Colorado Code
Part 1 - Vocational Rehabilitation Programs
§ 8-84-106. Rehabilitation of Persons With Disabilities - Rules

(III.5) (A) Promulgate rules in conjunction with the state medical services board, no later than July 1, 2019, requiring all vendors of supported employment services, including supported employment professionals who provide individual competitive integrated employment outcomes, and excluding those professionals exclusively providing group or other congregate services, to obtain a nationally recognized supported employment training certificate or nationally recognized supported employment certification. The department's rules must include time frames for compliance with the training or certification requirement for existing staff and for newly hired staff and requirements for supervision of newly hired staff until the staff member has completed the training or certification. The time frames established in the department's rules must provide for training to be completed over a five-year period, subject to the availability of appropriations for reimbursement of vendors pursuant to subsection (3)(b)(III.5)(B) of this section.
(B) The training or certification requirement in subsection (3)(b)(III.5)(A) of this section is contingent upon appropriations to the department of health care policy and financing for reimbursement to vendors of supported employment services for the cost of training and certification pursuant to section 25.5-10-204.

Source: L. 2015: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 15-239), ch. 160, p. 480, § 2, effective July 1, 2016. L. 2016: (2)(b), (2)(g), (3)(a), (3)(b)(VIII), and (3)(c)(II) amended and (2)(c) and (2)(e) repealed, (SB 16-182), ch. 255, p. 1049, § 4, effective July 1; IP(3)(b), (3)(b)(III), (3)(b)(V), (3)(d)(I), and (4) amended, (SB 16-189), ch. 210, p. 755, § 11, effective July 1. L. 2018: (3)(b)(III.5) added and (3)(b)(IV) amended, (SB 18-145), ch. 215, p. 1369, § 2, effective August 8.

Cross references: (1) For Title II of the federal "Social Security Act", see 42 U.S.C. § 401 et seq.; for Title XVI of the federal "Social Security Act", see 42 U.S.C. § 1381 et seq.
(2) For the legislative declaration in SB 18-145, see section 1 of chapter 215, Session Laws of Colorado 2018.