§ 26-2-301.5 — Performance standards - incentives - sanctions

Colorado § 26-2-301.5

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 26: Human
• Art.: Public Assistance

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(1) (a) In
implementing the supplemental nutrition assistance program, the state department
and county departments shall endeavor to exceed federal performance measures in
the following areas:

(I) Application processing timeliness;

(II) Payment error rate; and

(III) Case and procedural error rate.

(b) If the state department receives federal performance bonus money as a
result of meeting the federal performance measures set forth in paragraph (a) of
this subsection (1), the state department shall pass the federal performance bonus
money through to the county departments; except that a county department shall
only receive that portion of federal performance bonus money attributable to the
county department's performance.

(c) In addition to federal performance bonus money, subject to available
appropriations for purposes of this paragraph (c), the state may award state-funded
administration performance bonuses to county departments.

(d) The state department, county departments, and any additional parties
identified by the state department and county departments, shall mutually agree
upon a method and formula for distributing to county departments any federal
performance bonus money pursuant to paragraph (b) of this subsection (1) and any
state-funded administration performance bonuses pursuant to paragraph (c) of this
subsection (1). Performance bonuses may be used by county departments for the
administration of the supplemental nutrition assistance program upon receipt of
federal approval of the county departments' plans.

(2) (a) The state department shall pass through to the county departments
any monetary sanctions imposed by the federal government for failing to meet
federal performance measures in any of the following areas:

(I) Application processing timeliness;

(II) Payment error rate; and

(III) Unresolved compliance issues over which the county department has
control, as mutually determined by the state department and county departments
based upon analysis of validated data, specific to a county department's
responsibilities in administering the supplemental nutrition assistance program,
including claim discrepancies.

(b) The state department, county departments, and any additional parties
identified by the state department and county departments, shall mutually agree
upon a method and formula for charging to county departments any federal
monetary sanction for failing to meet performance measures pursuant to paragraph
(a) of this subsection (2); except that a county department shall only be responsible
for the portion of a federal monetary sanction attributable to the county
department's performance relating to activities within the county department's
control, as mutually determined by the state department and county departments
based upon analysis of validated data.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2016: Entire section added, (SB 16-190), ch. 201, p. 709, � 1, effective June 1.