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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
As used in this part 3, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) “Adult day care facility” means a facility which meets all applicable state and federal requirements and is certified by the state to provide adult day care services to eligible persons.
(2) “Adult day care services” means health and social services provided on a less than twenty-four-hour basis to eligible persons in state-certified adult day care facilities.
(3) “Alternative care facility” means a residential facility which provides alternative care services and protective oversight to eligible persons, which meets applicable state and federal requirements, and which is state-certified.
(4) “Alternative care services” means a package of personal care and homemaker services provided in a state-certified alternative care facility.
(5)(a) “Case management agency” means agencies providing services on and before July 1, 1995, for home- and community-based programs for the elderly, blind, and disabled shall be terminated July 1, 1995, and case management functions shall thereafter be performed in accordance with this article 6.
(b) “Case management agency” has the same meaning as set forth in section 25.5-6-1702(2).
(6) “Case management services” has the same meaning as set forth in section 25.5-6-1702(3).
(7) “Case plan” means a coordinated plan for the provision of long-term-care services in a setting other than a nursing home, developed and managed by a case management agency, in coordination with the member, the member's family or guardian, the member's physician, and other providers of care.
(8)(a) “Electronic monitoring provider” means an entity that meets applicable state, federal, and local requirements and is certified to provide electronic monitoring services.
(b) This subsection (8) is repealed, effective July 1, 2025.
(9)(a) “Electronic monitoring services” means electronic equipment or adaptations or other remote supports that are related to an eligible person's disability and enable the person to remain at home.
(b) This subsection (9) is repealed, effective July 1, 2025.
(10)(a) “Homemaker agency” means any agency that meets applicable state and federal requirements and is state-certified to provide homemaker services.
(b) This subsection (10) is repealed, effective July 1, 2025.
(11)(a) “Homemaker services” means general household activities that are provided by state-certified agencies to maintain a healthy and safe home environment for eligible persons.
(b) This subsection (11) is repealed, effective July 1, 2025.
(12) “Home modification provider” means an entity that meets applicable state, federal, and local requirements and is certified to provide home modification services.
(13) “Home modification services” means home installations or adaptations that are related to the eligible person's physical impairment and enable the person to remain at home.
(14) “Medications administration” means the administration or monitoring of medications provided in a manner consistent with part 3 of article 1.5 of title 25, C.R.S., under the authority and direction of the state department, as part of the “alternative care services”, as defined in subsection (4) of this section, as provided in an “alternative care facility”, as defined in subsection (3) of this section.
(15) “Nonmedical transportation provider” means an entity that meets applicable state and federal requirements and is certified to provide nonmedical transportation services.
(16) “Nonmedical transportation services” means transportation of eligible persons to services such as, but not limited to, adult day care services, which enable the person to remain at home.
(17)(a) “Personal care agency” means any agency that meets state and federal requirements and is state-certified to provide personal care services.
(b) This subsection (17) is repealed, effective July 1, 2025.
(18)(a) “Personal care services” means services to meet an eligible person's physical requirements and functional needs, when such services do not require the supervision of a nurse.
(b) This subsection (18) is repealed, effective July 1, 2025.
(19) “Respite care provider” means a facility or agency that meets all applicable state and federal requirements and is state-certified to provide respite care services.
(20) “Respite care services” means services of a short-term nature provided to a member, in the home or in a facility approved by the state department, in order to temporarily relieve the family or other home providers from the care and maintenance of the member, including room and board, maintenance, personal care, and other related services.
(21) Repealed by Laws 2018, Ch. 183, § 2, eff. July 1, 2018.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Colorado Revised Statutes Title 25.5. Health Care Policy and Financing § 25.5-6-303. Definitions--repeal - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/co/title-25-5-health-care-policy-and-financing/co-rev-st-sect-25-5-6-303/
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