Colorado § 26-1-127.5 Prevention of erroneous payments to prisoners - incentives

Colorado Statutes

§ 26-1-127.5 — Prevention of erroneous payments to prisoners - incentives

Colorado § 26-1-127.5

Title 26Human

Art.Department of Human Services

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 26-1-127.5 (2026).

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(1)In the event the identifying information transmitted to the state department and the county departments pursuant to section 17-26-118.5 (2), C.R.S., results in the termination of benefits from any program administered by the state department or county departments, the state department or county department shall pay as a reward to the sheriff ten percent of each of the following:

(a)Any portion of one month's benefit that would have been payable to the incarcerated recipient that consists of state or county moneys;

(b)Any portion of one month's benefit that would have been payable to the incarcerated recipient that consists of federal moneys granted to the state or counties, unless federal law prohibits the use of such grant moneys for the purpose specified in this subsect

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(1)
In the event the identifying information transmitted to the state department and the
county departments pursuant to section 17-26-118.5 (2), C.R.S., results in the
termination of benefits from any program administered by the state department or
county departments, the state department or county department shall pay as a
reward to the sheriff ten percent of each of the following:

(a) Any portion of one month's benefit that would have been payable to the
incarcerated recipient that consists of state or county moneys;

(b) Any portion of one month's benefit that would have been payable to the
incarcerated recipient that consists of federal moneys granted to the state or
counties, unless federal law prohibits the use of such grant moneys for the purpose
specified in this subsection (1);

(c) Any portion of one month's benefit that would have been payable to the
incarcerated recipient that consists of federal moneys made available by waiver for
the purpose specified in this subsection (1).

(2) The executive director may apply for any federal waivers necessary to
maximize the amount of the incentive payments to sheriffs.

(3) (a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection (3),
the state department or county departments shall not pay a reward to a sheriff for
providing identifying information pursuant to subsection (1) of this section in
connection with a participant in the Colorado works program, created pursuant to
part 7 of article 2 of this title, unless the federal government permits any amount
paid as a reward to qualify as an expenditure for the purposes of meeting the state
maintenance of historic effort required pursuant to section 26-2-713.

(b) The state department or county departments shall not pay a reward as
authorized under this section if the state or county costs of implementing the
provisions of this section exceed the overall saving of state or county moneys that
the state department or county departments estimate shall be realized by
implementing this section.