Hickenlooper Cutting Red Tape At Human Services
DENVER (AP) - Gov. John Hickenlooper is making good on his promise to cut red tape, slashing more than 840 rules and regulations in the Colorado Department of Human Services.
Hickenlooper also plans to revise more than 2,100 other rules.
According to the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel, Hickenlooper said the review is part of an ongoing plan to reduce as much state regulation as he can in state agencies without sacrificing health, safety or the environment.
The department is in charge of child care centers, foster homes, child protection services, mental health programs and services for the developmentally disabled.
The proposed changes include regulations that are no longer are needed because the laws that required them have been repealed or duties were transferred to other state agencies.
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