July 1, 2022
The Office of Community Living (OCL) within the Department of Health Care Policy & Financing (Department) has the following information to share below:

Memos:

  • Updated Guidance Pertaining to Day Program and Transportation Services

  • Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Settings Final Rule Updates

  • Federal COVID-19 Testing Resource for People Who Are Blind or Have Low Vision


Meetings:

  • Community First Choice (CFC) Council Meetings (Second July Meeting Time has Changed)
Memos

Please find new memos and related documents listed below. These memos and documents are also on the Department's 2022 Memo Series Communication webpage. Viewing the Memo Series webpage will show other memos of interest.


  • Informational Memo - HCBS Settings Final Rule: Rule Updates (June 30, 2022): The purpose of this Informational Memo is to inform stakeholders of opportunities for informal discussion of proposed rule updates under the HCBS Settings Final Rule. Interested stakeholders may include HCBS waiver participants, relatives and guardians of participants, advocates, and providers and case management agencies (CMAs) serving individuals enrolled in the HCBS waivers.


Meetings
 
Please find meeting announcements listed below. Other meeting information is on the OCL Stakeholder Engagement webpage.

Community First Choice (CFC) Council Meeting
Note: July 13 Changed Meeting Time

The CFC Council collaborates with and advises the Department on the design and implementation of a CFC option in Colorado. The CFC Council consists primarily of individuals with disabilities, those 65 years or older, and their representatives to help ensure CFC is implemented in a way that best meets the needs of Coloradans with disabilities.

All interested stakeholders are welcome. CFC Council meetings will be held on the first Wednesday of each month from 10 a.m. - 12 p.m., through May 2023. These meetings are open to the public. Note that there is an additional Council meeting in July.

We will continue discussing CFC services for the upcoming council meetings and to ensure there is enough time to discuss these important topics, we have created an additional meeting for July and split the meetings up into two different sessions.

Next Meetings:

Wednesday, July 6, 2022
10 a.m. - 12 p.m. MT

Meeting Focus: Services Discussion

&

Additional Meeting --- Time Change
Wednesday, July 13, 2022
2-4 p.m. MT

Meeting Focus: In-Home Support Services (IHSS) and Health Maintenance Discussion

Note: The time for the July 13 meeting has been changes since the initial announcement. If you have copied the meeting from the OCL Calendar, please delete it and copy the new version.


Join by Phone:
1-260-230-1249, PIN: 719 313 221#

Meeting information will be posted on the Community First Choice Stakeholder Opportunities webpage.

Prior Meeting Materials:



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