The state department shall consult with stakeholders, including people with lived experience, immigrants rights advocates, health-care advocates, and immigration lawyers, to provide clear and accurate information and referrals regarding current public charge policies.
Source: L. 2022: Entire section added, (HB 22-1289), ch. 399, p. 2844, � 19, effective June 7.
Cross references: For the legislative declaration in HB 22-1289, see section 1 of chapter 399, Session Laws of Colorado 2022.
25.5-6-116. Community placement transformation - creation - report - repeal. (Repealed)
Source: L. 2022: Entire section added, (HB 22-1302), ch. 180, p. 1200, � 4, effective May 27. L. 2024: (1) amended, (SB 24-176), ch. 152, p. 664, � 76, effective August 7.
Editor's note: Subsection (4) provided for the repeal of this section, effective July 1, 2025. (See L. 2022, p. 1200.)
25.5-6-117. Determination of need-based services - professional medical information document - definition. (1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires, professional medical information document means documented medical information signed by a licensed medical professional and used as a component of the functional assessment for long-term services and supports that verifies a member's need for long-term services and supports.
(2) On or before December 31, 2026, the state department shall modify the professional medical information document used to assess a member's need for long-term services and supports to reduce the number of medical questions required in the documentation that are obtained from medical professionals.
(3) A treating licensed medical professional, as defined in rule by the state board as it relates to home- and community-based services, who has a bona fide physician-patient relationship with a member shall sign a professional medical information document for the member.
Source: L. 2025: Entire section added, (HB 25-1162), ch. 335, p. 1769, � 2, effective August 6.