(III) Perform administrative functions at the department, including
consolidation of functions with other administrative functions handled by the
department.

(b) 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.

(2) The implementation of subparagraph (I) of paragraph (a) 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.

(3) If the state department uses county departments of human or social
services to perform functions relating to the administration of the children's basic
health plan pursuant to subsection (1)(a)(II) of this section and allocates money to a
county for that purpose, the state department shall make the allocation in
accordance with the results of the public assistance programs funding model
described in section 26-1-121.5.

Legislative 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. L. 2022: (3) added, (SB 22-235), ch. 409, p. 2895, � 4, effective June 7.