Colorado Revised Statutes Title 25.5. Health Care Policy and Financing § 25.5-6-402. Legislative declaration--Prader-Willi syndrome

(a) To maintain eligible persons in the most appropriate settings possible and to minimize admissions to institutions;

(b) To recognize the unique services requirements of persons with developmental disabilities;

(c) To provide optimum accessibility to various important social, habilitative, remedial, residential, and health services that are available to assist in maintaining eligible persons in the least restrictive settings;

(d) To provide eligible persons who have the capacity to remain outside an institutional setting access to appropriate social, habilitative, remedial, residential, and health services, without which institutionalization would be necessary;

(e) To provide the most efficient and effective use of funds in the delivery of these social, habilitative, remedial, residential, and health services to eligible persons;

(f) To coordinate, integrate, and link these social, habilitative, remedial, residential, and health services into existing community-based service delivery systems for persons with developmental disabilities, to avoid unnecessary and expensive duplication of services;

(g) To allow the state substantial flexibility in organizing and administering the delivery of social, habilitative, remedial, residential, and health services to eligible citizens.

(a) Repealed by Laws 2023, Ch. 41 (H.B. 23-1040), § 1, eff. March 31, 2023.

(b) Because Prader-Willi syndrome is a genetic disorder, individuals either have it or they do not. Further, because there is not currently a cure, individuals who have Prader-Willi syndrome will have it for life.

(c) This disorder affects members of every culture, religion, economic class, race, and social order;

(d) The most critical hallmark of Prader-Willi syndrome is overeating. Individuals with Prader-Willi syndrome cannot tell when they are full and will continue to eat without stopping, leading to a ruptured stomach and even death. Other symptoms include significant developmental and cognitive delays, skin picking, sleep problems, obsessive-compulsive behaviors, hypothyroidism, hypogonadism, and low muscle tone.

(e) Repealed by Laws 2023, Ch. 41 (H.B. 23-1040), § 1, eff. March 31, 2023.