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Colorado Revised Statutes Title 8. Labor and Industry § 8-85-103. Functions of office--functions of department--appropriations--rules

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(1) There is hereby created within the department the office of independent living services. The purpose of the office is to oversee the contracts with independent living centers pursuant to this article.

(2)(a) Subject to available appropriations, the office may contract with independent living centers for independent living core services.

(b) The executive director shall review expenditures in accordance with the standards for independent living services set by the office pursuant to section 8-85-105 and the evaluation standards prescribed in section 8-85-107. The office may withhold state funds if the executive director determines that the programs of such independent living centers do not comply with said standards.

(3) For purposes of allocating money under this article, each independent living center shall submit to the office a proposed budget, which must include proposed expenditures, including proposed expenditures for services that the center intends to provide.

(4) On or before July 1, 2016, the department shall promulgate a rule for the block distribution of state money to independent living centers. The rule must include at least:

(a) A base amount of not less than six hundred thousand dollars; and

(b) Other factors agreed to by the independent living centers, which may include a per capita adjustment, a per county adjustment, or other adjustments.

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