C.R.S. Section 26.5-3-504
Nurse home visitor program

  • created
  • rules

(1)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a)

There is established the nurse home visitor program to provide regular in-home visiting nurse services to low-income first-time mothers, with their consent, during their pregnancies and through their children’s second birthday. The program provides trained visiting nurses to help educate mothers on the importance of nutrition and avoiding alcohol and drugs, including nicotine, and to assist and educate mothers in providing general care for their children and in improving health outcomes for their children. In addition, visiting nurses may help mothers in locating assistance with educational achievement and employment. Any assistance provided through the program is provided only with the consent of the low-income first-time mother, and she may refuse further services at any time.

(b)

The nurse home visitor program, as it existed prior to July 1, 2022, is transferred to the department of early childhood. All rules, orders, and awards of the state board of health concerning the nurse home visitor program adopted prior to July 1, 2022, continue to be effective until revised, amended, repealed, or nullified pursuant to law. All grants in existence as of July 1, 2022, are valid through June 30, 2023, and may be extended or renewed beyond said date.

(2)

The program must be administered in communities throughout the state by entities selected on a competitive basis by the health sciences facility and approved by the executive director. Any entity that seeks to administer the program shall submit an application to the department as provided in section 26.5-3-506. The entities selected pursuant to section 26.5-3-507 are expected to provide services to a minimum of one hundred low-income first-time mothers in the community in which the entity administers the program; except that the executive director may grant a waiver of this requirement if the population base of the community does not have the capacity to enroll one hundred eligible families. The executive director shall consult with the health sciences facility prior to granting the waiver to ensure that the entity can implement the program within the smaller community and maintain compliance with the program requirements. A mother is eligible to receive services through the program if she is pregnant with her first child, or her first child is less than one month old, and her gross annual income does not exceed two hundred percent of the federal poverty line.

(3)

The executive director shall promulgate, pursuant to the provisions of article 4 of title 24, rules to implement the program. The executive director shall base the rules establishing program training requirements, program protocols, program management information systems, and program evaluation requirements on research-based model programs that have been implemented in one or more other states for a period of at least five years and have shown significant reductions in:

(a)

The occurrence among families receiving services through the model program of infant behavioral impairments due to use of alcohol and other drugs, including nicotine;

(b)

The number of reported incidents of child abuse and neglect among families receiving services through the model program;

(c)

The number of subsequent pregnancies by mothers receiving services through the model program;

(d)

The receipt of public assistance by mothers receiving services through the model program;

(e)

Criminal activity engaged in by mothers receiving services through the model program and their children.

(4)

Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (3) of this section, the executive director shall adopt rules pursuant to which a nurse home visitation program that is in operation in the state as of July 1, 1999, may qualify for participation in the program if it can demonstrate that it has been in operation in the state for a minimum of five years and that it has achieved a reduction in the occurrences specified in subsection (3) of this section. Any program so approved is exempt from the rules adopted regarding program training requirements, program protocols, program management information systems, and program evaluation requirements so long as the program continues to demonstrate a reduction in the occurrences specified in subsection (3) of this section.

(5)

The department may propose to the executive director rules concerning program applications pursuant to section 26.5-3-506. Any such proposal must be made in consultation with the health sciences facility.

Source: Section 26.5-3-504 — Nurse home visitor program - created - rules, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-26.­5.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

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Selection of centers - grants
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Colorado child abuse prevention board - creation - members - terms - vacancies - reimbursement for expenses
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Powers and duties of the board
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Colorado child abuse prevention trust fund - creation - source of funds
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Disbursement of grants from the trust fund - restrictions
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Report - repeal of part
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Child care services and substance use disorder treatment pilot program - created - purposes - eligibility - evaluation - funding - rules
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Early intervention services - administration - duties of department - rules - repeal
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Child find - responsibilities - interagency operating agreements
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Authorized services - conditions of funding - purchases of services - rules - repeal
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Coordinated system of payment for early intervention services - duties of departments - repeal
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Cooperation among state agencies - implementing coordinated payment system - revisions to rules
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Certified early intervention service brokers - duties - payment for early intervention services - fees - repeal
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Payment from private health insurance for early intervention services - trust fund
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Nurse home visitor program - created - rules
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Selection of entities to administer the program - grants - nurse home visitor program fund - created
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Annual program review - audit
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Social-emotional learning programs grant program - created - implementation partner - application - selection - funding - rules
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Early childhood mental health consultation - statewide program - creation - purpose - rules
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Model of early childhood mental health consultation - standards and guidelines - qualifications
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Statewide professional development plan for early childhood mental health consultants
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Statewide qualifications and competencies for early childhood mental health consultants
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Data collection - reporting
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Employer-based child care facility grant program - created - timeline and criteria - eligibility - grant awards - reports - funding - definitions - repeal
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Early care and education recruitment and retention grant and scholarship program - created - criteria and eligibility - grant and scholarship awards - reports - funding - rules - definitions - repeal
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Child care teacher salary grant program - created - timeline - criteria and eligibility - grant awards - reports - definitions
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Community innovation and resilience for care and learning equity (CIRCLE) grant program - created - criteria - definitions
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Family, friend, and neighbor support programs - advisory group - training and support program - funding - definitions - repeal
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Family-strengthening grant programs - authorized requirements - implementation partner - rules
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Home visiting grant program - authorized requirements - implementation partner - rules - definition - repeal
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§ 26.5-3-504’s source at colorado​.gov