Title 26, Human Services Code

This part 10 shall be known and may be cited as the Individual Development Account Act. Source: L. 2000: Entire part added, p. 1469, � 1, effective May 31.

(1) The general assembly hereby finds, determines, and declares that: (a) The unrealized and lost human resource potential of low-income and working-poor individuals of this state results in an overall loss to the potential of the entire state; (b) It is in the best interests of …

As used in this part 10, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Charitable donor means a person who contributes to a sponsoring organization for the purposes of the IDA program. (2) Financial institution means an organization that is federally insured and is authorized to do …

(1) The IDA program shall provide that eligible individuals who establish individual development accounts, as set forth in section 26-2-1005, shall receive the benefit of matching moneys payable directly to the service provider at the time of the eligible individual's expenditure…

This article shall be known and may be cited as the Colorado Public Assistance Act. Source: L. 73: R&RE, p. 1178, � 2. C.R.S. 1963: � 119-3-1.

It is the purpose of this article to promote the public health and welfare of the people of Colorado by providing, in cooperation with the federal government or independently, public assistance for needy individuals and families who are residents of the state and whose income and…

As used in this article 2 and article 1 of this title 26, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Activities of daily living means the basic self-care activities, including eating, bathing, dressing, transferring from bed to chair, bowel and bladder control, and independent am…

Nothing in this article shall be construed to prevent the state department from complying with federal requirements for public assistance programs expressly provided by law in order for the state of Colorado to qualify for federal funds under the social security act and to mainta…

(1) Any individual wishing to make application for any of the public assistance programs administered or supervised by the state department under this article shall have the opportunity to do so, and, except as otherwise provided in part 7 of this article, such public assistance …

(1) (a) (I) Whenever a county department receives an application for public assistance, it shall promptly make a record concerning the circumstances of the applicant to verify the facts supporting the application and shall examine all pertinent records and shall make a diligent e…

(1) (a) Upon completion of the verification and record of each application for assistance payments, the county department, pursuant to the rules of the state department, shall determine whether the applicant is eligible for assistance payments, the amount of such assistance payme…

(1) No person otherwise qualified to receive public assistance shall be denied public assistance by reason of the fact that he is the owner of real estate occupied by him as a residence. (2) No person otherwise qualified shall be denied public assistance by reason of the fact tha…

No person shall be required, in order to receive public assistance, to repay or promise to repay the state of Colorado any money properly paid to him or her as public assistance pursuant to the provisions of this article and the rules of the state department; except that the stat…

(1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares: (a) Transitional jobs have proven to be an effective policy response to stubbornly high unemployment rates and the difficulties that many smaller employers face in filling job vacancies and expanding job opportunities. Transitio…

As used in this part 11, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Employer of record means an organization that has been selected by the state department to be responsible for providing the following employer services, in an effective and efficient manner and at the lowest cost…

(1) The state department shall administer a transitional jobs program. The transitional jobs program must: (a) Seek to offer the opportunity to work in transitional jobs to eligible individuals from July 1, 2013, through June 30, 2029; except that no new transitional jobs shall b…

This part 11 is repealed, effective July 1, 2030. Source: L. 2013: Entire part added, (HB 13-1004), ch. 357, p. 2103, � 1, effective July 1. L. 2016: Entire section amended, (HB 16-1290), ch. 191, p. 678, � 2, effective August 10. L. 2018: Entire section amended, (HB 18-1334), ch…

(1) No person shall be granted public assistance in the form of assistance payments under this article unless such person meets all of the following requirements: (a) The person is a resident of the state of Colorado or, if a dependent child, the parent or other relatives with wh…

Source: L. 77: Entire section added, p. 1340, � 4, effective July 1. L. 86: (3) amended, p. 1040, � 2, effective April 30. L. 89, 1st Ex. Sess.: (4) added, p. 40, � 6, effective July 25. L. 97: Entire section RC&RE, p. 356, � 1, effective July 1. L. 98: Entire section amended, p.…

Source: L. 77: Entire section added, p. 1340, � 4, effective July 1. L. 86: (1) amended and (2) repealed, pp. 987, 988, �� 1, 3, effective April 17; (1) amended, p. 1040, � 3, effective April 30. L. 89, 1st Ex. Sess: (1) amended and (3) added, p. 40, � 7, effective July 25. L. 91…

Source: L. 86: Entire section added, p. 988, � 2, effective April 17. L. 89, 1st Ex. Sess.: (6) added, p. 41, � 8, effective July 25. L. 90: (2)(a), (2)(b), and (5) amended, p. 1359, � 3, effective June 8. L. 91: Entire section repealed, p. 1862, � 5, effective July 1.

Source: L. 86: Entire section added, p. 989, � 1, effective April 24. L. 89, 1st Ex. Sess.: (5) added, p. 41, � 9, effective July 25. L. 91: Entire section repealed, p. 1862, � 6, effective July 1. 26-2-111.5. Access to supplemental security income program benefits for old age pe…

(1) The state department is authorized to implement a work incentive program for persons receiving old age pension benefits, which program shall be called the old age pension work incentive program. Under this program, a person who is already eligible for and receiving old age pe…

Source: L. 96: Entire section added, p. 1299, � 2, effective June 1. Editor's note: Subsection (2) provided for the repeal of this section, effective July 1, 1997. (See L. 96, p. 1299.)

(1) (a) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that passage of the federal Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, Public Law 104-193, requires the states to make certain decisions concerning qualified aliens and their eligibility for cert…

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the application procedure, the investigation of applications, the procedure for granting of pensions, and all other provisions of this article relating to the administration of old age pensions shall apply to the class of old age …

(1) The state old age pension fund and the moneys allocated thereto pursuant to the provisions of article XXIV of the state constitution shall include amounts received from the incorporation fees and inheritance taxes imposed pursuant to subsection (2) of this section. (2) (a) In…

(1) The basic minimum award payable to those persons qualified to receive an old age pension shall be one hundred dollars monthly; but the state board may adjust the said basic minimum award above one hundred dollars if, in its discretion, living costs have changed sufficiently t…

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. Money…

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 d…

(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…

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 …

(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…

(1) (a) Repealed. (b) (I) Except as provided in subparagraph (II) of this paragraph (b), the state department, subject to available appropriations, may provide home care allowance for persons who meet the functional impairment and financial eligibility criteria as established by …

(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 …

(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 o…

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 evi…

Source: 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.

(1) (a) (I) Except as provided in part 7 of this article, if an application for assistance payments is not acted upon by the county department within a reasonable time after filing of the same, or if an application is denied in whole or in part, or if a grant of assistance paymen…

(1) If, at any time during the continuance of public assistance, the recipient thereof becomes possessed of any property having a value in excess of that amount set pursuant to the provisions of section 26-2-109 and the rules of the state department or receives any increase in in…

Source: L. 73: R&RE, p. 1194, � 2. C.R.S. 1963: � 119-3-30. L. 77: Entire section repealed, p. 1335, � 7, effective January 1, 1978. Cross references: For present provisions relating to fraudulent acts in obtaining public assistance, see � 26-1-127.

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…

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 bein…

(1) (a) At any time prescribed by the department of revenue, but not less frequently than annually, the state department shall certify to the department of revenue information regarding persons who are obligated to the state for overpayment of benefits pursuant to the Colorado Hu…

(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 developmen…

(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 provis…

This part 2 shall be known and may be cited as the Colorado Supplemental Security Income Act. Source: L. 75: Entire part added, p. 891, � 12, effective July 28.

(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 resu…

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 de…

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, with…