ColoradoCommunity Integration Plan Individuals with Disabilities
What it does
The act directs the Colorado disability opportunity office to develop a comprehensive community integration plan (plan) for implementing its obligation to provide qualified individuals with disabilities with opportunities to live, work, and be served in the least restrictive settings possible. The act requires the plan to include specified elements and that the plan must be reviewed and updated every 3 years.
More detail
The act establishes that public and governmental entities (entities) shall administer services, programs, and activities in the most integrated setting that is appropriate to the needs of individuals with disabilities. The act establishes when entities are required to provide home- and community-based services (services) to qualified individuals with disabilities.
If an entity cuts services, the act requires the entity to assess whether the service cut increases the risk of institutionalization for qualified individuals with a disability receiving services. An entity is not required to comply with the provisions of the act if it can establish that doing so would require a fundamental alteration of its program. The act does not create a new private right of action for entities that fail to comply with it and does not create a standard different than federal law.
The bill appropriates $658,410 from the disability support fund to the department of labor and employment for the Colorado disability opportunity office to implement the act. (Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
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History
- 2025
- May 22Governor Jared Polis SignedBecame Law
- May 12Signed by the Speaker of the House
- May 12Signed by the President of the Senate
- May 12Sent to the GovernorTo Governor
- May 1House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- Vote recorded CONCUR. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded REPASS. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 28House Considered Senate Amendments - Result was to Laid Over Daily
- Apr 25Senate Third Reading Passed - No AmendmentsPassed Senate
- Vote recorded BILL. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 24Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - FloorMinor
- Apr 22Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the WholeMinor
- Apr 17Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to AppropriationsMinor
- Apr 16House Third Reading Passed - No AmendmentsPassed House
- Vote recorded BILL. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 16Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human ServicesMinor
- Apr 15House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor
- Apr 11House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the WholeMinor
- Feb 18House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to AppropriationsMinor
- Jan 8Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Human ServicesIntroduced