Colorado Code — 26
Browse 529 sections in division 26 of the Colorado code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 26-1-101. Short title.
- § 26-1-102. Legislative declaration.
- § 26-1-103. Definitions.
- § 26-1-104. Construction of terms.
- § 26-1-105. Department of human services created - executive director - powers, duties, and functions.
- § 26-1-105.5. Transfer of functions - employees - property - records.
- § 26-1-106. Final agency action - administrative law judge - authority of executive director.
- § 26-1-107. State board of human services - reimbursement for expenses - rules.
- § 26-1-108. Powers and duties of the executive director - rules.
- § 26-1-109. Cooperation with federal government - grants-in-aid - low-income home energy assistance program - applications - definition.
- § 26-1-109.5. Treatment of restitution payments under this title - declaration - exclusion from financial determinations.
- § 26-1-110. Publications.
- § 26-1-111. Activities of the state department under the supervision of the executive director - cash fund - report - rules - statewide adoption resource registry.
- § 26-1-111.3. Activities of the state department under the supervision of the executive director - Colorado state youth development plan - creation - definitions.
- § 26-1-112. Locating violators - recoveries - repeal.
- § 26-1-112.5. Birth-related cost recovery program - cooperation with the department of health care policy and financing - duties of state department - repeal. (Repealed)
- § 26-1-113. Enforcement of support - RURESA. (Repealed)
- § 26-1-114. Records confidential - authorization to obtain records of assets - release of location information to law enforcement agencies - outstanding felony arrest warrants.
- § 26-1-114.5. Records - access by county auditor.
- § 26-1-115. County departments - district departments.
- § 26-1-116. County boards - district boards.
- § 26-1-117. County director - district director.
- § 26-1-118. Duties of county departments, county directors, and district attorneys.
- § 26-1-119. County staff.
- § 26-1-119.5. State and county departments - minimum requirements - state supervision - corrective action protocols - definitions - legislative declaration.
- § 26-1-120. Merit system.
- § 26-1-120.3. Merit system transition - progress report - repeal. (Repealed)
- § 26-1-120.5. Positions exempted from merit system - repeal. (Repealed)
- § 26-1-121. Appropriations - food distribution programs.
- § 26-1-121.5. Public assistance funding model - workload study - evaluation - report - definitions - repeal. (Repealed)
- § 26-1-122. County appropriations and expenditures - advancements - procedures.
- § 26-1-122.3. Public assistance programs - county administration - data collection and analysis - vendor contract.
- § 26-1-122.5. County appropriation increases - limitations - definitions.
- § 26-1-123. County social services fund.
- § 26-1-124. County social services budget.
- § 26-1-125. County social services levy - limitations. (Repealed)
- § 26-1-126. County contingency fund - county tax base relief fund - creation.
- § 26-1-126.5. Effect of supreme court's interpretation of section 26-1-126, creating the county contingency fund for public assistance and welfare programs.
- § 26-1-127. Fraudulent acts.
- § 26-1-127.5. Prevention of erroneous payments to prisoners - incentives.
- § 26-1-128. Report required. (Repealed)
- § 26-1-129. Comprehensive information - packet of aged services and programs - implementation.
- § 26-1-130. Applications for licenses - authority to suspend licenses - rules - definitions.
- § 26-1-131. (Reserved)
- § 26-1-132. Department of human services - rate setting - residential treatment service providers - monitoring and auditing - report.
- § 26-1-133. Colorado mental health institute at Pueblo - forensic unit - authority to enter into lease. (Repealed)
- § 26-1-133.5. Rental properties - fund created.
- § 26-1-134. Home- and community-based services for persons with developmental disabilities - cooperation.
- § 26-1-135. Child welfare action committee - reporting - cash fund - created.
- § 26-1-136. Persons in a department of human services facility - medical benefits application assistance - county of residence - rules.
- § 26-1-136.5. Menstrual hygiene products for a person in custody - definition.
- § 26-1-136.7. Opioid treatment for a person in custody - definitions.
- § 26-1-136.8. Custody of a person with the capacity for pregnancy.
- § 26-1-137. Persons committed to or placed in a department of human services facility - prohibition against the use of restraints on pregnant women.
- § 26-1-138. Memorandum of understanding - notification of risk - rules.
- § 26-1-139. Child fatality and near fatality prevention - process - department of human services child fatality review team - reporting - rules - legislative declaration - definitions.
- § 26-1-140. State exception to HIPAA - significant threat to schools - legislative declaration - repeal. (Repealed)
- § 26-1-141. Departments - report required - hepatitis and HIV tests - definitions.
- § 26-1-142. Veteran suicide prevention pilot program - rules - report - definitions - repeal. (Repealed)
- § 26-1-143. Managed care entity payments - definition.
- § 26-1-144. Continuous quality improvement.
- § 26-1-201. Programs administered - services provided - department of human services.
- § 26-1-301. Definitions.
- § 26-1-302. Colorado brain injury trust fund board - creation - powers and duties - reimbursement for expenses.
- § 26-1-303. Administering entity for services for persons with traumatic brain injuries. (Repealed)
- § 26-1-304. Services for persons with brain injuries - limitations - covered services.
- § 26-1-305. Education about brain injury.
- § 26-1-306. Research related to treatment of brain injuries - grants.
- § 26-1-307. Administrative costs.
- § 26-1-308. General fund moneys. (Repealed)
- § 26-1-309. Trust fund.
- § 26-1-310. Reports to the general assembly.
- § 26-1-311. Repeal. (Repealed)
- § 26-1-312. Brain injury support in the criminal justice system task force - duties - membership - report - repeal. (Repealed)
- § 26-1-501. (Repealed)
- § 26-1-701. Legislative declaration.
- § 26-1-702. Duties of the state department - contract to implement program - reporting requirement.
- § 26-1-703. Respite care task force fund - creation.
- § 26-1-801. Legislative declaration.
- § 26-1-802. Definitions.
- § 26-1-803. Public benefits delivery model - state departments responsibilities.
- § 26-1-804. Performance-based contracts.
- § 26-1-805. Third-party contractor.
- § 26-1-806. Implementation work group - subgroups - reports.
- § 26-1-807. Transition plan.
- § 26-1-808. State cross-departmental policy alignment team.
- § 26-2-101. Short title.
- § 26-2-102. Legislative declaration.
- § 26-2-102.5. Foster care - Title IV-E of the social security act - Title IV-E administrative costs cash fund - rules.
- § 26-2-103. Definitions.
- § 26-2-104. Public assistance programs - automatic enrollment - electronic benefits transfer service - joint reports with department of revenue - signs - rules - definitions.
- § 26-2-105. Federal requirements.
- § 26-2-106. Applications for public assistance.
- § 26-2-107. Verification - record.
- § 26-2-108. Granting of assistance payments and social services - rules.
- § 26-2-109. Right to own certain property.
- § 26-2-110. Repayment not required.
- § 26-2-111. Eligibility for public assistance - rules.
- § 26-2-111.1. Eligibility for assistance - immunization of children. (Repealed)
- § 26-2-111.2. Community work experience program. (Repealed)
- § 26-2-111.3. Work supplementation program. (Repealed)
- § 26-2-111.4. Employment search program. (Repealed)
- § 26-2-111.5. Access to supplemental security income program benefits for old age pension applicants and recipients.
- § 26-2-111.6. Old age pension work incentive program.
- § 26-2-111.7. Study of old age pension program - repeal. (Repealed)
- § 26-2-111.8. Eligibility of noncitizens for public assistance.
- § 26-2-112. Old age pensions for inmates of public institutions.
- § 26-2-113. Funds for old age pensions.
- § 26-2-114. Amount of assistance payments - old age pension.
- § 26-2-115. State old age pension fund - priority.
- § 26-2-116. Old age pension stabilization fund.
- § 26-2-117. Old age pension health and medical care fund - supplemental old age pension health and medical care fund. (Repealed)
- § 26-2-118. Amount of assistance payments - aid to families with dependent children. (Repealed)
- § 26-2-119. Amount of assistance payments - aid to the needy disabled - rules.
- § 26-2-119.5. Health and medical care program - aid to the needy disabled. (Repealed)
- § 26-2-119.7. Federal disability benefits - application assistance - fund - rules - report - legislative declaration. (Repealed)
- § 26-2-120. Amount of assistance payments - aid to the blind.
- § 26-2-121. Expenses of treatment to prevent blindness or restore eyesight.
- § 26-2-122. Public assistance in the form of social services.
- § 26-2-122.3. Home care allowance.
- § 26-2-122.4. Home care allowance grant program - rules - report - repeal. (Repealed)
- § 26-2-122.5. Acceptance of available money to finance the low-income energy assistance program.
- § 26-2-123. Removal to another county.
- § 26-2-124. Reconsideration and changes.
- § 26-2-125. Colorado works cases - vendor payments.
- § 26-2-126. Evidentiary conference. (Repealed)
- § 26-2-127. Appeals.
- § 26-2-128. Recovery from recipient - estate.
- § 26-2-129. Funeral - final disposition expenses - death benefit - legislative intent - definitions - rules.
- § 26-2-130. Fraudulent acts. (Repealed)
- § 26-2-131. Public assistance not assignable.
- § 26-2-132. Limitation.
- § 26-2-133. State income tax refund offset - rules.
- § 26-2-134. Checks, drafts, or orders for payment of moneys for public assistance - identification of bearer.
- § 26-2-135. Medically correctable program - fund established - rules.
- § 26-2-136. Personal identification systems for public assistance - committee to select methods. (Repealed)
- § 26-2-137. Noncitizens programs.
- § 26-2-138. Refugee services program - state plan - rules - definitions - repeal. (Repealed)
- § 26-2-139. Food pantry assistance grant program - created - timeline and criteria - grants - definitions. (Repealed)
- § 26-2-140. Colorado diaper distribution program - diapering essentials - report - rules - definitions.
- § 26-2-141. High-quality work management system - implementation - funding - repeal.
- § 26-2-142. Colorado teen parent driver's license program - report - rules - definitions - appropriation.
- § 26-2-143. Colorado commodity supplemental food grant program - creation - appropriation - rules - definitions.
- § 26-2-144. Food bank assistance grant program - creation - rules - definition. (Repealed)
- § 26-2-145. Community food assistance provider grant program - creation - grants - definitions - repeal.
- § 26-2-201. Short title.
- § 26-2-202. Legislative declaration.
- § 26-2-203. Definitions.
- § 26-2-204. Mandatory minimum state supplementation of SSI benefits.
- § 26-2-205. Optional state supplementation.
- § 26-2-206. Interim assistance.
- § 26-2-207. Administration.
- § 26-2-208. Federal requirements.
- § 26-2-209. Limitations.
- § 26-2-210. State supplemental security income stabilization fund - creation.
- § 26-2-301. Food stamps - administration.
- § 26-2-301.5. Performance standards - incentives - sanctions.
- § 26-2-302. Federal requirements.
- § 26-2-303. Evidentiary conference. (Repealed)
- § 26-2-304. Appeals - recoveries - rules.
- § 26-2-305. Fraudulent acts - penalties.
- § 26-2-305.5. Categorical eligibility - repeal.
- § 26-2-306. Trafficking in food stamps.
- § 26-2-307. Fuel assistance payments - eligibility for federal standard utility allowance - supplemental utility assistance fund established - definitions - repeal.
- § 26-2-308. Colorado employment first - supplemental nutrition assistance program - federal match - legislative declaration - definition - repeal. (Repealed)
- § 26-2-309. Summer electronic benefits transfer for children program - creation - rules - legislative declaration - definitions.
- § 26-2-310. Restaurant meals program - federal approval - eligible SNAP recipients - report - rules - definitions.
- § 26-2-701. Short title.
- § 26-2-702. Legislative intent.
- § 26-2-703. Definitions.
- § 26-2-704. No individual entitlement.
- § 26-2-705. Works program - purposes.
- § 26-2-706. Target populations.
- § 26-2-706.5. Restrictions on length of participation - rules.
- § 26-2-706.6. Payments and services under Colorado works - rules.
- § 26-2-707. Diversion grant. (Repealed)
- § 26-2-707.5. Community resources investment assistance.
- § 26-2-707.7. Information concerning immunization of children.
- § 26-2-708. Assistance - assessment - individual responsibility contract - waivers for domestic violence - rules.
- § 26-2-708.5. Colorado works controlled substance abuse control program. (Repealed)
- § 26-2-709. Benefits - cash assistance - programs - rules - legislative intent - repeal.
- § 26-2-709.5. Exit interviews and follow-up interviews of participants - reporting.
- § 26-2-710. Administrative review.
- § 26-2-711. Works program - sanctions against participants - rules.
- § 26-2-712. State department duties - authority.
- § 26-2-713. State maintenance of effort.
- § 26-2-714. County block grants formula - use of money - rules.
- § 26-2-714.5. Adjusted work participation rate - notification - county authorization - career and technical education.
- § 26-2-714.7. Work participation rates - increases - county strategies - report - repeal. (Repealed)
- § 26-2-715. Performance contracts.
- § 26-2-716. County duties - appropriations - penalties - hardship extensions - domestic violence extensions - incentives - rules.
- § 26-2-717. Reporting requirements.
- § 26-2-718. Regionalization.
- § 26-2-719. Private contracting.
- § 26-2-720. Short-term works emergency fund - repeal. (Repealed)
- § 26-2-720.5. County block grant support fund - created.
- § 26-2-721. Colorado long-term works reserve - creation - use.
- § 26-2-721.3. Colorado works program maintenance fund - creation - use - report.
- § 26-2-721.5. Strategic allocation committee - created - duties - repeal. (Repealed)
- § 26-2-721.7. Colorado works statewide strategic use fund - created - allocations - rules - evaluation - report - repeal. (Repealed)
- § 26-2-722. Legislative oversight committee - created - repeal. (Repealed)
- § 26-2-723. Evaluation - state department - repeal. (Repealed)
- § 26-2-724. Colorado works - screening for substance abuse and mental health problems - repeal. (Repealed)
- § 26-2-725. Outreach and engagement plan - family voice participation.
- § 26-2-726. Stable housing for survivors of domestic or sexual violence program - creation - funding - appropriation - definitions.
- § 26-2-727. Improving state-level data for the works program - annual report.
- § 26-2-1001. Short title.
- § 26-2-1002. Legislative declaration.
- § 26-2-1003. Definitions.
- § 26-2-1004. Individual development account program - rules.
- § 26-2-1005. Eligibility for participation in the individual development account program.
- § 26-2-1101. Legislative declaration.
- § 26-2-1102. Definitions.
- § 26-2-1103. Transitional jobs program.
- § 26-2-1104. Repeal.
- § 26-3.1-101. Definitions.
- § 26-3.1-102. Reporting requirements.
- § 26-3.1-103. Evaluations - investigations - training - exception for counties participating in alternative response program - rules.
- § 26-3.1-103.3. Alternative response pilot program for the provision of protective services for at-risk adults - creation - report - rules - repeal.
- § 26-3.1-104. Provision of protective services for at-risk adults - consent - nonconsent - least restrictive intervention.
- § 26-3.1-105. Prior consent form. (Repealed)
- § 26-3.1-106. Training.
- § 26-3.1-107. Background check - adult protective services data system check.
- § 26-3.1-108. Notice of report - appeals - rules.
- § 26-3.1-109. Limitation.
- § 26-3.1-110. Report concerning the implementation of mandatory reporting of elder abuse and exploitation - repeal. (Repealed)
- § 26-3.1-111. Access to CAPS - employment checks - conservatorship and guardianship checks - confidentiality - fees - rules - legislative declaration - definitions.
- § 26-3.1-301. (Repealed)
- § 26-5-100.2. Legislative declaration.
- § 26-5-101. Definitions.
- § 26-5-102. Provision of child welfare services - system reform goals - out-of-home placements for children and youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities - reporting - rules - definition.
- § 26-5-103. Coordination with other programs.
- § 26-5-103.5. Child welfare allocations committee - organization - duties - funding model - definition.
- § 26-5-103.7. Child welfare allocations funding model - evaluation group - report - definitions.
- § 26-5-104. Funding of child welfare services provider contracts - funding mechanism review - fund - report - rules - definitions.
- § 26-5-105. Reimbursement procedure.
- § 26-5-105.3. Federal waivers.
- § 26-5-105.4. Title IV-E waiver demonstration project - county performance agreements - Title IV-E waiver demonstration project cash fund created - rules - repeal. (Repealed)
- § 26-5-105.5. State department integrated care management program - county performance agreements - authorized - performance incentive cash fund created - repeal.
- § 26-5-105.7. Study of managed care - repeal. (Repealed)
- § 26-5-105.8. Delivery of child welfare services task force - creation - duties - membership - reporting requirements - repeal. (Repealed)
- § 26-5-106. Fraudulent acts. (Repealed)
- § 26-5-107. Limitations of article.
- § 26-5-108. Developmental assessment - rules.
- § 26-5-109. Child welfare training academy established - rules.
- § 26-5-110. Guardianship assistance program - legislative intent - eligibility - reporting - rules - definition.
- § 26-5-111. Statewide child abuse reporting hotline system - child abuse hotline steering committee - screening questions for hotline system operators and county departments - rules on consistent processes in response to reports and inquiries for information - legislative declaration - definitions.
- § 26-5-112. Child welfare caseload study - repeal. (Repealed)
- § 26-5-113. Extended services for former foster care youth.
- § 26-5-114. Former foster care youth steering committee - implementation plan - recommendations.
- § 26-5-115. Acquisition of driver's licenses by individuals in foster care - immunity from liability - rules.
- § 26-5-116. Fostering educational opportunities for youth in foster care program - creation - report.
- § 26-5-117. Out-of-home placement for children and youth with mental or behavioral needs - funding - report - rules - legislative declaration - definitions - repeal.
- § 26-5-118. Audit of child welfare system tools - Colorado family safety assessment - Colorado family risk assessment - domestic violence - intimate partner violence - report - rules - definitions.
- § 26-5-119. Equity, diversity, and inclusion in child welfare system - data collection - assessment - resource and training expansion - reporting - definitions.
- § 26-5.3-101. Short title.
- § 26-5.3-102. Legislative declaration.
- § 26-5.3-103. Definitions.
- § 26-5.3-104. Emergency assistance for families with children at imminent risk of being placed out of the home.
- § 26-5.3-105. Eligibility requirements - period of eligibility - services available.
- § 26-5.3-106. State's savings - cash fund created - use of money in fund - plan required.
- § 26-5.4-101. Legislative declaration.
- § 26-5.4-102. Definitions.
- § 26-5.4-103. Foster care prevention services program - rules.
- § 26-5.4-104. Eligibility requirements - period of eligibility - services available - rules.
- § 26-5.4-105. Implementation of article - federal authorization - request for funding.
- § 26-5.4-106. Foster care prevention services - provision of services - rights and remedies - exchange of information.
- § 26-5.5-101. Short title.
- § 26-5.5-102. Legislative declaration.
- § 26-5.5-103. Definitions.
- § 26-5.5-104. Statewide family preservation program - creation - single state agency designated - program criteria established - available services - powers and duties of agencies - local oversight - feasibility report.
- § 26-5.5-105. Financing of family preservation program.
- § 26-5.5-106. Family preservation commission - establishment or designation - duties.
- § 26-5.7-101. Short title.
- § 26-5.7-102. Definitions.
- § 26-5.7-103. Family reconciliation services.
- § 26-5.7-104. Taking youth into custody - transporting to residence or child care facility or homeless youth shelter.
- § 26-5.7-105. Child care facilities - homeless youth shelters - authority - duties - rules.
- § 26-5.7-106. Notification.
- § 26-5.7-107. Voluntary alternative residence - parental agreement.
- § 26-5.7-108. Voluntary alternative residence - lack of parental agreement.
- § 26-5.7-109. No use of general fund moneys. (Repealed)
- § 26-5.7-110. Host homes for youth - report - rules - definitions.
- § 26-6-701. Short title.
- § 26-6-702. Definitions.
- § 26-6-703. Temporary care assistance program permitted.
- § 26-6-704. Temporary care assistance program - limitations on duration of delegation - approved temporary caregiver.
- § 26-6-705. Approval of temporary caregiver - background check - training.
- § 26-6-706. Rules.
- § 26-6-707. Application of part.
- § 26-6-901. Short title.
- § 26-6-902. Legislative declaration.
- § 26-6-903. Definitions - repeal.
- § 26-6-904. Applicability of part.
- § 26-6-904.5. Kinship foster care homes - certification and revocation of certification - financial assistance and supports - training - interagency resource data - report - rules - repeal.
- § 26-6-905. Licenses - out-of-state notices and consent - demonstration pilot program - report - rules - definition - repeal.
- § 26-6-906. Compliance with local government zoning regulations - notice to local governments - provisional licensure.
- § 26-6-907. Fees - when original applications, reapplications, and renewals for licensure are required - creation of child welfare licensing cash fund.
- § 26-6-908. Application forms - criminal sanctions for perjury.
- § 26-6-909. Standards for facilities and agencies - appeals review panel - rules - repeal.