(1) A service agency and a case management agency shall comply with the requirements set forth in this article 10 and the rules promulgated thereunder.
(2) The state board shall promulgate rules to implement the purchase of services and supports from a community-centered board, service agency, case management agency, or family caregiver. The rules must include, but need not be limited to:
Terms and conditions necessary to promote the effective delivery of services andsupports, including those services and supports delivered by a family caregiver;
Procedures for obtaining an annual audit of designated community-centered boards,case management agencies, and service agencies to provide financial information deemed necessary by the state department to establish costs of services and supports and to ensure proper management of money received pursuant to section 25.5-10-206;
Delineation of a system to resolve contractual disputes between the state departmentand designated community-centered boards, service agencies, or case management agencies, and between designated community-centered boards and service agencies, including the contesting of any rates that the designated community-centered boards charge to service agencies based upon a percentage of the rates that service agencies charge for services and supports;
Specification of which services and supports are to be reimbursed by the state department and secondarily by the community-centered board, the source of reimbursement, actual service or support costs, incentives, and program service objectives that affect reimbursement;
The methods of coordinating the purchase of services and supports, including but notlimited to service and support coordination, with other federal, state, and local programs that provide funding for authorized services and supports; and
Criteria for and limitations on any rates that designated community-centered boardscharge to service agencies based upon a percentage of the rates that service agencies charge for services and supports.
Any incorporated service agency that is registered in Colorado as a foreign corporation shall organize a local advisory board consisting of persons who reside within the designated service area. Such advisory board shall be representative of the community at large and persons receiving services and their families.
Upon a determination by the executive director that services or supports have notbeen provided in accordance with the program or financial administration standards specified in this article 10 and the rules promulgated thereunder, the executive director may reduce, suspend, or withhold payment to a designated community-centered board, case management agency, service agency under contract with a designated community-centered board, or service agency from which the state department purchased services or supports directly. When the executive director decides to reduce, suspend, or withhold payment, the executive director shall specify the reasons therefor and the actions that are necessary to bring the designated community-centered board, case management agency, or service agency into compliance.
Nothing in this article or in any rules promulgated pursuant thereto and no actionstaken by the executive director pursuant to this article shall be construed to affect the obtaining of funds from local authorities, including those funds obtained from a mill levy assessed by a county or municipality for the purpose of purchasing services or supports for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities, or to require that such funds from local authorities be used to supplant state or federal funds available for purchasing services and supports for persons with developmental disabilities.
Source: L. 2013: Entire article added with relocations, (HB 13-1314), ch. 323, p. 1758, § 1, effective March 1, 2014. L. 2017: (1), IP(2), (2)(b), (2)(c), and (4) amended, (HB 17-1343), ch. 320, p. 1724, § 5, effective June 5.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 27-10.5-104.5 as it existed prior to 2013.