§ 25.5-1-114 — Grants-in-aid - county supervision

Colorado § 25.5-1-114

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 25.5: Health
• Art.: Department of

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(1) The state department
shall consult with and coordinate with the counties before making any changes that
affect county operations in the implementation of this section, when possible under
state statutes and federal statutes and regulations.

(2) In administering any funds appropriated or made available to the state
department for medical assistance administration, the state department has the
power to:

(a) Require as a condition for receiving grants-in-aid that each county in this
state shall bear the proportion of the total expense of furnishing medical
assistance administration as is fixed by law relating to such assistance;

(b) Terminate any grants-in-aid to any county of this state if the laws and
regulations providing such grants-in-aid and the minimum standards prescribed by
rules of the state department thereunder are not complied with;

(c) Undertake forthwith the administration of any or all medical assistance
within any county of this state which has had any or all of its grants-in-aid
terminated pursuant to paragraph (b) of this subsection (2); but the county shall
continue to meet the requirements of paragraph (a) of this subsection (2);

(d) Recover any moneys owed by a county to the state by reducing the
amount of any payments due from the state in connection with the administration of
medical assistance;

(e) Take any other action which may be necessary or desirable for carrying
out the provisions of this title.

(3) The state department, under the supervision of the executive director,
shall provide supervision of county departments for the effective administration of
medical assistance as set out in the rules of the executive director and the rules of
the state board pursuant to section 25.5-1-301; except that nothing in this
subsection (3) shall be construed to allow counties to continue to receive an
amount equal to the increased funding in the event the said funding is no longer
available from the federal government.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2006: Entire part amended, p. 1787, � 1, effective July 1.