Host Home for People with Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities

Plain English Breakdown

The official summary states federal funds are 'anticipated,' meaning they are not guaranteed yet.

Host Home Database and Rules for People with Disabilities

This law creates a statewide database to track host homes for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities, sets rules on how often agencies must report data, and clarifies that these homes follow the same local building and safety laws as other houses.

What This Bill Does

• Requires the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing to create a statewide database listing individual residential services and supports settings and their provider agencies.
• Mandates service providers to send information to the state starting July 1, 2026, and every three months after that.
• Orders the state department to update the database within one month of receiving new data from providers.
• States that host homes must follow local rules for zoning, land use development, fire safety, sanitation, and building codes just like other residential properties.
• Prohibits local governments from adding extra regulations to these homes that do not apply to regular houses.

Who It Names or Affects

• The Department of Health Care Policy and Financing
• Service provider agencies for individual residential services
• Local governing authorities responsible for zoning, land use development, fire safety, sanitation, and building codes

Terms To Know

Individual Residential Services and Supports Settings

Homes where people with intellectual or developmental disabilities live.

State Department

The Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing that manages the new database.

Limits and Unknowns

• Public access to the database is limited by state and federal privacy laws.
• Federal funding of $60,000 is anticipated but may depend on future approval.

Official Summary Text

The act requires the department of health care policy and financing (state department) to establish a statewide database to provide accurate information about certain individual residential services and supports settings and their associated service provider agencies. The database will be used by the state department, the department of public health and environment, and service provider agencies. Information from the database may only be shared with the public upon determination by the state department and consistent with state and federal privacy and confidentiality laws.
The act requires service provider agencies to submit the required information to the state department beginning July 1, 2026, and quarterly thereafter, and requires the state department to update the database within one month after receiving the required information from the service provider agencies.
The act clarifies that individual residential services and supports settings must be treated as residential properties in the application of local regulations, including zoning, land use development, fire and life safety, sanitation, and building codes. The act prohibits local governing authorities from imposing additional regulations on individual residential services and supports settings that do not apply to other residential properties.
The act appropriates $20,000 to the state department from the general fund to implement the act.
It is anticipated that the state department will receive $60,000 in federal funds for the executive director's office to implement the act.
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)