(1) The state department shall approve a rate-setting process consistent with medicaid requirements for providers of medicaid residential treatment services in the state of Colorado as developed by the department of human services. The rate-setting process developed pursuant to this section may include, but shall not be limited to:
A range for reimbursement that represents a base-treatment rate for serving a childwho is subject to out-of-home placement due to dependency and neglect, a child placed in a residential child care facility pursuant to the "Children and Youth Mental Health Treatment Act", article 67 of title 27, or a child who has been adjudicated a delinquent, which includes a defined service package to meet the needs of the child;
A request for proposal to contract for specialized service needs of a child, includingbut not limited to: Substance-abuse treatment services; sex offender services; and services for the developmentally disabled; and
Negotiated incentives for achieving outcomes for the child as defined by the statedepartment, counties, and providers.
The medicaid rate-setting process approved by the state department shall include atwo- or three-year implementation timeline with implementation beginning in state fiscal year 2008-09.
The state department and the department of human services, in consultation with therepresentatives of the counties and the provider community, shall review the rate-setting process every two years and shall submit any changes to the joint budget committee of the general assembly.
Source: L. 2006: Entire article added with relocations, p. 1845, § 7, effective July 1. L. 2007: (1)(a), (2), and (3) amended, p. 618, § 2, effective August 3. L. 2010: (1)(a) amended, (SB 10-175), ch. 188, p. 800, § 66, effective April 29. L. 2018: (1)(a) amended, (HB 18-1094), ch. 343, p. 2044, § 10, effective June 30.