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2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 26 - HUMAN SERVICES CODE (§§ 26-1-101 — 26-24-101) › Article 2 - Public Assistance (§§ 26-2-101 — 26-2-1104) › Part 1 - COLORADO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ACT (§§ 26-2-101 — 26-2-145) › Section 26-2-115 - State old age pension fund - priority

All moneys deposited in the state old age pension fund shall be first available for payment of basic minimum awards to qualified old age pension recipients, and no part of said fund shall be transferred to any other fund until such basic minimum awards shall have been paid. Moneys in the state old age pension fund shall be subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly.
L. 73: R&RE, p. 1188, § 2. C.R.S. 1963: § 119-3-15. L. 93: Entire section amended, p. 1507, § 6, effective June 6.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 26 - HUMAN SERVICES CODE (§§ 26-1-101 — 26-24-101) › Article 2 - Public Assistance (§§ 26-2-101 — 26-2-1104) › Part 1 - COLORADO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ACT (§§ 26-2-101 — 26-2-145) › Section 26-2-116 - Old age pension stabilization fund

Any moneys remaining in the old age pension fund after full payment of basic minimum awards to qualified old age pension recipients shall be transferred to a fund to be known as the old age pension stabilization fund, which fund shall be maintained at the amount of five million dollars and restored to that amount after any disbursements therefrom. The state board shall use the moneys in such fund only to stabilize payments of old age pension basic minimum awards. Moneys in the old age pension stabilization fund shall be subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly.
L. 73: R&RE, p. 1188, § 2. C.R.S. 1963: § 119-3-16. L. 93: Entire section amended, p. 1507, § 7, effective June 6.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 26 - HUMAN SERVICES CODE (§§ 26-1-101 — 26-24-101) › Article 2 - Public Assistance (§§ 26-2-101 — 26-2-1104) › Part 1 - COLORADO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ACT (§§ 26-2-101 — 26-2-145) › Section 26-2-117 - [Repealed]

L. 73: R&RE, p. 1188, § 2. C.R.S. 1963: § 119-3-17. L. 93: Entire section amended, p. 1507, § 8, effective June 6. L. 2002: Entire section amended, p. 912, § 1, effective May 31. L. 2003: Entire section amended, p. 2586, § 9, effective July 1. L. 2006: Entire section repealed, p. 1994, § 23, effective July 1.
For current provisions concerning the old age pension health and medical care fund and the supplemental old age pension health and medical care fund, see § 25.5-2-101.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 26 - HUMAN SERVICES CODE (§§ 26-1-101 — 26-24-101) › Article 2 - Public Assistance (§§ 26-2-101 — 26-2-1104) › Part 1 - COLORADO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ACT (§§ 26-2-101 — 26-2-145) › Section 26-2-118 - [Repealed]

L. 73: R&RE, p. 1189, § 2. C.R.S. 1963: § 119-3-18. L. 77: (3) added, p. 1346, § 2, effective May 26. L. 97: Entire section repealed, p. 1233, § 20, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 26 - HUMAN SERVICES CODE (§§ 26-1-101 — 26-24-101) › Article 2 - Public Assistance (§§ 26-2-101 — 26-2-1104) › Part 1 - COLORADO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ACT (§§ 26-2-101 — 26-2-145) › Section 26-2-119.5 - [Repealed]

L. 99: Entire section added, p. 700, § 5, effective July 1. L. 2004: (1) amended, p. 204, § 23, effective August 4. L. 2006: Entire section repealed, p. 1994, § 23, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 26 - HUMAN SERVICES CODE (§§ 26-1-101 — 26-24-101) › Article 2 - Public Assistance (§§ 26-2-101 — 26-2-1104) › Part 1 - COLORADO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ACT (§§ 26-2-101 — 26-2-145) › Section 26-2-119.7 - [Repealed]

Repealed by 2024 Ch. 324,§ 9, eff. 7/1/2024.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 423, § 25, eff. 7/2/2021.
Amended by 2020 Ch. 124, § 1, eff. 6/24/2020.
Added by 2019 Ch. 389, § 1, eff. 8/2/2019.
L. 2019: Entire section added, (HB 19-1223), ch. 3457, p. 3457, § 1, effective August 2. L. 2020: (6)(b) amended and (7)(b) repealed, (HB 20-1388), ch. 522, p. 522, § 1, effective June 24. L. 2021: (7)(a) repealed, (SB 21-266), ch. 2803, p. 2803, § 25, effective July 2.
Subsection (3)(b)(II) provided for the repeal of subsection (3)(b), effective July 1, 2020. (See L. 2019, p. 3459.)
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 26 - HUMAN SERVICES CODE (§§ 26-1-101 — 26-24-101) › Article 2 - Public Assistance (§§ 26-2-101 — 26-2-1104) › Part 1 - COLORADO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ACT (§§ 26-2-101 — 26-2-145) › Section 26-2-120 - Amount of assistance payments - aid to the blind

(1)
The amount of assistance payments that shall be granted to a recipient under the program for aid to the blind shall be on the basis of budgetary need, as determined by the county department with due regard to any income, property, or other resources available to the recipient, within available appropriations, and in accordance with rules of the state department. The rules of the state department may require an applicant or recipient who may be eligible for benefits under another federal or state program or who may have a right to receive or recover other income or resources to take reasonable steps to apply for, otherwise pursue, and accept such benefits, income, or resources.
(1.5) and (2)
(Deleted by amendment, L. 2010, (HB 10-1146), ch. 1303, p. 1303, § 3, effective January 1, 2011.)
(3)
Repealed.
(4)
Every recipient of aid to the blind shall submit to a reexamination as to his eyesight at least once every three years, unless excused therefrom by the state department, and at other times when required to do so by the county department or the state department. He shall furnish any medical information required by the county department or the state department.
(5)
Repealed.
(6)
Any special payment by the federal government in the form of a one-time-only credit against or refund of federal income taxes shall not be considered as income for purposes of this title unless required by federal law.
L. 73: R&RE, p. 1190, § 2. C.R.S. 1963: § 119-3-20. L. 75: (1) amended, (3) and (5) repealed, and (6) added, pp. 890, 893, 891, §§ 10, 14, 11, effective July 28. L. 77: (6) R&RE, p. 1347, § 4, effective May 26. L. 91, 2nd Ex. Sess.: (1.5) added, p. 82, § 4, effective October 16. L. 93: (1.5)(a)(II)(B) repealed, p. 333, § 4, effective April 12. L. 94: (1.5) amended, p. 1561, § 11, effective July 1; (1.5)(a)(I) amended, p. 2704, § 262, effective July 1. L. 2006: (1.5) amended, p. 2017, § 99, effective July 1. L. 2010: (1), (1.5), and (2) amended, (HB 10 -1146), ch. 281, p. 1303, § 3, effective 1/1/2011.
Amendments to subsection (1.5) by House Bill 94-1029 and Senate Bill 94-133 were harmonized.
For the legislative declaration contained in the 1994 act amending subsection (1.5)(a)(I), see section 1 of chapter 345, Session Laws of Colorado 1994.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 26 - HUMAN SERVICES CODE (§§ 26-1-101 — 26-24-101) › Article 2 - Public Assistance (§§ 26-2-101 — 26-2-1104) › Part 1 - COLORADO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ACT (§§ 26-2-101 — 26-2-145) › Section 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.
L. 73: R&RE, p. 1190, § 2. C.R.S. 1963: § 119-3-21.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 26 - HUMAN SERVICES CODE (§§ 26-1-101 — 26-24-101) › Article 2 - Public Assistance (§§ 26-2-101 — 26-2-1104) › Part 1 - COLORADO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ACT (§§ 26-2-101 — 26-2-145) › Section 26-2-122 - Public assistance in the form of social services

(1)
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.
(2)
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.
(3)
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.
(4)
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.
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.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 26 - HUMAN SERVICES CODE (§§ 26-1-101 — 26-24-101) › Article 2 - Public Assistance (§§ 26-2-101 — 26-2-1104) › Part 1 - COLORADO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ACT (§§ 26-2-101 — 26-2-145) › Section 26-2-122.4 - [Repealed]

Amended by 2017 Ch. 340,§1, eff. 6/5/2017.
L. 2012: Entire section added, (HB 12-1177), ch. 45, p. 159, § 1, effective March 22. L. 2017: (4)(b) amended, (HB 17-1045), ch. 340, p. 1808, § 1, effective June 5.
Subsection (4)(b) provided for the repeal of this section one year after the date that a consumer-directed service delivery option is available for homemaker, personal care, and medical support services for individuals who are receiving home-based and community-based services pursuant to the supported living services waiver. The revisor of statutes received a joint certification, in writing, from the executive directors of the state departments of human services and health care policy and financing stating that the consumer-directed delivery option became available on August 15, 2018, and requesting that the section repeal effective August 15, 2019.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 26 - HUMAN SERVICES CODE (§§ 26-1-101 — 26-24-101) › Article 2 - Public Assistance (§§ 26-2-101 — 26-2-1104) › Part 1 - COLORADO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ACT (§§ 26-2-101 — 26-2-145) › Section 26-2-122.5 - Acceptance of available money to finance the low-income energy assistance program

(1)
(Deleted by amendment, L. 97, p. 1234, § 22, effective July 1, 1997.)
(2)
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.
(3)
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.
Amended by 2018 Ch. 38, § 118, eff. 8/8/2018.
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.
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.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 26 - HUMAN SERVICES CODE (§§ 26-1-101 — 26-24-101) › Article 2 - Public Assistance (§§ 26-2-101 — 26-2-1104) › Part 1 - COLORADO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ACT (§§ 26-2-101 — 26-2-145) › Section 26-2-123 - Removal to another county

(1)
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.
(2)
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.
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.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 26 - HUMAN SERVICES CODE (§§ 26-1-101 — 26-24-101) › Article 2 - Public Assistance (§§ 26-2-101 — 26-2-1104) › Part 1 - COLORADO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ACT (§§ 26-2-101 — 26-2-145) › Section 26-2-124 - Reconsideration and changes

(1)
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.
(2)
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.
(3)
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.
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.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 26 - HUMAN SERVICES CODE (§§ 26-1-101 — 26-24-101) › Article 2 - Public Assistance (§§ 26-2-101 — 26-2-1104) › Part 1 - COLORADO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ACT (§§ 26-2-101 — 26-2-145) › Section 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.
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.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 26 - HUMAN SERVICES CODE (§§ 26-1-101 — 26-24-101) › Article 2 - Public Assistance (§§ 26-2-101 — 26-2-1104) › Part 1 - COLORADO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ACT (§§ 26-2-101 — 26-2-145) › Section 26-2-126 - [Repealed]

L. 73: R&RE, p. 1192, § 2. C.R.S. 1963: § 119-3-26. L. 97: Entire section repealed, p. 1321, § 4, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 26 - HUMAN SERVICES CODE (§§ 26-1-101 — 26-24-101) › Article 2 - Public Assistance (§§ 26-2-101 — 26-2-1104) › Part 1 - COLORADO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ACT (§§ 26-2-101 — 26-2-145) › Section 26-2-130 - [Repealed]

L. 73: R&RE, p. 1194, § 2. C.R.S. 1963: § 119-3-30. L. 77: Entire section repealed, p. 1335, § 7, effective 1/1/1978.
For present provisions relating to fraudulent acts in obtaining public assistance, see § 26-1-127 .
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 26 - HUMAN SERVICES CODE (§§ 26-1-101 — 26-24-101) › Article 2 - Public Assistance (§§ 26-2-101 — 26-2-1104) › Part 1 - COLORADO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ACT (§§ 26-2-101 — 26-2-145) › Section 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.
L. 73: R&RE, p. 1195, § 2. C.R.S. 1963: § 119-3-31.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 26 - HUMAN SERVICES CODE (§§ 26-1-101 — 26-24-101) › Article 2 - Public Assistance (§§ 26-2-101 — 26-2-1104) › Part 1 - COLORADO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ACT (§§ 26-2-101 — 26-2-145) › Section 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.
L. 73: R&RE, p. 1195, § 2. C.R.S. 1963: § 119-3-32.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 26 - HUMAN SERVICES CODE (§§ 26-1-101 — 26-24-101) › Article 2 - Public Assistance (§§ 26-2-101 — 26-2-1104) › Part 1 - COLORADO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ACT (§§ 26-2-101 — 26-2-145) › Section 26-2-134 - Checks, drafts, or orders for payment of moneys for public assistance - identification of bearer

(1)
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.
(2)
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)
A valid driver's license issued by any state;
(b)
A valid identification card issued by any state or federal agency;
(c)
A social security card;
(d)
A military identification card issued by the armed forces of the United States;
(e)
A valid passport issued by the United States;
(f)
A valid county social services identification card; or
(g)
A valid identification card issued by an employer.
(3)
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.
L. 94: Entire section added, p. 2064, § 6, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 26 - HUMAN SERVICES CODE (§§ 26-1-101 — 26-24-101) › Article 2 - Public Assistance (§§ 26-2-101 — 26-2-1104) › Part 1 - COLORADO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ACT (§§ 26-2-101 — 26-2-145) › Section 26-2-135 - Medically correctable program - fund established - rules

(1)
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.
(2)
On and after January 1, 1997, the program shall be applicable to a person who:
(a)
Has been approved for state aid to the needy disabled;
(b)
Is determined to be unlikely to meet the disability criteria for supplemental security income;
(c)
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
(d)
Is not otherwise receiving workers' compensation benefits.
(3)
The program shall consist of the following features:
(a)
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;
(b)
A set of procedures for monitoring a person's recovery from the medical treatment and return to work after participating in the program; and
(c)
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.
(4)
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.
(5)
(Deleted by amendment, L. 99, p. 699, § 4, effective July 1, 1999.)
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.
For the legislative declaration contained in the 1999 act amending this section, see section 1 of chapter 203, Session Laws of Colorado 1999.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 26 - HUMAN SERVICES CODE (§§ 26-1-101 — 26-24-101) › Article 2 - Public Assistance (§§ 26-2-101 — 26-2-1104) › Part 1 - COLORADO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ACT (§§ 26-2-101 — 26-2-145) › Section 26-2-136 - [Repealed]

Repealed by 2013 Ch. 316,§82, eff. 8/7/2013.
L. 97: Entire section added, p. 345, § 2, effective April 19. L. 2001: (2) amended, p. 1169, § 2, effective August 8. L. 2006: (2) and (3) amended, p. 1996, § 25, effective July 1. L. 2013: Entire section repealed, (HB 13-1300), ch. 316, p. 1690, § 82, effective August 7.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 26 - HUMAN SERVICES CODE (§§ 26-1-101 — 26-24-101) › Article 2 - Public Assistance (§§ 26-2-101 — 26-2-1104) › Part 1 - COLORADO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ACT (§§ 26-2-101 — 26-2-145) › Section 26-2-137 - Noncitizens programs

(1)
Emergency assistance.
(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.
(II)
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.
(b)
The state department shall promulgate rules for the delivery of emergency assistance to a person who:
(I)
Is a legal immigrant and a resident of the state of Colorado;
(II)
Is not a citizen of the United States; and
(III)
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.
(c)
Such emergency assistance may include but need not be limited to the following forms of assistance:
(I)
Housing;
(II)
Food;
(III)
Short-term cash assistance; and
(IV)
Clothing and social services for children.
(2)
Sponsor responsibility policies.
(a)
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.
(b)
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.
(c)
Enforcement mechanisms shall include but not be limited to the following:
(I)
Income assignment;
(II)
State income tax refund offset;
(III)
State lottery winnings offset; and
(IV)
Administrative lien and attachment.
(d)
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.
(e)
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.
L. 97: Entire section added, p. 1252, § 3, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 26 - HUMAN SERVICES CODE (§§ 26-1-101 — 26-24-101) › Article 2 - Public Assistance (§§ 26-2-101 — 26-2-1104) › Part 1 - COLORADO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ACT (§§ 26-2-101 — 26-2-145) › Section 26-2-138 - Refugee services program - state plan - rules - definitions - repeal

(1)
As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
(a)
"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.
(b)
"Program" means the Colorado refugee services program established pursuant to subsection (2)(a) of this section.
(c)
"State plan" means Colorado's refugee services plan, described in subsection (2)(b) of this section.
(2)
(a)
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.
(b)
The state department is the single state agency responsible for the development, review, and administration of the state plan.
(3)
The program must provide the following, in accordance with the federal act and the state plan:
(a)
Refugee cash assistance;
(b)
Refugee medical assistance;
(c)
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
(d)
Any other services or assistance consistent with the federal act.
(4)
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.
(5)
The state department shall adopt rules, in accordance with article
4
of title
24
, to implement this section.
(6)
The general assembly may appropriate funds to the state department for the administration of the program.
(7)
This section is repealed, effective October 1, 2024.
Repealed by 2023 Ch. 293,§ 5, eff. 10/1/2024.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 350, § 3, eff. 9/7/2021.
Added by 2019 Ch. 297, § 2, eff. 8/2/2019.
L. 2019: Entire section added, (SB 19-230), ch. 2755, p. 2755, § 2, effective August 2. L. 2021: (4) amended, (HB 21-1150), ch. 2278, p. 2278, § 3, effective September 7.
2021 Ch. 350, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
For the legislative declaration in SB 19-230, see section 1 of chapter 297, Session Laws of Colorado 2019.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 26 - HUMAN SERVICES CODE (§§ 26-1-101 — 26-24-101) › Article 2 - Public Assistance (§§ 26-2-101 — 26-2-1104) › Part 1 - COLORADO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ACT (§§ 26-2-101 — 26-2-145) › Section 26-2-139 - [Repealed]

Repealed by 2024 Ch. 81,§ 3, eff. 7/1/2024.
Amended by 2022 Ch. 377, § 1, eff. 6/3/2022.
Amended by 2021 Ch. 431, § 3, eff. 7/6/2021.
Amended by 2020EX1 Ch. 6, § 2, eff. 12/7/2020.
Added by 2020 Ch. 116, § 2, eff. 6/22/2020.
L. 2020: Entire section added, (HB 20-1422), ch. 485, p. 485, § 2, effective June 22. L. 2020, 1st Ex. Sess.: (1)(b), (2), (3)(b), IP(4)(a), (4)(b), (4)(c), and (5) amended, (HB 20B-1003), ch. 6, p. 35, § 2, effective December 7. L. 2021: (2), (3), and IP(4)(a) amended and (4.5) added, (SB 21-027), ch. 2852, p. 2852, § 3, effective July 6.
Section 5 of chapter 431 (SB 21-027), Session Laws of Colorado 2021, provides that the act changing this section takes effect only if SB 21-288 becomes law and takes effect either upon the effective date of SB 21-027 or one day after the effective date of SB 21-288, whichever is later. SB 21-288 became law and took effect June 11, 2021, and SB 21-027 took effect July 6, 2021.
For the legislative declaration in HB 20-1422, see section 1 of chapter 116, Session Laws of Colorado 2020. For the legislative declaration in HB 20B-1003, see section 1 of chapter 6, Session Laws of Colorado 2020, First Extraordinary Session. For the legislative declaration in SB 21-027, see section 1 of chapter 431, Session Laws of Colorado 2021.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 26 - HUMAN SERVICES CODE (§§ 26-1-101 — 26-24-101) › Article 2 - Public Assistance (§§ 26-2-101 — 26-2-1104) › Part 1 - COLORADO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ACT (§§ 26-2-101 — 26-2-145) › Section 26-2-141 - High-quality work management system - implementation - funding - repeal

(1)
Beginning July 1, 2022, the state department shall begin work in partnership with counties toward implementation of a high-quality county work management system from joint state and county decisions informed by the joint agency interoperability system study. The work management system must be designed to provide a unified approach to efficiently and effectively serve county departments and clients of the state department. The state department shall provide a centralized process for county departments to request changes or customization in the work management system. If a county department's change or customization is approved, the state department shall have a mechanism to fulfill that request. The purpose of the work management system is to reduce administrative cost, streamline the application process for various benefit programs, and provide more time for better case management and improved access to program services that assist low-income households in purchasing healthy food, paying for medical expenses, and achieving economic stability.
(2)
(a)
For the 2022-23 state fiscal year, the general assembly shall appropriate three million dollars from the economic recovery and relief cash fund created in section
24-75-228
to the state department for the purposes of implementing this section. Upon full utilization or expiration of the money appropriated from the economic recovery and relief cash fund pursuant to this subsection (2) for the work management system, the state department shall consider ongoing costs to operate and maintain the work management system.
(b)
The use of money appropriated pursuant to this subsection (2) must conform with the allowable purposes set forth in the federal "American Rescue Plan Act of 2021", Pub.L. 117-2, as amended. The state department shall spend or obligate such appropriation in accordance with section 24-75-226 (4)(d).
(3)
The state department shall comply with the compliance, reporting, record-keeping, and program evaluation requirements established by the office of state planning and budgeting and the state controller in accordance with section
24-75-226 (5)
.
(4)
This section is repealed, effective September 1, 2027.
Amended by 2024 Ch. 429,§ 30, eff. 6/5/2024.
Added by 2022 Ch. 375, § 2, eff. 6/3/2022.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 26 - HUMAN SERVICES CODE (§§ 26-1-101 — 26-24-101) › Article 2 - Public Assistance (§§ 26-2-101 — 26-2-1104) › Part 1 - COLORADO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ACT (§§ 26-2-101 — 26-2-145) › Section 26-2-143 - Colorado commodity supplemental food grant program - creation - appropriation - rules - definitions

(1)
As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
(a)
"Eligible entity" means a county public health agency, a district public health agency, a county department of human or social services, or a food bank that has a contract with the state department, but does not include a hunger-relief charitable organization, as defined in section
39-22-536 (1)
.
(b)
"Food bank" means a charitable organization, exempt from federal income taxation under the federal "Internal Revenue Code of 1986", as amended, that acquires and distributes food and nonfood essentials to other hunger-relief programs.
(c)
"Grant program" means the Colorado commodity supplemental food grant program created in subsection (2) of this section.
(d)
"Qualifying low-income older Colorado adult" means an adult who is sixty years of age or older and whose household income is not more than one hundred thirty percent of the federal poverty level.
(2)
There is created in the state department the Colorado commodity supplemental food grant program. The purpose of the grant program is to provide money to eligible entities for the cost of adding additional food to food packages and the cost of storing, transporting, and distributing food packages to qualifying low-income older Colorado adults.
(3)
The state department shall administer the grant program. Subject to available appropriations, the state department shall pay grants out of money annually appropriated to the state department for the grant program pursuant to subsection (4) of this section. The state board shall adopt rules as necessary to implement the grant program, including:
(a)
Timelines for application for, consideration of, and awarding grants;
(b)
Criteria for awarding grants; and
(c)
Any other matters necessary for successful operation of the grant program.
(4)
For the 2023-24 state fiscal year, the general assembly shall appropriate one million dollars from the general fund to the state department for the grant program. Any unexpended or unencumbered money appropriated pursuant to this subsection (4) remains available for expenditure for the same purpose in the 2024-25 state fiscal year without further appropriation.
Added by 2023 Ch. 424,§ 2, eff. 6/7/2023.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 26 - HUMAN SERVICES CODE (§§ 26-1-101 — 26-24-101) › Article 2 - Public Assistance (§§ 26-2-101 — 26-2-1104) › Part 1 - COLORADO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ACT (§§ 26-2-101 — 26-2-145) › Section 26-2-144 - [Repealed]

Repealed by 2024 Ch. 81,§ 4, eff. 7/1/2024.
Added by 2023 Ch. 424,§ 3, eff. 6/7/2023.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 26 - HUMAN SERVICES CODE (§§ 26-1-101 — 26-24-101) › Article 2 - Public Assistance (§§ 26-2-101 — 26-2-1104) › Part 2 - COLORADO SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME ACT (§§ 26-2-201 — 26-2-210) › Section 26-2-201 - Short title

This part 2 shall be known and may be cited as the "Colorado Supplemental Security Income Act".
L. 75: Entire part added, p. 891, § 12, effective July 28.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 26 - HUMAN SERVICES CODE (§§ 26-1-101 — 26-24-101) › Article 2 - Public Assistance (§§ 26-2-101 — 26-2-1104) › Part 2 - COLORADO SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME ACT (§§ 26-2-201 — 26-2-210) › Section 26-2-202 - Legislative declaration

(1)
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.
(2)
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.
L. 75: Entire part added, p. 891, § 12, effective July 28.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 26 - HUMAN SERVICES CODE (§§ 26-1-101 — 26-24-101) › Article 2 - Public Assistance (§§ 26-2-101 — 26-2-1104) › Part 2 - COLORADO SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME ACT (§§ 26-2-201 — 26-2-210) › Section 26-2-203 - Definitions

As used in this part 2, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
"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.
(2)
"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.
(3)
"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.
(4)
"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.
(5)
"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.
L. 75: Entire part added, p. 891, § 12, effective July 28.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 26 - HUMAN SERVICES CODE (§§ 26-1-101 — 26-24-101) › Article 2 - Public Assistance (§§ 26-2-101 — 26-2-1104) › Part 2 - COLORADO SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME ACT (§§ 26-2-201 — 26-2-210) › Section 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.
L. 75: Entire part added, p. 892, § 12, effective July 28.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 26 - HUMAN SERVICES CODE (§§ 26-1-101 — 26-24-101) › Article 2 - Public Assistance (§§ 26-2-101 — 26-2-1104) › Part 2 - COLORADO SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME ACT (§§ 26-2-201 — 26-2-210) › Section 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.
L. 75: Entire part added, p. 892, § 12, effective July 28.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 26 - HUMAN SERVICES CODE (§§ 26-1-101 — 26-24-101) › Article 2 - Public Assistance (§§ 26-2-101 — 26-2-1104) › Part 2 - COLORADO SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME ACT (§§ 26-2-201 — 26-2-210) › Section 26-2-206 - Interim assistance

(1)
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.
(2)
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.
(3)
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.
L. 75: Entire part added, p. 892, § 12, effective July 28. L. 2008: Entire section amended, p. 223, § 1, effective March 26.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 26 - HUMAN SERVICES CODE (§§ 26-1-101 — 26-24-101) › Article 2 - Public Assistance (§§ 26-2-101 — 26-2-1104) › Part 2 - COLORADO SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME ACT (§§ 26-2-201 — 26-2-210) › Section 26-2-207 - Administration

(1)
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.
(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.
L. 75: Entire part added, p. 892, § 12, effective July 28.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 26 - HUMAN SERVICES CODE (§§ 26-1-101 — 26-24-101) › Article 2 - Public Assistance (§§ 26-2-101 — 26-2-1104) › Part 2 - COLORADO SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME ACT (§§ 26-2-201 — 26-2-210) › Section 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.
L. 75: Entire part added, p. 892, § 12, effective July 28.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 26 - HUMAN SERVICES CODE (§§ 26-1-101 — 26-24-101) › Article 2 - Public Assistance (§§ 26-2-101 — 26-2-1104) › Part 2 - COLORADO SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME ACT (§§ 26-2-201 — 26-2-210) › Section 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.
L. 75: Entire part added, p. 892, § 12, effective July 28.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 26 - HUMAN SERVICES CODE (§§ 26-1-101 — 26-24-101) › Article 2 - Public Assistance (§§ 26-2-101 — 26-2-1104) › Part 2 - COLORADO SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME ACT (§§ 26-2-201 — 26-2-210) › Section 26-2-210 - State supplemental security income stabilization fund - creation

(1)
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.
(2)
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.
(3)
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.
Amended by 2020 Ch. 171,§ 5, eff. 6/29/2020.
Amended by 2014 Ch. 248,§ 4, eff. 8/6/2014.
L. 2009: Entire section added, (HB 09-1215), ch. 239, p. 239, § 1, effective March 25. L. 2014: (1) amended, (SB 14-012), ch. 961, p. 961, § 4, effective August 6. L. 2020: (3) added, (HB 20-1381), ch. 786, p. 786, § 5, effective June 29.
For the legislative declaration in SB 14-012, see section 1 of chapter 248, Session Laws of Colorado 2014.