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CO Code § 26-2-121 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 26 - Human Services Code|Article 2 - Public Assistance|Part 1 - Colorado Public Assistance Act|§ 26-2-121. Expenses of Treatment to Prevent Blindness or Restore Eyesight

 Temporary assistance may be granted by the county department to any applicant for aid to the blind or additional assistance granted to any recipient of aid to the blind who is in need of treatment either to prevent blindness or to restore his eyesight, whether or not he is blind as defined by section 26-2-103 (3) and the rules and regulations of the state department, if he is otherwise qualified for aid to the blind under this article. The temporary assistance may include necessary traveling expenses and other expenses to receive treatment from a hospital or clinic designated by the state department. Such payment shall be allowed and paid in the same manner as aid to the blind provided by this article and shall be subject to reimbursement by the state in the same manner as such aid to the blind.   History. Source: L. 73: R&RE, p. 1190, § 2. C.R.S. 1963: § 119-3-21. History. Source: L. 73: R&RE, p. 1190, § 2. C.R.S. 1963: § 119-3-21.
CO Code § 26-2-122 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 26 - Human Services Code|Article 2 - Public Assistance|Part 1 - Colorado Public Assistance Act|§ 26-2-122. Public Assistance in the Form of Social Services

  Subject to available appropriations, the state department may provide those services required by the social security act and applicable federal regulations. Subject to available appropriations, the state department may, by regulation, elect to provide those services which are optional under the social security act.    Eligible persons shall include those required to be eligible for services by the social security act and federal regulations. Subject to available appropriations, eligible persons may include those persons who are optionally eligible under federal law and regulations whom the state department, by regulation, includes as eligible persons.    The state department shall adopt budgetary standards from which a graduated schedule of fees shall be determined. Said fees shall be paid by persons who receive social services and who have the financial ability to pay in accordance with the schedule of fees established by the state department.    The state department shall prepare and submit to the secretary of the federal department of health and human services a state plan for services that meets the requirements of the social security act, federal regulations, and this section. The state department shall administer the program for services in accordance with the social security act, federal regulations, and this section.     History. Source: L. 73: R&RE, p. 1191, § 2. C.R.S. 1963: § 119-3-22. L. 75: Entire section R&RE, p. 899, § 2, effective June 26. L. 97: (4) amended, p. 1233, § 21, effective July 1. History. Source: L. 73: R&RE, p. 1191, § 2. C.R.S. 1963: § 119-3-22. L. 75: Entire section R&RE, p. 899, § 2, effective June 26. L. 97: (4) amended, p. 1233, § 21, effective July 1.
CO Code § 26-2-122.5 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 26 - Human Services Code|Article 2 - Public Assistance|Part 1 - Colorado Public Assistance Act|§ 26-2-122.5. Acceptance of Available Money to Finance the Low-Income Energy Assistance Program

  (Deleted by amendment,L. 97, p. 1234, § 22, effective July 1, 1997.)    The executive director of the state department, or said director's designee, is hereby authorized to accept any private contributions, including contributions from the fund created in section 40-8.5-104, C.R.S., and any federal grants, and to expend the same, subject to appropriation, for the purpose of increasing available funds under the low-income energy assistance program.    Notwithstanding the availability of additional money pursuant to subsection (2) of this section, the low-income energy assistance program must be administered within the staffing structure, in existence on July 1, 1991, of the state department of human services and county departments of human or social services, without additional FTE.     History. Source: L. 91: Entire section added, p. 1900, § 1, effective July 1. L. 94: (3) amended, p. 2704, § 263, effective July 1. L. 97: Entire section amended, p. 1234, § 22, effective July 1. L. 2018: (3) amended,(SB 18-092), ch. 38, p. 447, § 118, effective August 8.    Cross references:   For the legislative declaration contained in the 1994 act amending this section, see section 1 of chapter 345, Session Laws of Colorado 1994. For the legislative declaration in SB 18-092, see section 1 of chapter 38, Session Laws of Colorado 2018.
CO Code § 26-2-123 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 26 - Human Services Code|Article 2 - Public Assistance|Part 1 - Colorado Public Assistance Act|§ 26-2-123. Removal to Another County

  Any recipient who becomes a resident of another county in this state shall be entitled to receive all forms of public assistance that are provided in the county to which the recipient transfers and for which he or she is eligible, and the county department of the county from which the recipient has moved shall transfer all necessary records relating to the recipient to the county department of the county to which he or she has moved, pursuant to the rules of the state department.    The county to which a recipient moves is required to provide only those services and benefits under the Colorado works program created in part 7 of this article as are stipulated in the receiving county's performance contract.     History. Source: L. 73: R&RE, p. 1191, § 2. C.R.S. 1963: § 119-3-23. L. 77: Entire section amended, p. 1348, § 1, effective April 25. L. 97: Entire section amended, p. 1234, § 23, effective July 1. History. Source: L. 73: R&RE, p. 1191, § 2. C.R.S. 1963: § 119-3-23. L. 77: Entire section amended, p. 1348, § 1, effective April 25. L. 97: Entire section amended, p. 1234, § 23, effective July 1.
CO Code § 26-2-124 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 26 - Human Services Code|Article 2 - Public Assistance|Part 1 - Colorado Public Assistance Act|§ 26-2-124. Reconsideration and Changes

  All assistance payments and social services provided under this article shall be reconsidered as frequently as and in the manner required by rules and regulations of the state department. After such further verification and record as the county department may deem necessary or the rules and regulations of the state department may require, the amount of assistance payments or the social services provided may be changed, or public assistance may be terminated, if the state department or the county department finds that the recipient's circumstances have altered sufficiently to warrant such action or if changes in state or federal law have been made which would warrant such action.    In accordance with the rules and regulations of the state department, the county department may terminate public assistance at any time for cause, or it may, for cause, suspend public assistance for such period as it may deem proper. Timely notice to persons receiving public assistance, when in fact they are not eligible due to fraudulent acts, may be given five days before the date of a proposed action, in accordance with federal regulations.    Whenever assistance payments are terminated, suspended, or in any way changed, the county department shall at once report such decision to the recipient and to the state department setting forth the reason for such action. All such decisions shall be subject to review by the state department in accordance with the rules and regulations of the state department.     History. Source: L. 73: R&RE, p. 1191, § 2. C.R.S. 1963: § 119-3-24. L. 77: (2) amended, p. 1335, § 5, effective July 15. L. 83: (1) amended, p. 1120, § 1, effective April 29. History. Source: L. 73: R&RE, p. 1191, § 2. C.R.S. 1963: § 119-3-24. L. 77: (2) amended, p. 1335, § 5, effective July 15. L. 83: (1) amended, p. 1120, § 1, effective April 29.    ANNOTATION   Specific finding required for termination of benefits. Where the state department fails to make a specific finding of a change of circumstances sufficient to warrant the termination of a recipient's benefits, those benefits may not be terminated. Herrera v. State Dept. of Soc. Servs., 643 P.2d 782 (Colo. App. 1981).   Subsection (1) had the effect of “grandfathering” previously eligible recipients whose disabling conditions have not changed despite subsequent changes in regulations. Herrera v. State Dept. of Soc. Servs., 643 P.2d 782 (Colo. App. 1981) (decided prior to 1983 amendment).
CO Code § 26-2-125 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 26 - Human Services Code|Article 2 - Public Assistance|Part 1 - Colorado Public Assistance Act|§ 26-2-125. Colorado Works Cases - Vendor Payments

 The county department, upon reconsideration in cases involving the Colorado works program as provided in section 26-2-124 , may authorize direct payment to vendors of the portion of the assistance grant budgeted for essential services and subsistence items for the children, if evidence has been accumulated that the relative payee is using that portion of the grant provided for the care, maintenance, and welfare of the children for other purposes.   History. Source: L. 73: R&RE, p. 1192, § 2. C.R.S. 1963: § 119-3-25. L. 97: Entire section amended, p. 1235, § 24, effective July 1. History. Source: L. 73: R&RE, p. 1192, § 2. C.R.S. 1963: § 119-3-25. L. 97: Entire section amended, p. 1235, § 24, effective July 1.
CO Code § 26-2-131 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 26 - Human Services Code|Article 2 - Public Assistance|Part 1 - Colorado Public Assistance Act|§ 26-2-131. Public Assistance Not Assignable

 No assistance payments made to an eligible recipient under this article shall be transferable or assignable at law or in equity, and none of the money paid or payable under this article shall be subject to execution, levy, attachment, garnishment, or other legal process or to the operation of any bankruptcy or insolvency law.   History. Source: L. 73: R&RE, p. 1195, § 2. C.R.S. 1963: § 119-3-31. History. Source: L. 73: R&RE, p. 1195, § 2. C.R.S. 1963: § 119-3-31.    ANNOTATION   Law reviews. For note, “Rural Poverty and the Law in Southern Colorado”, see 47 Den. L.J. 82 (1970).   Social security funds were not subject to garnishment where creditor did not present any evidence that the representative payee was using the funds for the beneficiary's current maintenance. Anderson Boneless Beef v. Sunshine Health Care Center, Inc., 852 P.2d 1340 (Colo. App. 1993).
CO Code § 26-2-132 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 26 - Human Services Code|Article 2 - Public Assistance|Part 1 - Colorado Public Assistance Act|§ 26-2-132. Limitation

 All public assistance granted under this article shall be granted and held subject to the provisions of any amending or repealing law that may be passed after July 1, 1973, and no recipient shall have any claim for compensation or otherwise by reason of his public assistance being affected in any way by any amending or repealing law.   History. Source: L. 73: R&RE, p. 1195, § 2. C.R.S. 1963: § 119-3-32. History. Source: L. 73: R&RE, p. 1195, § 2. C.R.S. 1963: § 119-3-32.
CO Code § 26-2-134 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 26 - Human Services Code|Article 2 - Public Assistance|Part 1 - Colorado Public Assistance Act|§ 26-2-134. Checks, Drafts, or Orders for Payment of Moneys for Public Assistance - Identification of Bearer

  To prevent the fraudulent obtainment of public assistance, a person receiving any check, draft, or order for the payment of money issued for any payment for a public assistance program under this article may not cash or accept the check, draft, or order unless the bearer of the check, draft, or order presents proof of identification demonstrating that the bearer is the proper recipient of the public assistance payment. The recipient of the check, draft, or order shall provide notation on the check, draft, or order regarding the identification provided by the bearer.    Proof of identification for a public assistance payment under subsection (1) of this section may be demonstrated only by the presentation of one of the following documents:   A valid driver's license issued by any state;    A valid identification card issued by any state or federal agency;    A social security card;    A military identification card issued by the armed forces of the United States;    A valid passport issued by the United States;    A valid county social services identification card; or    A valid identification card issued by an employer.       If any person cashes or accepts a check, draft, or order for the payment of money without proper identification in violation of the provisions of this section, the appropriate state agency may determine not to make payment on the check, draft, or order if there is an allegation of fraud regarding the check, draft, or order for the payment of money, and, if there is a determination that payment should not be made, the state and any state agency are not liable for payment of the check, draft, or order.     History. Source: L. 94: Entire section added, p. 2064, § 6, effective July 1.
CO Code § 26-2-135 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 26 - Human Services Code|Article 2 - Public Assistance|Part 1 - Colorado Public Assistance Act|§ 26-2-135. Medically Correctable Program - Fund Established - Rules

  On or before January 1, 1997, the state department shall make preparations for the implementation of a statewide medically correctable program, referred to in this section as the “program”. Such preparations shall include but are not limited to staff training, policy development, and rule-making pursuant to article 4 of title 24, C.R.S.    On and after January 1, 1997, the program shall be applicable to a person who:   Has been approved for state aid to the needy disabled;    Is determined to be unlikely to meet the disability criteria for supplemental security income;    Has a disability that can be corrected with medical treatment at a cost that does not exceed twenty thousand dollars so that the person can return to employment; and    Is not otherwise receiving workers' compensation benefits.       The program shall consist of the following features:   A process by which the state department shall determine whether a person qualifies to receive medical treatment so that the person can return to work;    A set of procedures for monitoring a person's recovery from the medical treatment and return to work after participating in the program; and    Annual reports to the joint budget committee and the house and senate committees on health and human services, or any successor committees, that identify the number of persons who received medical treatment pursuant to the program in the preceding fiscal year, their recovery rates and return to the workforce, and the amount of moneys spent on the program.       The cost of the medical treatment identified in paragraph (c) of subsection (2) of this section shall not be a benefit for purposes of articles 40 to 47 of title 8, C.R.S.    (Deleted by amendment,L. 99, p. 699, § 4, effective July 1, 1999.)     History. Source: L. 96: Entire section added, p. 1438, § 8, effective July 1. L. 99: Entire section amended, p. 699, § 4, effective July 1. L. 2007: (3)(c) amended, p. 2044, § 76, effective June 1.    Cross references:   For the legislative declaration contained in the 1999 act amending this section, see section 1 of chapter 203, Session Laws of Colorado 1999.
CO Code § 26-2-137 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 26 - Human Services Code|Article 2 - Public Assistance|Part 1 - Colorado Public Assistance Act|§ 26-2-137. Noncitizens Programs

  Emergency assistance.     A general assistance fund is hereby established that shall consist of state general funds appropriated thereto by the general assembly. Moneys in the fund shall be used only for the purpose of providing emergency assistance pursuant to the provisions of this subsection (1) and shall be subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly. (a) (I) A general assistance fund is hereby established that shall consist of state general funds appropriated thereto by the general assembly. Moneys in the fund shall be used only for the purpose of providing emergency assistance pursuant to the provisions of this subsection (1) and shall be subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly.    The state department shall allocate moneys in the fund described in subparagraph (I) of this paragraph (a) to the counties for the implementation of the emergency assistance program pursuant to the provisions of this subsection (1) and rules of the state department.       The state department shall promulgate rules for the delivery of emergency assistance to a person who:   Is a legal immigrant and a resident of the state of Colorado;    Is not a citizen of the United States; and    Meets the eligibility requirements for public assistance under this article other than citizen status and is not receiving any other public assistance under this article.       Such emergency assistance may include but need not be limited to the following forms of assistance:   Housing;    Food;    Short-term cash assistance; and    Clothing and social services for children.          Sponsor responsibility policies.   The general assembly finds and declares that sponsors shall be expected to meet their moral and financial commitments to the immigrants whom they sponsor and for whom they sign affidavits of support.    The state department shall promulgate rules consistent with this section and federal law to enforce sponsor commitments for noncitizen applicants for or recipients of public assistance or medical assistance.    Enforcement mechanisms shall include but not be limited to the following:   Income assignment;    State income tax refund offset;    State lottery winnings offset; and    Administrative lien and attachment.       A recipient shall assign rights to any support under affidavits of support to the state of Colorado as a condition of receipt of public assistance or medical assistance under this title.    To the extent not preempted by federal law, the state department shall commence a proceeding or an action to enforce duties under an affidavit of support within a period of time to be determined by the state board after a recipient for whom an affidavit of support has been signed has been approved for public assistance or medical assistance under this title.         History. Source: L. 97: Entire section added, p. 1252, § 3, effective July 1.
CO Code § 26-2-138 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 26 - Human Services Code|Article 2 - Public Assistance|Part 1 - Colorado Public Assistance Act|§ 26-2-138. Refugee Services Program - State Plan - Rules - Definitions

  As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Federal act” means Title IV of the federal “Immigration and Nationality Act”, 8 U.S.C. sec. 1521 et seq., as amended, including any federal rules adopted pursuant to the federal act.    “Program” means the Colorado refugee services program established pursuant to subsection (2)(a) of this section.    “State plan” means Colorado's refugee services plan, described in subsection (2)(b) of this section.         The Colorado refugee services program is established in the state department. The program must be administered in accordance with the state plan developed by the state department and approved by the federal office of refugee resettlement within the federal department of health and human services pursuant to the federal act.    The state department is the single state agency responsible for the development, review, and administration of the state plan.       The program must provide the following, in accordance with the federal act and the state plan:   Refugee cash assistance;    Refugee medical assistance;    Refugee social services, which may include but are not limited to employment services, employability assessments, English language instruction, vocational training, skills recertification, and case management services related to employment; and    Any other services or assistance consistent with the federal act.       The program may provide other services or assistance to support refugee resettlement and integration. The program shall assist the Colorado office of new Americans in carrying out its duties and goals as specified in section 8-3.7-103 (2)(g), including the sharing of outcomes, partnerships, and the alignment of mission and purpose.    The state department shall adopt rules, in accordance with article 4 of title 24, to implement this section.    The general assembly may appropriate funds to the state department for the administration of the program.      History. Source: L. 2019: Entire section added,(SB 19-230), ch. 297, p. 2755, § 2, effective August 2. L. 2021: (4) amended,(HB 21-1150), ch. 350, p. 2278, § 3, effective September 7.    Cross references:   For the legislative declaration in SB 19-230, see section 1 of chapter 297, Session Laws of Colorado 2019.
CO Code § 26-2-201 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 26 - Human Services Code|Article 2 - Public Assistance|Part 2 - Colorado Supplemental Security Income Act|§ 26-2-201. Short Title

 This part 2 shall be known and may be cited as the “Colorado Supplemental Security Income Act”.   History. Source: L. 75: Entire part added, p. 891, § 12, effective July 28.
CO Code § 26-2-202 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 26 - Human Services Code|Article 2 - Public Assistance|Part 2 - Colorado Supplemental Security Income Act|§ 26-2-202. Legislative Declaration

  It is the intent of this part 2 to implement a state supplementation program pursuant to Title XVI of the social security act. It is the object and purpose of this part 2 to promote the public health and welfare of individuals who are residents of Colorado and whose need results from age, blindness, or disability with assistance and services to assist such individuals to attain or retain their capabilities for independence, self-care, and self-support.    The state supplementation shall be accomplished by providing mandatory assistance, as defined in this part 2, where required and by providing optional supplementation in accordance with Title XVI of the social security act and regulations adopted by the state board, within available appropriations. Title XVI of the social security act currently permits, in the determination of eligibility for benefits under that title, the disregard of certain payments which a Title XVI recipient receives from a state or a political subdivision of a state. Those persons receiving benefits under Title XVI of the social security act who also meet the eligibility requirements fixed under part 1 of this article may receive a state supplement to their Title XVI benefits in the form of benefits provided under such part 1.     History. Source: L. 75: Entire part added, p. 891, § 12, effective July 28.