Colorado Policy Memo Number 19-002: HCBS Transition Services
“The purpose of this memo is to inform providers, case managers, members and stakeholders about the Transition Services newly added to home and community-based services (HCBS)waivers.”
State: Colorado
Colorado Information Memo Number HCPF IM 19-037: Transition Services Post Rule Update
“The purpose of this Informational Memo is to provide an update to stakeholders on the sustainability of the Colorado Choice Transitions (CCT) demonstration program. This memo provides updates regarding the finalized regulations for Transition Coordination and Transition Services and provides direction for future training.”
Colorado Special Education Fiscal Advisory Committee (SEFAC)
“SEFAC was established in 2006 by House Bill 06-1375 and is the Special Education Fiscal Advisory Committee. The committee is charged with the allocation of an annual appropriation, currently $4 million. The committee has the discretion to award grants to administrative units for students with disabilities who qualify as “high cost” students. In addition to analyzing the high cost applications and awarding grants to administrative units, the SEFAC produces an annual report to the legislature which includes special education data from the collection year, current fiscal year and changes the committee recommends regarding the manner of distributing funds to Administrative Units for special education programs through the Exceptional Children’s Educational Act (ECEA).”
Resources for Eligibility and Guidance (SLD)
~~This page has links to a variety of materials including technical assistance, “Guidelines for Identifying Students with Specific Learning Disabilities”, and IEP forms.
Colorado SB 33: Concerning Access to the Medicaid Buy-In Program… (2020)
Concerning Access to the Medicaid Buy-In Program for Certain Working Adults with Disabilities who have become Ineligible for the Program due to Age, and, in connection therewith, making an Appropriation
“Section 3.
Medicaid buy-in program – eligibility – premiums – Medicaid buy-in cash fund – report. (1) Eligibility. An individual is eligible for and shall receive Medicaid provided in this part 14 through a Medicaid buy-in program without losing eligibility for Medicaid if all of the following conditions are met:
(a) The individual meets the requirements for the basic coverage group or the individual was previously in the basic coverage group and now meets the requirements for the medical improvement group or the individual was previously in the basic coverage group and now meets the requirements for the work incentives eligibility group, if a state plan amendment for the work incentives eligibility group has been submitted and approved pursuant to section 25.5-6-1403 (5)”
Colorado Community First Choice Option 1915(k)
“Community First Choice (CFC), also known as 1915(k), is an optional Medicaid program that allows states to offer select home and community based attendant services and supports to eligible members on the State Plan, expanding these long-term care services to more Health First Colorado (Colorado’s Medicaid Program) members.
Promoting self-direction, relocation out of institutions, and person-centered practices are significant goals of CFC. Members will have the option to self-direct their attendant care services or to receive services through an agency. CFC gives members access to service delivery models that allow them to control their own budget, select and dismiss their attendants, and provide training for the people who provide their care. By expanding these options, members will experience greater choice and control over how they receive services.”
Colorado Money Follows the Person
“‘Money Follows the Person’ is a federal grant program that allows Medicaid funding to follow a person from an institutional setting to housing in the community. … A secondary goal is to build and improve the infrastructure supporting home and community-based services for people of all ages with long-term care needs. Colorado Access to Community-Based Transitions & Services (CO-ACTS) is Colorado’s MFP initiative. While Colorado has a robust home and community-based services infrastructure, additional funding will improve access to these services, make the system easier to navigate, and support transitions from facility-based care to community-based care. COACTS will directly support nursing facilities in the implementation of the October 1, 2010 requirement to assist residents in exploring their long-term care choices. The Division of Housing will work directly with MFP project and related Department of Health Care Policy and Financing staff to increase housing opportunities for people of all abilities, including those transitioning to community living under the MFP program.”
Colorado: Alliance IDD Services and Policy
“As a statewide association of Community-Centered Boards and Program-Approved Service Agencies providing legislative representation for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Colorado, Alliance has a firm understanding of policy issues that have an effect on our members and the people they serve.”
Colorado Code 10 CCR 2505-10 8.600 Department of Health Care and Policy Financing…
Colorado Department of Health Care and Policy Financing Day Habilitation Services and Supports
Day Habilitation Services and Supports provide training, support and supervision activities which maximize functional abilities and skills necessary to enable adults to access the community and/or provide the basis for building skills which will assist individuals to access the community.
1. Day Habilitation Services and Supports are to be provided outside of the person’s living environment, unless otherwise indicated by the person’s needs, through meaningful employment, activities and community participation. If services cannot be provided outside of the living environment due to a person’s medical or safety needs, this shall be documented.
2. Integrated employment should be considered as the primary option for all persons receiving Day Habilitation Services and Supports
Colorado Revised Statutes (27-10.5-901): State Employment of Persons with Developmental Disabilities
“It is the intent of the general assembly to create the state employment program for persons with developmental disabilities to encourage and provide incentives for state agencies to give meaningful employment opportunities to persons with developmental disabilities and to improve the state’s practices in employing, supervising, and supporting persons with developmental disabilities.”