Title 25.5, Health Care Policy and Financing
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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…