Colorado Revised Statutes Title 26. Human Services Code § 26-1-132. Department of human services--rate setting--residential treatment service providers--monitoring and auditing--report

(1) In conjunction with the group of representatives convened by the state department pursuant to section 26-5-104(6)(e), (6)(g), and (6)(i) to review the rate-setting process for child welfare services, the state department shall develop a rate-setting process consistent with medicaid requirements for providers of residential treatment services in Colorado. The department of health care policy and financing shall approve the rate-setting process for rates funded by medicaid. The rate-setting process developed pursuant to this section may include:

(2) In auditing residential treatment providers, the state department shall apply compliance requirements and monitoring functions consistently across all division and monitoring teams.

(3) The rate-setting process developed by the state department, counties, and providers and approved by the department of health care policy and financing pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall include a two- or three-year implementation timeline with implementation beginning in state fiscal year 2008-09.

(5) The state department, in collaboration with the behavioral health administration and the department of health care policy and financing, shall develop a capacity plan for whenever a residential treatment facility for children and youth that is licensed by the state department closes or has a substantive change in operation. The state department shall include updates on the capacity plan during the state department's “SMART Act” hearing.