CO HB1407

Increases reimbursement rates by 6.5 percent for home- and community-based services for persons with developmental disabilities to improve direct support professional compensation and workforce stability.

Requires service agencies to use 100 percent of funding from the rate increase to raise direct support professional compensation above June 30, 2018 baseline levels, with restrictions on general administrative expenses.

Mandates service agencies track and report how increased funding is used for compensation, with reporting deadlines of December 31, 2019, 2020, and 2021 for their respective fiscal years.

Directs the state department to initiate 300 nonemergency enrollments from the developmental disabilities waiting list during fiscal year 2018-19 and establish reserve capacity enrollment criteria by June 1, 2019 for persons at risk of crisis.

Appropriates $12,185,446 in general funds and anticipates $12,400,935 in federal funds for the 2018-19 fiscal year to support rate increases and expanded service access.