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CO Code § 26-2-203 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 26 - Human Services Code|Article 2 - Public Assistance|Part 2 - Colorado Supplemental Security Income Act|§ 26-2-203. Definitions

 As used in this part 2, unless the context otherwise requires:    “December 1973 income” means the amount of assistance payment which an individual received for December, 1973, plus income used in computing such payment, according to the state plan approved by the United States department of health, education, and welfare for the state of Colorado as in effect for June, 1973.    “Mandatory minimum state supplementation” means minimum payments required by the social security act to be made by the state to maintain certain former adult assistance recipients at their December 1973 income level.    “Optional state supplement” means cash payments or special needs or both which are paid or provided to or on behalf of a supplemental security income recipient pursuant to the rules and regulations of the state board pursuant to part 1 of this article.    “Special needs” means an amount to be paid to or on behalf of aged, blind, or disabled individuals in specified circumstances, as determined by the state board, for specified individualized needs.    “SSI benefits” means cash payments made by the federal government to eligible aged, blind, or disabled individuals pursuant to Title XVI of the social security act.     History. Source: L. 75: Entire part added, p. 891, § 12, effective July 28.
CO Code § 26-2-204 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 26 - Human Services Code|Article 2 - Public Assistance|Part 2 - Colorado Supplemental Security Income Act|§ 26-2-204. Mandatory Minimum State Supplementation of Ssi Benefits

 The state department, with the approval of the state board, is authorized to enter into an agreement with the secretary of the United States department of health, education, and welfare whereby the state department will provide to qualified individuals residing in the state, within available appropriations, mandatory minimum state supplementation of SSI benefits in accordance with the requirements of Title XVI of the social security act and rules and regulations of the state department.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire part added, p. 892, § 12, effective July 28.
CO Code § 26-2-205 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 26 - Human Services Code|Article 2 - Public Assistance|Part 2 - Colorado Supplemental Security Income Act|§ 26-2-205. Optional State Supplementation

 The state department is authorized to adopt rules and regulations for the provision of optional state supplementation to recipients of SSI benefits residing in the state, within available appropriations, in accordance with Title XVI of the social security act and this part 2. Such benefits may be provided pursuant to part 1 of this article if the individual meets the eligibility requirements established under such part 1. SSI benefits received must be considered as income in determining eligibility under part 1 of this article. Eligibility for and the amount of such payments shall be fixed by the state board. If the federal government makes a final determination that any such payments must be considered as income in determining eligibility for SSI benefits, the state board shall terminate such payments.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire part added, p. 892, § 12, effective July 28.    ANNOTATION   Applied in Rodgers v. Atencio, 43 Colo. App. 268, 608 P.2d 813 (1979).
CO Code § 26-2-206 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 26 - Human Services Code|Article 2 - Public Assistance|Part 2 - Colorado Supplemental Security Income Act|§ 26-2-206. Interim Assistance

  The state department, with the approval of the state board and in accordance with the rules and regulations of the state department, is authorized to enter into an agreement with the secretary of the United States department of health, education, and welfare for implementation of arrangements for interim assistance as authorized by Title XVI of the social security act.    Payment of legal, professional, or other fees by a recipient of public assistance who is seeking supplemental security income benefits shall be made in accordance with the policies and procedures of the social security act.    Neither the state department nor any county shall pay any portion of costs associated with obtaining supplemental security income, including any legal, professional, or other fees paid by a recipient of public assistance in seeking supplemental security income benefits or any other federal benefit. The interim assistance reimbursement payment authorized under this section shall be used to reimburse the state aid to the needy disabled program, described in section 26-2-111 (4), for benefits paid to the recipient as interim assistance in accordance with the agreement between the state department and the social security administration. Any moneys received by a county in excess of the interim assistance paid by the state department and any county on behalf of the recipient shall be paid to the recipient.     History. Source: L. 75: Entire part added, p. 892, § 12, effective July 28. L. 2008: Entire section amended, p. 223, § 1, effective March 26.    ANNOTATION   Reimbursement of interim assistance payments made to applicants under the state's aid to the needy and disabled program, pending awards of federal supplemental security income benefits, is proper. Gillens v. State Dept. of Soc. Servs., 644 P.2d 97 (Colo. App. 1982).   Court rejected plaintiff's contention that the authorization verifying application for federal supplemental security income benefits and allowing the social security administration to send applicant's federal benefits check directly to the department of human services as reimbursement of interim assistance payments is void and unenforceable because it was a product of duress or coercion. Requiring compliance with a valid regulation does not amount to duress or coercion. Martinez v. Dept. of Human Servs., 97 P.3d 152 (Colo. App. 2003).
CO Code § 26-2-207 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 26 - Human Services Code|Article 2 - Public Assistance|Part 2 - Colorado Supplemental Security Income Act|§ 26-2-207. Administration

  The provisions of article 1 of this title and, where not inconsistent with this part 2, the provisions of part 1 of this article shall apply to state supplementation under this part 2.    The state department, with the approval of the state board and in accordance with the rules and regulations of the state department, may enter into agreements with the secretary of the United States department of health, education, and welfare to assist in the administration of Title XVI of the social security act and this part 2.     History. Source: L. 75: Entire part added, p. 892, § 12, effective July 28.
CO Code § 26-2-208 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 26 - Human Services Code|Article 2 - Public Assistance|Part 2 - Colorado Supplemental Security Income Act|§ 26-2-208. Federal Requirements

 Nothing in this part 2 shall be construed to prevent the state department from complying with federal requirements expressly provided by federal law in order for the state of Colorado to qualify for federal funds under the social security act.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire part added, p. 892, § 12, effective July 28.
CO Code § 26-2-209 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 26 - Human Services Code|Article 2 - Public Assistance|Part 2 - Colorado Supplemental Security Income Act|§ 26-2-209. Limitations

 All benefits granted under this part 2 shall be granted and held subject to the provisions of any amending or repealing law that may be passed after July 1, 1975, and no recipient shall have any claim for compensation or otherwise by reason of his supplementation benefits being affected in any way by any amending or repealing law.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire part added, p. 892, § 12, effective July 28.
CO Code § 26-2-210 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 26 - Human Services Code|Article 2 - Public Assistance|Part 2 - Colorado Supplemental Security Income Act|§ 26-2-210. State Supplemental Security Income Stabilization Fund - Creation

  There is hereby created in the state treasury the state supplemental security income stabilization fund, referred to in this section as the “stabilization fund”, for the purpose of stabilizing the source of funding required to meet the federal requirements for maintenance of effort for the state-funded supplement to persons receiving SSI benefits. The stabilization fund shall consist of any excess moneys recovered due to overpayment of recipients, including regular, fraud, and interim assistance reimbursement recoveries, and any appropriations made to the stabilization fund by the general assembly. The moneys in the stabilization fund are hereby continuously appropriated to the state department to be expended on programs that count toward the maintenance of effort for the state supplemental security income as specified in the state plan when the state department determines that the state is at risk of not meeting the federal maintenance of effort for that calendar year. All interest and income derived from the investment and deposit of moneys in the stabilization fund shall be credited to the stabilization fund. At the end of any fiscal year, an amount not exceeding twenty percent of the total appropriation for the applicable fiscal year in the annual general appropriations bill for the program for aid to the needy disabled shall remain in the stabilization fund as a continuous appropriation to be used to meet the state's maintenance of effort requirements under this part 2, and any unexpended and unencumbered moneys remaining in the stabilization fund at the end of any fiscal year in excess of an amount equal to twenty percent of the total appropriation for the applicable fiscal year in the annual general appropriations bill for the program for aid to the needy disabled shall revert to the general fund.    The state department shall submit a report to the joint budget committee by February 15 of each year. The report shall indicate whether expenditures were made from the stabilization fund, the aggregate monthly amount of any expenditures, and the particular programs for which the expenditures were made.    Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, on June 30, 2020, the state treasurer shall transfer one million eight hundred eighty-seven thousand one hundred sixteen dollars from the stabilization fund to the general fund.     History. Source: L. 2009: Entire section added,(HB 09-1215), ch. 70, p. 239, § 1, effective March 25. L. 2014: (1) amended,(SB 14-012), ch. 248, p. 961, § 4, effective August 6. L. 2020: (3) added,(HB 20-1381), ch. 171, p. 786, § 5, effective June 29.    Cross references:   For the legislative declaration in SB 14-012, see section 1 of chapter 248, Session Laws of Colorado 2014.
CO Code § 26-2-301.5 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 26 - Human Services Code|Article 2 - Public Assistance|Part 3 - Food Stamps|§ 26-2-301.5. Performance Standards - Incentives - Sanctions

     In implementing the supplemental nutrition assistance program, the state department and county departments shall endeavor to exceed federal performance measures in the following areas:   Application processing timeliness;    Payment error rate; and    Case and procedural error rate.       If the state department receives federal performance bonus money as a result of meeting the federal performance measures set forth in paragraph (a) of this subsection (1), the state department shall pass the federal performance bonus money through to the county departments; except that a county department shall only receive that portion of federal performance bonus money attributable to the county department's performance.    In addition to federal performance bonus money, subject to available appropriations for purposes of this paragraph (c), the state may award state-funded administration performance bonuses to county departments.    The state department, county departments, and any additional parties identified by the state department and county departments, shall mutually agree upon a method and formula for distributing to county departments any federal performance bonus money pursuant to paragraph (b) of this subsection (1) and any state-funded administration performance bonuses pursuant to paragraph (c) of this subsection (1). Performance bonuses may be used by county departments for the administration of the supplemental nutrition assistance program upon receipt of federal approval of the county departments' plans.         The state department shall pass through to the county departments any monetary sanctions imposed by the federal government for failing to meet federal performance measures in any of the following areas:   Application processing timeliness;    Payment error rate; and    Unresolved compliance issues over which the county department has control, as mutually determined by the state department and county departments based upon analysis of validated data, specific to a county department's responsibilities in administering the supplemental nutrition assistance program, including claim discrepancies.       The state department, county departments, and any additional parties identified by the state department and county departments, shall mutually agree upon a method and formula for charging to county departments any federal monetary sanction for failing to meet performance measures pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection (2); except that a county department shall only be responsible for the portion of a federal monetary sanction attributable to the county department's performance relating to activities within the county department's control, as mutually determined by the state department and county departments based upon analysis of validated data.         History. Source: L. 2016: Entire section added,(SB 16-190), ch. 201, p. 709, § 1, effective June 1.
CO Code § 26-2-302 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 26 - Human Services Code|Article 2 - Public Assistance|Part 3 - Food Stamps|§ 26-2-302. Federal Requirements

 Nothing in this article shall be construed to prevent the state department from complying with federal requirements for the food stamp program expressly provided by federal statute and regulation in order for the state of Colorado to qualify for federal funds under the federal “Food Stamp Act”, as amended, and to maintain the food stamp program within the limits of available appropriations.   History. Source: L. 79: Entire part added, p. 1087, § 13, effective July 1.
CO Code § 26-2-304 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 26 - Human Services Code|Article 2 - Public Assistance|Part 3 - Food Stamps|§ 26-2-304. Appeals - Recoveries - Rules

  The provisions of section 26-2-127, relating to appeals, and section 26-2-128, relating to recoveries, apply to the food stamp program, except when such sections conflict with federal statute or regulation or when a specific conflict with federal statute or regulation is not clearly present and the state department elects by regulation to follow federal statute or regulation.    Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, section 26-2-127 (1)(a)(I), and section 24-4-105 (14)(a)(I), for purposes of the food stamp program, the state department may promulgate rules requiring any party to file a notice of intent to file exceptions with the state department, in writing, within five days after service of the initial decision upon the party, or otherwise forgo the ability to file exceptions.     History. Source: L. 79: Entire part added, p. 1087, § 13, effective July 1. L. 2019: Entire section amended,(SB 19-245), ch. 308, p. 2800, § 1, effective May 28.
CO Code § 26-2-305.5 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 26 - Human Services Code|Article 2 - Public Assistance|Part 3 - Food Stamps|§ 26-2-305.5. Categorical Eligibility - Repeal

  As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires, “federal law” means the federal “Food and Nutrition Act of 2008”, and any amendments to the act and any federal regulations adopted for the implementation of the act.      No later than October 1, 2010, the state department shall create a program or policy that, in compliance with federal law, establishes broad-based categorical eligibility for federal food assistance benefits pursuant to the supplemental nutrition assistance program.    At a minimum, the program or policy shall, to the extent authorized pursuant to federal law, eliminate the asset test for eligibility for federal food assistance benefits.       Notwithstanding any provisions of subsection (2) of this section to the contrary, the provisions of this section shall take effect only if the state department receives moneys pursuant to the federal 2010 department of defense appropriations bill that may be used to implement this section.      History. Source: L. 2010: Entire section added,(HB 10-1022), ch. 414, p. 2043, § 2, effective June 10.
CO Code § 26-2-701 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 26 - Human Services Code|Article 2 - Public Assistance|Part 7 - Colorado Works Program|§ 26-2-701. Short Title

 This part 7 shall be known and may be cited as the “Colorado Works Program Act”.   History. Source: L. 97: Entire part added, p. 1194, § 1, effective June 3.    ANNOTATION   Law reviews. For article, “The State's Approach to Welfare Reform: ‘Colorado Works'”, see 27 Colo. Law. 37 (Jan. 1998).
CO Code § 26-2-702 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 26 - Human Services Code|Article 2 - Public Assistance|Part 7 - Colorado Works Program|§ 26-2-702. Legislative Intent

  The general assembly hereby finds and declares that:   Passage of the federal “Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996”, Pub.L. 104-193, and the federal “Deficit Reduction Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 2005”, Pub.L. 109-171, gives the state a unique opportunity to develop and maintain a public assistance program that emphasizes placing recipients in work and supporting them in sustained employment with food stamps, child care assistance, and medicaid;    The federal “Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996”, Pub.L. 104-193, and the federal “Deficit Reduction Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 2005”, Pub.L. 109-171, require increased local input in developing the state plan for public assistance under these laws and allow increased local control over the implementation of such state plan;    The federal “Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996”, Pub.L. 104-193, and the federal “Deficit Reduction Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 2005”, Pub.L. 109-171, require additional training for local employees in the area of case management to assist in making recipients self-sufficient.       Therefore, the general assembly finds and declares that it is in the state's best interests to adopt the Colorado works program set forth in this part 7.     History. Source: L. 97: Entire part added, p. 1194, § 1, effective June 3. L. 2008: (1) amended, p. 1949, § 1, effective January 1, 2009.
CO Code § 26-2-704 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 26 - Human Services Code|Article 2 - Public Assistance|Part 7 - Colorado Works Program|§ 26-2-704. No Individual Entitlement

  Nothing in this part 7 or in any rules promulgated pursuant to this part 7 shall be interpreted to create a legal entitlement in any participant to assistance provided pursuant to the works program.    No county administering or implementing the works program with moneys from a county block grant as provided in section 26-2-714 may create or shall be deemed to create a legal entitlement in any participant to assistance provided pursuant to the works program.     History. Source: L. 97: Entire part added, p. 1198, § 1, effective June 3.    ANNOTATION   Although the “no entitlement” language under this section modifies the unconditional entitlement to welfare benefits previously available under the AFDC program, the language under § 26-2-709 (1)(a)(I) does not vitiate all forms of property rights in welfare benefits. Weston v. Cassata, 37 P.3d 469 (Colo. App. 2001).
CO Code § 26-2-705 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 26 - Human Services Code|Article 2 - Public Assistance|Part 7 - Colorado Works Program|§ 26-2-705. Works Program - Purposes

     Effective July 1, 1997, the Colorado works program is implemented pursuant to the personal responsibility and work opportunity reconciliation act and is intended to comply with the express requirements for participation in the TANF block grant program.    Effective January 1, 2009, the Colorado works program is amended to ensure implementation in compliance with the deficit reduction omnibus reconciliation act.       The purposes of the works program are to:   Assist participants to terminate their dependence on government benefits by promoting job preparation, work, and marriage;    Provide assistance to needy families so that children may be cared for in their homes or in the homes of family members;    Prevent and reduce the incidence of pregnancies of unmarried individuals and to establish annual numerical goals for preventing and reducing the incidences of these pregnancies;    Encourage the formation and maintenance of two-parent families;    Develop strategies and policies that focus on ensuring that participants are in work activities as soon as possible so that the state is able to meet or exceed work participation rates specified in the federal law; and    Allow the counties increased responsibility for the administration of the works program.       Nothing in this part 7 is intended to prevent a county or municipality from implementing a public assistance or general assistance program with local funds.     History. Source: L. 97: Entire part added, p. 1198, § 1, effective June 3. L. 2008: (1) and (2) amended, p. 1953, § 3, effective January 1, 2009. L. 2018: (2)(c) amended,(SB 18-095), ch. 96, p. 756, § 16, effective August 8.    Cross references:   For the legislative declaration in SB 18-095, see section 1 of chapter 96, Session Laws of Colorado 2018.
CO Code § 26-2-706.5 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 26 - Human Services Code|Article 2 - Public Assistance|Part 7 - Colorado Works Program|§ 26-2-706.5. Restrictions on Length of Participation

  Unless cash assistance is provided through segregated funds pursuant to federal law and section 26-2-714, as of June 3, 1997, each month of cash assistance received by an assistance unit that includes a specified caretaker who has received assistance under Title IV-A of the social security act, as amended, shall count toward that specified caretaker's sixty-month lifetime maximum of TANF benefits as established in federal law.    Any month in which a specified caretaker is determined to be a disqualified or excluded person from a basic cash assistance grant shall count as a month of participation in the calculation of the specified caretaker's overall sixty-month lifetime maximum.      The county department shall, where available and applicable, provide for or refer a disqualified or excluded person to other appropriate services, including services that may assist the person toward self-sufficiency.    Nothing in this subsection (3) shall be construed to create any entitlement for services or to require any county to expend resources in addition to existing appropriations.         History. Source: L. 99: Entire section added, p. 49, § 2, effective July 1. L. 2002: (1) amended, p. 142, § 2, effective March 27. L. 2008: (1) and (2) amended, p. 1953, § 5, effective January 1, 2009. L. 2010: (1) and (2) amended,(SB 10-068), ch. 160, p. 551, § 4, effective January 1, 2011.