§ 26.5-3-506 — Program applications - requirements

Colorado § 26.5-3-506

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 26.5: Early
• Art.: Family and Child Health and Well-being

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(1) An entity that seeks
to administer the program in a community must submit an application to the
department in accordance with department rules adopted in consultation with the
health sciences facility. At a minimum, the application must specify the basic
elements and procedures that the entity must use in administering the program.
Basic program elements must include the following:

(a) The specific training each nurse employed by the entity must receive to
provide home nursing services through the program, which training must meet or
exceed the visiting nurse training requirements established by department rule;

(b) The protocols the entity must follow in administering the program, which
protocols at a minimum must comply with the program protocols established by
department rule;

(c) The management information system the entity must use in administering
the program, which at a minimum must comply with the management information
system requirements established by department rule;

(d) The reporting and evaluation system the entity must use in measuring the
effectiveness of the program in assisting low-income first-time mothers, which at a
minimum must meet the reporting and evaluation requirements specified by
department rule; and

(e) An annual report to both the health sciences facility and the community
in which the entity administers the program that reports on the effectiveness of the
program within the community and is written in a manner that is understandable for
both the health sciences facility and members of the community.

(2) Any program application submitted pursuant to this section must
demonstrate strong bipartisan public support for and a long-time commitment to
operation of the program in the community.

(3) The department shall initially review the applications received pursuant
to this section and submit to the health sciences facility for review those
applications that include the basic program elements as required by department
rules. Following its review, the health sciences facility shall submit to the executive
director a list of the applying entities that the health sciences facility recommends
to administer the program in communities throughout the state.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2022: Entire article added with relocations, (HB 22-1295), ch. 123, p. 632, � 3, effective July 1.