This document is in response to House Bill 1294 enacted by the General Assembly during the 2012 legislative session. By December 31, 2012, the Department of Public Health and Environment, the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing, and the Department of Human Services shall develop an implementation plan, in consultation with industry representatives, to resolve differing requirements and to eliminate obsolete, redundant rules and reporting, monitoring, compliance, auditing certification, licensing, and work processes pertaining to the regulation of community residential homes.
State agencies work to improve the health and well being of Colorado's children and youth by coordinating programs at the state level to ensure that those programs are responsive to the needs of communities in order to more effectively serve this population. It should also be noted that while the statute typically defines the service population as children and youth the partners of various state agencies recognize that families are an integral part of effective programs and services.
