§ 26-11-201 — Definitions

Colorado § 26-11-201

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 26: Human
• Art.: Older Coloradans' Act

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As used in this part 2, unless the context otherwise
requires:

(1) Advisory council means a representative body of laypersons and service
providers which represents the interests of the older persons within the boundaries
of a planning and service area and which is designated by the area agency on aging
pursuant to section 26-11-205.

(2) Area agency on aging means an identifiable private nonprofit or public
agency designated by the state office on aging which works for the interests of
older Coloradans within a planning and service area and which engages in
community planning, coordination, and program development and provides a broad
array of social and nutritional services.

(3) Area plan means a comprehensive and coordinated system of programs
in a planning and service area.

(3.5) Child means a person who is not more than eighteen years of age.

(4) Comprehensive and coordinated system of programs means programs
of interrelated social and nutritional services designed to meet the needs of older
persons.

(4.5) Family caregiver means an adult family member, or another
individual, who is an informal provider of in-home and community care to an older
individual who is sixty years of age or older.

(4.7) Grandparent or older individual who is a relative caregiver means a
grandparent or step-grandparent of a child, or a relative of a child by blood or
marriage, who is sixty years of age or older and who:

(a) Lives with the child;

(b) Is the primary caregiver of the child because the biological or adoptive
parents are unable or unwilling to serve as the primary caregiver of the child; and

(c) Has a legal relationship to the child, such as legal custody or
guardianship, or is raising the child informally.

(5) Greatest economic need means the need resulting from an income level
at or below the poverty threshold established by the United States bureau of the
census.

(6) Greatest social need means the need caused by noneconomic factors,
as associated with the federally protected class statuses recognized by section
504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. sec. 794, as amended; the
federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C. sec. 12101 et seq., as
amended; and Title VII of the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. sec. 2000e
et seq., as amended, that restrict an individual's ability to perform normal daily
tasks or that threaten an individual's capacity to live independently.

(7) Planning and service area means a geographical area within the state,
designated by the state office on aging, in which the area agency on aging shall
carry out the area plan.

(8) State office means the state office on aging within the state
department.

Legislative History

Source: L. 85: Entire part added, p. 975, � 3, effective May 29. L. 2002: (3.5), (4.5), and (4.7) added, p. 802, � 1, effective May 30. L. 2022: (6) amended, (HB 22-1035), ch. 38, p. 202, � 6, effective March 24.