Gifts Grants & Donations for Nursing Facilities

Donations support nursing facility payment model

Colorado’s Department of Health Care Policy and Financing must use gifts, grants, and donations received for this purpose as intended. These funds must develop and fund an enhanced payment model for nursing facilities serving residents with behavioral health needs. Lawmakers cannot cut department funding for the same purpose because these funds were received. These funds do not require state General Fund spending, and the law sets no payment amount. The executive director must report on their use when the Joint Budget Committee requests it. The law takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day after the 90-day period following the 2026 session’s final adjournment. That date is August 12, 2026, if final adjournment occurs May 13, 2026. A referendum petition filed within that period against the law or any part delays its effective date. In that case, voter approval at the November 2026 general election is required. The law then takes effect on the date of the governor’s official declaration of the vote.