Colorado Code
Article 5 - Child Welfare Services
§ 26-5-104. Funding of Child Welfare Services Provider Contracts - Funding Mechanism Review - Fund - Report - Rules - Definitions - Repeal

(6.2) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:

(6.5) The state department shall analyze and evaluate expenditures as reported by child placement agencies each year and compare such expenditures to county expenditures for the provision of foster care services. The state department shall provide, at least on an annual basis, such analyses and comparisons to county departments and the joint budget committee.

(6.7) Beginning in the state fiscal year 2021-22 and through state fiscal year 2022-23, the state department shall assist residential placement providers in the transition to a business model that ensures that out-of-home placements with the provider are eligible for reimbursement under Title IV-E of the federal "Social Security Act", as amended, and ensures that a medicaid-eligible child or youth placed with the provider maintains eligibility for enrollment in the state's medical assistance program. Assistance provided by the state department includes grants from not less than fifteen percent of the funding received from the federal "Family First Transition and Support Act of 2019". The state department shall make grants available to providers no later than September 1, 2021, and shall continue to make grants available and award grants until January 1, 2023. Federal funding that has not been awarded as grants to providers by January 1, 2023, must be used for other purposes related to the implementation of the federal "Family First Prevention Services Act of 2018".

Source: L. 73: R&RE, p. 1195, § 3. C.R.S. 1963: § 119-4-4. L. 91: Entire section amended, p. 216, § 4, effective July 1. L. 96: (2) amended, p. 1697, § 41, effective January 1, 1997. L. 97: Entire section amended, p. 1427, § 2, effective June 3. L. 98: (1), (3), and (4) amended and (7) added, p. 782, § 5, effective May 22. L. 2001: (3)(e) and (6.5) added, pp. 740, 742, §§ 2, 9, effective June 1. L. 2006: (4)(d) amended, p. 1204, § 3, effective May 26. L. 2007: (6) amended, p. 617, § 1, effective August 3. L. 2011: (3)(a)(II) amended and (3)(a)(III.5) added, (HB 11-1196), ch. 160, p. 553, § 4, effective August 10. L. 2015: (8) added, (SB 15-242), ch. 141, p. 430, § 2, effective May 1. L. 2016: (6)(d) and (6.5) amended and (6)(e) and (9) added, (SB 16-201), ch. 171, p. 542, § 3, effective May 18. L. 2017: (6) amended and (6.1) and (6.2) added, (HB 17-1292), ch. 370, p. 1923, § 1, effective June 6; (3)(a) amended, (HB 17-1052), ch. 39, p. 117, § 1, effective August 9. L. 2018: (1), (3)(a), (3)(b), (3)(c), (4)(d), (6)(a), (6)(b), (6)(d), (6)(g), and (7) amended, (3)(a.5), (3)(a.6), (4)(d.5), (4)(f), and (6.6) added, and (9) repealed, (SB 18-254), ch. 216, p. 1378, § 6, effective May 18; (4)(d) amended, (HB 18-1328), ch. 184, p. 1244, § 4, effective June 7, 2019. L. 2019: (7) amended, (SB 19-258), ch. 257, p. 2464, § 3, effective May 23; (6.2)(d) amended, (HB 19-1308), ch. 256, p. 2461, § 10, effective August 2. L. 2020: (7)(a.3)(I) and (7)(a.6) amended, (HB 20-1389), ch. 125, p. 525, § 1, effective June 24; (8)(a) amended, (HB 20-1402), ch. 216, p. 1056, § 62, effective June 30; (1)(c), (1)(d), and (1)(e) added, (SB 20-162), ch. 221, p. 1090, § 6, effective July 2. L. 2021: (3)(a), (3)(a.6), (7)(b), and (8)(a) amended and (3)(a.2), (6.1)(c), and (6.6)(c) added, (SB 21-277), ch. 343, p. 2231, § 1, effective June 25; (6)(a), (6)(g), IP(6.2), and (6.2)(c) amended and (6)(i) and (6.7) added, (SB 21-278), ch. 344, p. 2242, § 4, effective June 25; (2) amended, (SB 21-059), ch. 136, p. 747, § 125, effective October 1.

Cross references: For the legislative declaration in HB 18-1328, see section 1 of chapter 184, Session Laws of Colorado 2018.