| Notice Filed with SOS |
05/30/2017 |
| Rule |
ProposedRuleAttach2017-00193.doc |
| Additional Information |
AddInfoAttach2017-00193.doc |
| Statutory Authority |
26-1-107, C.R.S. (2015); 26-1-109, C.R.S. (2015); 26-1-111, C.R.S. (2015); 19-1-103, C.R.S.(2015); 26-6-106.5 C.R.S. (2015) |
| Applicable Federal Provisions |
26-6-106 and 26-6-106.3, C.R.S. (2016) |
| Description of Subjects/Issues |
Revise rule to
• follow reasonable and prudent parent standard for out-of-home care twenty-four hour care providers to allow youth normalized social, religious, and extra-curricular activities while in care.
• allow for foster parents to use home canned foods.
• better define the oversight responsibility for child placement agencies that supervise specialized group care facilities and foster homes, including fiscal oversight and fiduciary responsibility.
• change the required qualifications for Placement Supervisor.
• establish the capacity of foster homes where both adults with developmental disabilities and youth in care. Create rule to establish when adults with developmental disabilities must be background checked.
• follow Federal Diligent Recruitment guidelines.
• reduce rules, provide consistency between foster care and adoption studies, and clarify responsibilities of staff performing and reviewing home studies.
Create rules for agencies that host foreign children who may potentially be available for adoption.
Create rules for sexual offender registry checks, in response to public concern raised in August 2014. |
| Purpose/Objective of Rule |
see attachment |
| Basis And Purpose |
BasisAndPurposeAttachment2017-00193.doc
|
| Regulatory analysis |
RegulatoryAnalysisAttachment2017-00193.doc
|
| Comments |
16-4-8-1.8 |
| Submitted in response to issues raised by COLS/OLLS? |
No
|
| Is this rule adopted in response to recent legislation? |
No
|
| Hearing Date |
07/07/2017 |
| Hearing Time |
10:00 AM |
| Hearing Location |
CDHS, 1575 Sherman Street, 8th Floor, Denver, CO 80203 |
| Contact Name |
Dennis Desparrois |
| Contact Title |
Rule Author |
| Contact Telephone |
3038663632 |
| Contact email |
dennis.desparrois@state.co.us |