Colorado § 25.5-4-503 - Waiver applications - authorization.
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§ 25.5-4-503. Waiver applications - authorization.
(1) The state department is authorized to apply for health insurance flexibility and accountability waivers that will enable the state to add more flexibility to Colorado's medicaid program and that will result in a cost-effective method of providing health-care services to Coloradans.
(2) The state department shall pursue and, if approved, implement a demonstration waiver that authorizes the state to use federal medical assistance payments authorized pursuant to section 1903(v) of the federal "Social Security Act", as amended, in coordination with the division of insurance to enhance or expand a state-subsidized individual health coverage plan as defined in section 10-16-1203 (15) and, only if needed to maximize federal financial participation, for Coloradans receiving state medical assistance pursuant to section 25.5-2-104 or 25.5-5-201 (6). To the extent such federal funds are used to enhance or expand a state-subsidized individual health coverage plan, as defined in section 10-16-1203 (15), the health insurance affordability enterprise created pursuant to section 10-16-1204 must receive, deposit into the health insurance affordability cash fund created in section 10-16-1206, and allocate the federal share of the medical assistance payments pursuant to section 10-16-1205 (2), subject to any conditions set forth in the approval of the waiver.
Source: L. 2006: Entire article added with relocations, p. 1853, § 7, effective July 1. L. 2022: Entire section amended, (HB 22-1289), ch. 399, p. 2841, § 14, effective June 7.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 25.5-1-111 as it existed prior to 2006.
Cross references: For the legislative declaration in HB 22-1289, see section 1 of chapter 399, Session Laws of Colorado 2022.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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