SB13-167 Summary

• Replaces outdated terminology "mentally retarded" with "individuals with intellectual disabilities" throughout Colorado Revised Statutes, affecting healthcare facilities, Medicaid services, and related regulations.

• Updates intermediate care facility reimbursement provisions to clarify service fee assessments beginning in fiscal year 2013-14, with fees capped at 5 percent of facility costs.

• Modifies personal needs trust fund requirements for residents in nursing and intermediate care facilities, including monthly allowance amounts and accounting procedures.

• Adjusts appropriations for fiscal year 2012-2013 to the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing and Department of Human Services, totaling approximately $5.6 billion in medical and long-term care services funding.

• Includes conditional effectiveness provisions tied to Senate Bill 13-091, with certain appropriations sections taking effect only if that bill becomes law.