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Committee considers repeal of DDA’s Community Protection Program, transition plan required
Summary
Lawmakers and advocates told the Senate Human Services Committee the Community Protection Program has been coercive and difficult to exit; the bill would repeal the program and require DDA to transition participants to other waivers by the end of 2025.
The Senate Human Services Committee reviewed Substitute House Bill 13-90 on March 24, which would eliminate the Developmental Disabilities Administration’s (DDA) Community Protection Program (CPP) and require DDA to develop a transition plan to move participants into less restrictive waiver services by Dec. 31, 2025. The bill would take effect Jan. 1, 2026.
Will Tronson, committee staff, summarized the program and the bill’s requirements. “If a person refuses to participate in the community protection program, then the only services available for that person are case management and personal care services,” Tronson said. The bill directs DDA to obtain less restrictive service options…
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