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State Office of Community Living outlines phased cap on weekly caregiver hours, targets 56-hour weekly limit by 2027
Summary
Colorado’s Office of Community Living proposed regulations to limit hours a single caregiver can work for one member, phasing from interim caps this year to a 56-hour weekly cap by July 1, 2027; the department also described an exceptions process and a June emergency rule adoption for a July 1 effective date.
Bonnie Silva, leader of the Office of Community Living, told stakeholders the department will implement a phased cap on the number of hours a single caregiver may work for one Medicaid member, with a final limit of 56 hours per week.
Silva said the cap targets sustainability and caregiver wellbeing and is not intended to reduce the total hours a member is authorized to receive. "What this regulation does is it limits the hours that an individual single caregiver can work, providing care to an individual member to 56 per week," she said. She added that existing protections — a 16-hour day limit and a separate 112-hour weekly cap — will remain in place.
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