Colorado § 25.5-5-204.5 - Continuous eligibility - children.

§ 25.5-5-204.5. Continuous eligibility - children.

(1) A child who is determined to be eligible for benefits under this article or under article 4 or 6 of this title shall remain eligible for twelve months subsequent to the last day of the month in which the child was enrolled; except that a child shall no longer be eligible and shall be disenrolled from the state medical assistance program if the state department becomes aware of or is notified that the child has moved out of the state or has reached nineteen years of age.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, if the money in the healthcare affordability and sustainability hospital provider fee cash fund established pursuant to section 25.5-4-402.4, together with the corresponding federal matching funds, is insufficient to fully fund all of the purposes described in section 25.5-4-402.4 (5)(b), after receiving recommendations from the Colorado healthcare affordability and sustainability enterprise established pursuant to section 25.5-4-402.4 (3), the state board by rule adopted pursuant to the provisions of section 25.5-4-402.4 (6)(b)(III) may eliminate the continuous enrollment requirement pursuant to this section.

(3) Repealed.

Source: L. 2009: Entire section added, (HB 09-1293), ch. 152, p. 648, § 6, effective July 1. L. 2017: (2) amended, (SB 17-267), ch. 267, p. 1466, § 20, effective July 1. L. 2025: (2) amended, (SB 25-270), ch. 151, p. 605, § 14, effective May 1.

Editor's note: (1) Subsection (3)(c) provided for the repeal of subsection (3), effective the July 1 following the revisor of statutes' receipt of the notice required pursuant to subsection (3)(b). (See L. 2009, p. 648.) The revisor of statutes received said notice dated February 17, 2017.

(2) Section 34 of chapter 267 (SB 17-267), Session Laws of Colorado 2017, provides that the section of the act amending this section does not take effect if the centers for medicare and medicaid services determine that the amendments do not comply with federal law. For more information, see SB 17-267. (L. 2017, p. 1478.) The executive director of the department of health care policy and financing did not notify the revisor of statutes by June 1, 2017, of such determination; therefore, the changes to this section took effect July 1, 2017.

Cross references: For the legislative declaration in SB 17-267, see section 1 of chapter 267, Session Laws of Colorado 2017.