2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 25.5 - HEALTH CARE POLICY AND FINANCING (§§ 25.5-1-101 — 25.5-11-101) › COLORADO MEDICAL ASSISTANCE ACT (§§ 25.5-4-101 — 25.5-6-2001) › Article 5 - COLORADO MEDICAL ASSISTANCE ACT - SERVICES AND PROGRAMS (§§ 25.5-5-101 — 25.5-5-804) › Part 2 - OPTIONAL PROVISIONS (§§ 25.5-5-201 — 25.5-5-208) › Section 25.5-5-203 - [Effective 7/1/2025] Optional programs with special state provisions

(1)
Subject to the provisions of subsection (2) of this section, this section specifies programs developed by Colorado to increase federal financial participation through selecting optional services or optional eligible groups. These programs include but are not limited to:
(a)
Pharmaceutical services, as specified in section 25.5-5-504;
(b)
The home- and community-based services program for the elderly, blind, and disabled, as specified in part 3 of article
6
of this title;
(c)
The home- and community-based services program for the developmentally disabled, as specified in part 4 of article
6
of this title;
(d)
Repealed.
(e)
The home- and community-based services program for persons with major mental health disorders, as specified in part 6 of article
6
of this title 25.5;
(f)
The home- and community-based services program for persons with brain injury, as specified in part 7 of article
6
of this title;
(g)
Clinic services, as defined in sections 25.5-5-301 and 25.5-5-302;
(h)
The program for private duty nursing, as specified in section 25.5-5-303;
(i)
The disabled children care program, as specified in section 25.5-6-901;
(j)
The program of all-inclusive care for the elderly, as specified in section 25.5-5-412;
(k)
Hospice care, as specified in section 25.5-5-304;
(l)
The treatment program for high-risk pregnant women, as specified in section
27-80-112
, C.R.S., and sections 25.5-5-309, 25.5-5-310, and 25.5-5-311;
(m)
The program for residential child health care, as specified in section 25.5-6-903;
(n)
The children's personal assistance services and family support waiver program, as specified in section 25.5-6-902;
(o)
[Repealed by 2023 amendment.]
(2)
In order to keep expenditures within approved appropriations, the state board may, by rule, establish limits on a service provided pursuant to this section so long as the service provided is sufficient in the amount, duration, and scope to reasonably achieve the purpose of the service as required by federal law or regulation. When a rule is promulgated pursuant to this subsection (2), the state board shall provide a summary report of the limitations established by the rule and any fiscal impact of the rule to members of the health and human services committees of the senate and house of representatives, or any successor committees, and any other members of the general assembly who request the reports.
Amended by 2023 Ch. 270,§ 2, eff. 7/1/2025.
Amended by 2018 Ch. 184, § 5, eff. 6/7/2019.
Amended by 2018 Ch. 62, § 4, eff. 8/8/2018.
Amended by 2018 Ch. 35, § 26, eff. 8/8/2018.
L. 2006: Entire article added with relocations, p. 1862, § 7, effective July 1. L. 2010: (1)(l) amended, (SB 10 -175), ch. 188, p. 801, § 67, effective April 29. L. 2018: (1)(d) repealed, (SB 18-093), ch. 62, p. 610, § 4, effective August 8; (1)(e) amended, (SB 18-091), ch. 35, p. 388, § 26, effective August 8; (1)(m) amended, (HB 18-1328), ch. 184, p. 1244, § 5, effective 6/7/2019.
(1) This section is similar to former § 26-4-303 as it existed prior to 2006.
(2) Section 10 of chapter 184 (HB 18-1328), Session Laws of Colorado 2018, provides that section 5 of the act changing this section takes effect upon notice to the revisor of statutes pursuant to § 25.5-5-306(6) as enacted in section 2 of the act. For more information, see HB 18-1328. ( L. 2018, p. 1247.) On August 14, 2019, the revisor of statutes received the notice referred to in § 25.5-5-306(6) that the federal department of health and human services approved the waiver on June 7, 2019.
This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.
For the legislative declaration in SB 18-091, see section 1 of chapter 35, Session Laws of Colorado 2018. For the legislative declaration in SB 18-093, see section 1 of chapter 62, Session Laws of Colorado 2018. For the legislative declaration in HB 18-1328, see section 1 of chapter 184, Session Laws of Colorado 2018.