Colorado § 24-51-1204 Health care program - eligibility

Colorado Statutes

§ 24-51-1204 — Health care program - eligibility

Colorado § 24-51-1204

Title 24Government

Art.Public Employees' Retirement Association

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 24-51-1204 (2026).

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(1)The following persons are eligible to enroll in the health care program:

(a)All benefit recipients, including those from the Denver public schools division, and their dependents, including any dependent as defined in section 10-16-102 (17), C.R.S.; any unmarried children who are not natural or adopted children of the benefit recipient but who reside full time with the benefit recipient, are dependents of the benefit recipient for federal income tax purposes, and meet the age requirements of section 10-16-102 (17), C.R.S.; and any qualified children as defined in the rules adopted by the board;

(b)A surviving spouse of a retiree who elected option 1 or a DPS retiree who elected a single life annuity pursuant to part 17 of this article, if such spouse was covered by the healt

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(1) The following persons are
eligible to enroll in the health care program:

(a) All benefit recipients, including those from the Denver public schools
division, and their dependents, including any dependent as defined in section 10-16-102 (17), C.R.S.; any unmarried children who are not natural or adopted children of
the benefit recipient but who reside full time with the benefit recipient, are
dependents of the benefit recipient for federal income tax purposes, and meet the
age requirements of section 10-16-102 (17), C.R.S.; and any qualified children as
defined in the rules adopted by the board;

(b) A surviving spouse of a retiree who elected option 1 or a DPS retiree who
elected a single life annuity pursuant to part 17 of this article, if such spouse was
covered by the health care program at the time of the death of the retiree;

(c) A divorced spouse of a retiree or of a DPS retiree if such spouse was
enrolled in the health care program at the time of the divorce from the retiree;

(d) The guardian of a child receiving survivor benefits while the child is
enrolled in the health care program;

(e) A member or a DPS member while receiving short-term disability
program payments pursuant to part 7 of this article; and

(f) A member or a DPS member whose employer has elected to provide
coverage through the health care program and such member's dependents.

(2) If a supplemental needs trust is receiving benefit payments pursuant to
this article, the supplemental needs trust is not eligible to enroll in the health care
program; however, the beneficiary of such trust is eligible to enroll in the health
care program in the same manner that the beneficiary would be allowed to enroll if
the beneficiary was the direct benefit recipient.

Legislative History

Source: L. 87: Entire article R&RE, p. 1075, � 1, effective July 1. L. 97: (1)(e) added, p. 778, � 15, effective July 1. L. 98: (1)(a) amended, p. 128, � 2, effective March 27. L. 99: (1)(d) and (1)(e) amended and (1)(f) added, p. 342, � 8, effective January 1, 2001. L. 2009: Entire section amended, (SB 09-282), ch. 288, p. 1348, � 47, effective January 1, 2010. L. 2013: (1)(a) amended, (HB 13-1266), ch. 217, p. 991, � 59, effective May 13. L. 2015: (2) added, (SB 15-097), ch. 111, p. 327, � 7, effective April 16.