Post by Logan on Feb 1, 2016 20:14:31 GMT -6
Boards that manage millions of dollars for people with disabilities would have to open their financial books under legislation that had its first hearing at the Capitol on Monday.
The bill would make Colorado's 20 community-centered boards subject to open records laws, plus a state audit at least every five years. The Senate's state affairs committee laid over the legislation after two hours of testimony Monday evening as a snowstorm hit Denver.
"We need to verify the trust we have placed in these organizations," said Edward Arnold, whose daughter had cerebral palsy and died a few years ago.
The legislation, supported by parents raising children with intellectual and developmental disabilities, was sparked by recently uncovered problems at one of the boards, Rocky Mountain Human Services.
Read more: www.denverpost.com/news/ci_29461398/bill-open-books-colorado-disability-funds
The bill would make Colorado's 20 community-centered boards subject to open records laws, plus a state audit at least every five years. The Senate's state affairs committee laid over the legislation after two hours of testimony Monday evening as a snowstorm hit Denver.
"We need to verify the trust we have placed in these organizations," said Edward Arnold, whose daughter had cerebral palsy and died a few years ago.
The legislation, supported by parents raising children with intellectual and developmental disabilities, was sparked by recently uncovered problems at one of the boards, Rocky Mountain Human Services.
Read more: www.denverpost.com/news/ci_29461398/bill-open-books-colorado-disability-funds