Title 25.5, Health Care Policy and Financing
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25.5-10-100.3 Definitions
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As used in this article 10, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Office means the office of community living created in section 25.5-10-101 (1). Source: L. 2025: Entire section added, (SB 25-275), ch. 377, p. 2081, � 225, effective August 6. 25.5-10-101. Office of community…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25.5-10-201 Legislative declaration
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(1) In recognition of the varied, extensive, and substantial needs of persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities, including the urgent need to enhance the development of children with intellectual and developmental disabilities, the general assembly, subject to avai…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25.5-10-202 Definitions
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As used in this article 10, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Abuse means any of the following acts or omissions committed against a person with an intellectual and developmental disability: (a) The nonaccidental infliction of physical pain or injury, as demonstrated by,…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25.5-10-205 Case management agencies - local public procurement units
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For purposes of entering into a cooperative purchasing agreement pursuant to section 24-110-201, a nonprofit case management agency or a nonprofit service agency may be certified as a local public procurement unit as provided in section 24-110-207.5. Source: L. 2013: Entire artic…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25.5-10-210 Revocation of designation - repeal. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 2013: Entire article added with relocations, (HB 13-1314), ch. 323, p. 1762, � 1, effective March 1, 2014. L. 2021: (3) added by revision, (HB 21-1187), ch. 83, pp. 353, 354, �� 69, 70. Editor's note: (1) Prior to its repeal, this section was similar to former � 27-10.…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25.5-10-213 Discharge - repeal. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 2013: Entire article added with relocations, (HB 13-1314), ch. 323, p. 1765, � 1, effective March 1, 2014. L. 2021: (3) added by revision, (HB 21-1187), ch. 83, pp. 353, 354, �� 69, 70. Editor's note: (1) Prior to its repeal, this section was similar to former � 27-10.…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25.5-10-214 Community residential home - licenses - rules
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(1) The department of public health and environment and the state department shall implement a system of joint licensure and certification of community residential homes. Independent residential support services provided by the state department do not require licensure by the dep…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25.5-10-216 Imposition of legal disability - removal of legal right
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(1) Any interested person may petition the court to impose a legal disability on or to remove a legal right from a person with an intellectual and developmental disability as defined in section 25.5-10-202. The petition must set forth the disability to be imposed or the legal rig…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25.5-10-217 Conduct of court proceedings
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All court proceedings arising under section 25.5-10-216 shall be conducted by the district attorney of the county where the proceeding is held or by a qualified attorney acting for the district attorney appointed by the district court for that purpose; except that, in any county …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25.5-10-218 Persons' rights
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(1) Unless a person's rights are modified by court order, a person with an intellectual and developmental disability has the same legal rights and responsibilities guaranteed to all other persons under the federal and state constitutions and federal and state laws. No otherwise q…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25.5-10-220 Right to medical care and treatment
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(1) Each person receiving services must have access to appropriate dental and medical care and treatment for any physical ailments and for the prevention of any illness or disability. (2) No medication for which a prescription is required shall be administered without the written…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25.5-10-221 Right to humane treatment
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(1) Corporal punishment of persons with an intellectual and developmental disability is not permitted. (2) All service agencies shall prohibit mistreatment, exploitation, neglect, or abuse in any form of any person receiving services. (3) Service agencies shall provide every pers…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25.5-10-222 Right to religious belief, practice, and worship
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No person receiving services is required to perform any act or be subject to any procedure whatsoever which is contrary to the person's religious belief, and each such person has the right to practice such religious belief and be accorded the opportunity for religious worship. Pr…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25.5-10-223 Rights to communications and visits
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(1) Each person receiving services has the right to communicate freely and privately with others of the person's own choosing. (2) Each person receiving services has the right to receive and send sealed, unopened correspondence. No such person's incoming or outgoing correspondenc…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25.5-10-224 Right to fair employment practices
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(1) No person receiving services shall be required to perform labor; except that persons receiving services may voluntarily engage in such labor if the labor is compensated in accordance with applicable minimum wage laws. (2) No person receiving services shall be involved in the …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25.5-10-225 Right to vote
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Each person receiving services who is eligible to vote according to law has the right to vote in all primary and general elections. As necessary, all service agencies shall assist such persons to register to vote, to obtain mail ballots, to comply with other requirements that are…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25.5-10-227 Right to personal property
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(1) Each person receiving services has the right to the possession and use of such person's own clothing and personal effects. If the service agency holds any of such person's personal effects for any reason, such retention shall be promptly recorded in such person's record and t…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25.5-10-228 Right to influence policy
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The persons receiving services of a service agency are entitled to establish a committee to hear the views and represent the interests of all such persons served by the agency and to attempt to influence the policies of the agency to the extent that they influence provision of se…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25.5-10-229 Right to notification
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Each person receiving services has the right to read or have explained, in each person's or family's native language, any rules adopted by the service agency and pertaining to such person's activities. Source: L. 2013: Entire article added with relocations, (HB 13-1314), ch. 323,…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25.5-10-230 Discrimination
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No person who has received services or supports under any provision of this article shall be discriminated against because of such status. For purposes of this section, discrimination means the giving of any unfavorable weight to the fact that a person has received such services …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25.5-10-231 Sterilization rights
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(1) It is the intent of the general assembly that the procedures set forth in the following subsections be utilized when sterilization is being considered for the primary purpose of rendering the person incapable of reproduction. (2) Any person with an intellectual and developmen…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25.5-10-232 Competency to give consent to sterilization
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(1) If the competency of the person with an intellectual and developmental disability to give consent to sterilization is disputed by the intellectual and developmental disabilities professional, the psychiatrist or psychologist, or physician, said person may file a petition for …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25.5-10-233 Court-ordered sterilization
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(1) A person with an intellectual and developmental disability who has been determined to be incompetent to give consent, the person's legal guardian, or the parents of a minor with an intellectual and developmental disability, may petition the court to hold a hearing to determin…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25.5-10-234 Confidentiality of sterilization proceedings
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All records, hearings, and proceedings pursuant to sections 25.5-10-231 to 25.5-10-233 are strictly confidential unless requested to be open to the public by the person with an intellectual and developmental disability or the person's legal guardian. Source: L. 2013: Entire artic…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25.5-10-235 Limitations on sterilization
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(1) Consent to sterilization shall be made neither a condition for release from any institution nor a condition for the exercise of any right, privilege, or freedom. (2) Nothing in this article requires any hospital or any person to participate in any sterilization, nor shall any…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25.5-10-236 Civil action and attorney fees
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A violation of any provision of this article gives rise to a civil cause of action by the person adversely affected by such violation, and any judgment may include plaintiff's reasonable attorney fees. Source: L. 2013: Entire article added with relocations, (HB 13-1314), ch. 323,…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25.5-10-237 Terminology
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(1) Whenever the terms insane, insanity, mentally or mental incompetent, mental incompetency, or of unsound mind are used in the laws of the state of Colorado, they refer to the insane, as defined in sections 16-8-101 and 16-8-101.5, or to a person with an intellectual and develo…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25.5-10-238 Federal funds
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The state department is authorized to accept, on behalf of the state, any grants of federal funds made available for any purposes consistent with the provisions of this article. The executive director of the state department, with the approval of the governor, shall have power to…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25.5-10-240 Retaliation prohibited
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No person shall be discriminated against because the person has made a complaint, testified, assisted, or participated in any manner in an investigation, proceeding, or hearing pursuant to this article 10, including the dispute resolution procedures in section 25.5-10-212 and sec…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25.5-10-241 Host home provider stakeholder collaboration - report
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(1) No later than September 1, 2023, the state department shall engage in a stakeholder process, which must include but is not limited to equitable representation among program-approved service agencies, case management agencies, host home providers under contract with a provider…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25.5-10-301 Legislative declaration
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(1) It is the intent of the general assembly that the service delivery system for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities emphasize community living for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities and provide supports to persons that enable them to e…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25.5-10-302 Purpose
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The purpose of the family support services program created in this part 3 is to provide support to families in their role as primary care givers for a family member with an intellectual and developmental disability. Source: L. 2013: Entire article added with relocations, (HB 13-1…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25.5-10-303 Administration - duties of department
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(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 p…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25.5-10-304 Family support councils
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(1) The state department shall ensure that each case management agency or service agency approved to provide family support services establishes a family support council in each defined service area. The family support councils must consist of professionals, interested citizens, …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25.5-10-305 Authorized family support services
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(1) The family support services included in this program include, but are not limited to, family support grants, family support services coordination, information and referral, educational materials, emergency and outreach services, and other person- and family-centered assistanc…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25.5-10-305.5 Family support services fund - creation - transfer - repeal
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(1) The family support services fund, referred to in this section as the fund, is hereby created in the state treasury. The fund consists of money transferred to the fund from the Colorado family support loan fund as created in section 25.5-10-402 prior to its repeal, payments re…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25.5-10-306 Rules
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(1) The state board shall develop rules concerning: (a) Further definition of services and supports to be provided by the family support services program described in this part 3; (b) The requirements for eligibility for services and supports; (c) The manner of providing services…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25.5-10-401 Legislative declaration. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 2013: Entire article added with relocations, (HB 13-1314), ch. 323, p. 1785, � 1, effective March 1, 2014. L. 2017: Entire section repealed, (HB 17-1078), ch. 27, p. 81, � 1, effective July 1. Editor's note: This section was similar to former � 27-10.5-501 as it existe…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25.5-10-403 Duties relating to the fund. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 2013: Entire article added with relocations, (HB 13-1314), ch. 323, p. 1786, � 1, effective March 1, 2014. L. 2017: Entire section repealed, (HB 17-1078), ch. 27, p. 81, � 1, effective July 1. Editor's note: This section was similar to former � 27-10.5-503 as it existe…