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

Announcement:

• Upcoming Schedule of OCL Newsletters

Memos:

• 2023 Room and Board and Personal Needs Allowance Changes

• Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) Over Cost Containment Threshold Change

Meetings:

• CANCELED: November and December Nursing Facility Advisory Council (NFAC)

• Technical Assistance on Individual Transition Plan (ITP) Tool

• Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Provider Training Fund Grant Application Process

• Case Management Redesign (CMRD) Rule Revision: HCBS Waiver Program Eligibility Rules

Announcement

Upcoming Schedule of OCL Newsletters

OCL will not publish a newsletter tomorrow, Friday, Nov. 18. Our next newsletter will be published on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022.

Memos

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

• Informational Memo - 2023 Room and Board and Personal Needs Allowance Changes (Nov. 14, 2022): The purpose of this Informational Memo is to inform Case Managers, members, and providers of changes to the Personal Needs Allowance (PNA) and room and board amount in accordance with cost-of-living adjustments (COLA) for both Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Old Age Pension (OAP).

• Informational Memo - Long-Term Services and Supports (LTSS) Over Cost Containment Threshold Change (Nov. 15, 2022): The purpose of this Informational Memo is to inform Case Management Agencies (CMAs), providers and stakeholders of the increased average daily cost threshold that requires the Department's review of Over Cost Containment (OCC) requests for Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Elderly, Blind and Disabled (EBD), Brain Injury (BI), Community Mental Health Supports (CMHS), and Complementary and Integrative Health (CIH) waiver members.

Meetings

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

CANCELED: November and December Nursing Facility Advisory Council (NFAC)

Please note that the NFAC meetings scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 16 and Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022, have been canceled.

The NFAC will meet again on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023. The 2023 NFAC meeting series will be posted on the OCL calendar during December.

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Technical Assistance on Individual Transition Plan (ITP) Tool

This is a targeted technical assistance session to review the ITP tool and address any questions. Case Management Agencies, Community Centered Boards, and Single Entry Point case managers will be interested in this training.

For more information, see the Home and Community Based Services Settings Final Rule webpage.

The meeting will be held:

Monday, Nov. 21, 2022

1 - 2 p.m. MT

Register Here

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HCBS Provider Training Fund Grant Application Process

This is an informational webinar, intended for Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) providers, relating to the ARPA 1.05 Provider Training Grant. This training will provide a walk-through of the training grant application and budget workbook. The webinar will be recorded and posted on the Department website. Additional webinars will be scheduled for future grant cycles. HCBS providers will be interested in this webinar.

For more information about the 1.05 Provider Training Grant click here.

The meeting will be held:

Monday, Nov. 21, 2022

3 - 4 p.m. MT

Join via Zoom

Join via Phone:

(Toll-free) 1-877-853-5257 

Meeting ID: 993 1700 7314, Passcode: 396389

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Case Management Redesign (CMRD) Rule Revision: HCBS Waiver Program Eligibility Rules

About this Meeting Series

The Department will update rules and regulations pertaining to HCBS waivers and non-waiver programs to come into alignment with new CMRD statute, policy and language. Rule updates are required to clean up areas in existing rule and waivers that are repetitious, obsolete, or difficult to follow and understand. CMRD also implements changes to the rule structure. The vision behind the structure change is to make the HCBS rules easier to find, read and understand for all stakeholders. Rules must be in effect no later than Nov. 1, 2023, at which point the first cohort of new Case Management Agencies under CMRD will transition.

The Department wants to hear from stakeholders about each of the rule revision topics listed below to ask questions and receive feedback based on your knowledge and experience with navigating HCBS rules. The goals is to make these rule revisions work for all HCBS stakeholders. The Department will post the section of rule or waiver to be discussed on the CMRD webpage one week prior to each meeting. Stakeholder engagement, feedback, and Department responses will be tracked through listening logs posted on the CMRD webpage.

About this Meeting

HCBS Waiver Program Eligibility Rules. This meeting provides explanation & review of changes/updates to the HCBS waiver program eligibility rules as it relates to CMRD, including stakeholder feedback and responses from the Department.

This meeting will be held:

Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022

9 - 11 a.m. MT

Join via Zoom

Join via Phone:

(Toll-free) 1-877-5257

Meeting ID: 993 1700 7314 , Passcode:396389

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Reasonable accommodations will be provided upon request for persons with disabilities. Auxiliary aids and services for individuals with disabilities and language services for individuals whose first language is not English may be provided upon request. Please notify John Barry at 303-866-3173 or John.R.Barry@state.co.us or the 504/ADA Coordinator at hcpf504ada@state.co.us at least one week prior to the meeting to make arrangements.