§ 25.5-1-121 — County expenditures - advancements - procedures

Colorado § 25.5-1-121

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

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(1) For
purposes of this article, under rules of the state department, administrative costs
shall include: Salaries of the county director and employees of the county
department staff engaged in the performance of medical assistance activities; the
county's payments on behalf of such employees for old age and survivors'
insurance or pursuant to a county officers' and employees' retirement plan and for
any health insurance plan, if approved by the state department; the necessary
travel expenses of the county board and the administrative staff of the county
department in the performance of their duties; necessary telephone and other
electronic means of communication; necessary equipment and supplies; necessary
payments for postage and printing, including the printing and preparation of county
warrants required for the administration of the county department; and such other
administrative costs as may be approved by the state department; but
advancements for office space, utilities, and fixtures may be made from state funds
only if federal matching funds are available.

(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the county
department may spend in excess of twenty percent of actual costs for the purpose
of matching federal funds for the administration of the child support enforcement
program or for the administrative costs of activities involving food stamp, public
assistance, or medical assistance fraud investigations or prosecutions.

(3) (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the county
department may receive and spend federal funds to which it is entitled based on
the county's certification of public expenditures for administrative costs made by
other entities within the county, which expenditures:

(I) Are from sources other than the county social services fund;

(II) Are in excess of the county department's portion, as required pursuant to
section 25.5-1-114 (2)(a), of the administrative costs; and

(III) Are for an administrative activity that has been approved by the state
department as an activity that is eligible for reimbursement under a federal
program.

(b) Acceptance and expenditure of federal funds pursuant to paragraph (a)
of this subsection (3) shall not affect the state's share of and contribution to the
administrative costs. The county shall be solely responsible for certifying the
nonfederal share that is in excess of the county's required portion of the
administrative costs. The state department may retain up to five percent of any
federal funds received by a county department pursuant to this subsection (3). In
addition, the state, in accordance with the provisions of section 26-1-109 (4)(d),
C.R.S., shall recover any federal funds received by the county through the
certification of public expenditures that are subsequently determined to be
ineligible for federal reimbursement.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2006: Entire part amended, p. 1794, � 1, effective July 1. L. 2011: (3) added, (HB 11-1196), ch. 160, p. 555, � 6, effective August 10.