Code of Colorado Regulations
2500 - Department of Human Services
2501 - Human Services Administration (Volume 1)
9 CCR 2501-1 - RULE MANUAL VOLUME 1, GENERAL POLICIES AND ADMINISTRATION
Section 9 CCR 2501-1.142 - General Definitions [Rev. eff. 2/1/11]

The following are definitions of commonly used terms in this manual:

"Corrective action" means a formal, systemic process employed to correct county department of human/social services' noncompliance with State Department rules, Federal and State laws, contract terms and grant terms.

"Corrective Action Plan" (CAP) means a written plan to correct areas of noncompliance that clearly identifies areas needing improvement, action steps to be taken for each area, dates by which action steps are to be implemented, staff responsible for the "CAP" , indicators of progress towards compliance, outcome measures for identifying compliance, and a timeframe for achieving compliance.

"Disallowance" means to prohibit funds paid retrospective to the date the ineligibility or noncompliance occurred.

"Noncompliance" means not meeting requirements identified by State Department rules, Federal and State statutes, contract terms, and grant terms.

"Sanction" means an action taken by the State Department upon a confirmed finding of a county department's noncompliance. State Department actions may ultimately result in financial sanctions or state operation of programs as set forth in the Human Services Code, Section 26-1-109(4)(b), (c), (d), (e), C.R.S.

"State Department" means the Colorado Department of Human Services.