C.R.S. Section 26-1-122.3
Public assistance programs

  • county administration
  • data collection and analysis
  • vendor contract

(1)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a)

The state department shall contract with an external vendor to collect and analyze data relating to county department costs and performance associated with administering public assistance programs, including:

(I)

The supplemental nutrition assistance program, established in part 3 of article 2 of this title;

(II)

The medical assistance program, established in articles 4, 5, and 6 of title 25.5, C.R.S.;

(III)

The children’s basic health plan, established in article 8 of title 25.5, C.R.S.;

(IV)

The Colorado works program, established in part 7 of article 2 of this title;

(V)

The program for aid to the needy disabled, pursuant to article 2 of this title;

(VI)

The old age pension program, pursuant to part 1 of article 2 of this title; and

(VII)

Long-term care services, pursuant to article 6 of title 25.5, C.R.S.

(b)

The contracted vendor’s data collection and data analysis shall provide the general assembly, executive agencies, county departments, and public assistance program stakeholders with the following information that may be used to make targeted program improvements:

(I)

The status of each county department in meeting performance measures for administering public assistance programs;

(II)

An inventory of relevant county department activities, including, among others, application initiation, interactive interviews, and case reviews, and the purpose of the activities, which may include compliance with federal or state law;

(III)

An assessment of administrative work not yet completed by each county department and the cause of any delay in completing the work;

(IV)

The amount of time spent by each county department on each activity;

(V)

The cost incurred by each county department, including staff and operating costs, relating to each activity and each client;

(VI)

Any variances among county departments with respect to the cost incurred, time associated with each activity, and return on investment, and the source of those variances;

(VII)

The relationship, if any, between the time and cost associated with each activity and the county department’s performance with respect to the performance standards for the public assistance program;

(VIII)

The level of total county department funding needed to meet the county department’s required workload relating to the administration of public assistance programs for which data is collected and analyzed pursuant to this section. This information must include the total county department funding needed for current business processes and the total county department funding needed if all county departments implement best practices and business reengineering concepts adopted by peer counties found to operate in the most cost-effective manner while meeting performance measures.

(IX)

Business process improvements that contribute to a county department’s decreased time or costs associated with each activity and to a county department’s ability to meet or exceed the performance standards for the public assistance program, including improvements associated with previous state-funded business process reengineering initiatives; and

(X)

Options for a cost allocation model for the distribution of state funding to county departments for administering public assistance programs identified in paragraph (a) of this subsection (1).

(2)

In order to ensure that the data collection and analysis contracted for pursuant to subsection (1) of this section yields information that is beneficial for its intended uses, prior to contracting with an external vendor for data collection and analysis, the state department shall contract with an external consultant to work with program administrators, fiscal agents, and program stakeholders to identify the scope of the data collection and analysis to be performed pursuant to this section.

(3)

In collaboration with the county departments, the state department shall design a continuous quality improvement program that, at a minimum, solicits feedback from the employees of the county departments to identify incremental and breakthrough continuous improvements that should be implemented to improve the products, services, and processes associated with the administration of public assistance programs. The state department shall provide a description of the program to the joint budget committee by February 1, 2017.

Source: Section 26-1-122.3 — Public assistance programs - county administration - data collection and analysis - vendor contract, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-26.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

26‑1‑101
Short title
26‑1‑102
Legislative declaration
26‑1‑103
Definitions
26‑1‑104
Construction of terms
26‑1‑105
Department of human services created - executive director - powers, duties, and functions
26‑1‑105.5
Transfer of functions - employees - property - records
26‑1‑106
Final agency action - administrative law judge - authority of executive director
26‑1‑107
State board of human services - reimbursement for expenses - rules
26‑1‑108
Powers and duties of the executive director - rules
26‑1‑109
Cooperation with federal government - grants-in-aid
26‑1‑109.5
Treatment of restitution payments under this title - declaration - exclusion from financial determinations
26‑1‑110
Publications
26‑1‑111
Activities of the state department under the supervision of the executive director - cash fund - report - rules - statewide adoption resource registry
26‑1‑111.3
Activities of the state department under the supervision of the executive director - Colorado state youth development plan - creation - definitions
26‑1‑112
Locating violators - recoveries
26‑1‑114
Records confidential - authorization to obtain records of assets - release of location information to law enforcement agencies - outstanding felony arrest warrants
26‑1‑114.5
Records - access by county auditor
26‑1‑115
County departments - district departments
26‑1‑116
County boards - district boards
26‑1‑117
County director - district director
26‑1‑118
Duties of county departments, county directors, and district attorneys
26‑1‑119
County staff
26‑1‑120
Merit system
26‑1‑121
Appropriations - food distribution programs
26‑1‑121.5
Public assistance funding model - workload study - evaluation - report - definitions - repeal
26‑1‑122
County appropriations and expenditures - advancements - procedures
26‑1‑122.3
Public assistance programs - county administration - data collection and analysis - vendor contract
26‑1‑122.5
County appropriation increases - limitations - definitions
26‑1‑123
County social services fund
26‑1‑124
County social services budget
26‑1‑126
County contingency fund - county tax base relief fund - creation
26‑1‑126.5
Effect of supreme court’s interpretation of section 26-1-126, creating the county contingency fund for public assistance and welfare programs
26‑1‑127
Fraudulent acts
26‑1‑127.5
Prevention of erroneous payments to prisoners - incentives
26‑1‑129
Comprehensive information - packet of aged services and programs - implementation
26‑1‑130
Applications for licenses - authority to suspend licenses - rules - definitions
26‑1‑132
Department of human services - rate setting - residential treatment service providers - monitoring and auditing - report
26‑1‑133.5
Rental properties - fund created
26‑1‑134
Home- and community-based services for persons with developmental disabilities - cooperation
26‑1‑135
Child welfare action committee - reporting - cash fund - created
26‑1‑136
Persons in a department of human services facility - medical benefits application assistance - county of residence - rules
26‑1‑136.5
Menstrual hygiene products for a person in custody - definition
26‑1‑136.7
Opioid treatment for a person in custody - definitions
26‑1‑136.8
Custody of a person with the capacity for pregnancy
26‑1‑137
Persons committed to or placed in a department of human services facility - prohibition against the use of restraints on pregnant women
26‑1‑138
Memorandum of understanding - notification of risk - rules
26‑1‑139
Child fatality and near fatality prevention - process - department of human services child fatality review team - reporting - rules - legislative declaration - definitions
26‑1‑141
Departments - report required - hepatitis and HIV tests - definitions
26‑1‑201
Programs administered - services provided - department of human services
26‑1‑301
Definitions
26‑1‑302
Colorado brain injury trust fund board - creation - powers and duties - reimbursement for expenses
26‑1‑304
Services for persons with brain injuries - limitations - covered services
26‑1‑305
Education about brain injury
26‑1‑306
Research related to treatment of brain injuries - grants
26‑1‑307
Administrative costs
26‑1‑309
Trust fund
26‑1‑310
Reports to the general assembly
26‑1‑312
Brain injury support in the criminal justice system task force - duties - membership - report - repeal
26‑1‑701
Legislative declaration
26‑1‑702
Duties of the state department - contract to implement program - reporting requirement
26‑1‑703
Respite care task force fund - creation
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Current through Fall 2024

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