Colorado § 25.5-10-303 - Administration - duties of department.

§ 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.

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.

Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 27-10.5-404 as it existed prior to 2013.