C.R.S. Section 26-1-118
Duties of county departments, county directors, and district attorneys


(1)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a)

The county departments or other state designated agencies, where applicable, shall serve as agents of the state department and are charged with the administration of public assistance, and welfare and related activities in the respective counties in accordance with the rules of the state department.

(b)

The county departments or other state designated agencies, where applicable, shall serve as agents of the department of early childhood and are charged with the administration of child care assistance and related activities in the respective counties in accordance with the rules of the department of early childhood.

(2)

The county departments or other state designated agencies, where applicable, shall report to the state department and the department of early childhood at such times and in such manner and form as the state department and the department of early childhood may from time to time direct. The state department and the department of early childhood may require a county department to report information concerning county employees, including but not limited to qualifications, work schedules, pay, duties, evaluations, training, and corrective and disciplinary actions. A county department may provide the information by use of a unique identifier for each employee that provides the information without identifying the name of the employee. However, nothing in this section prevents access by the state department or the department of early childhood to individual employee files, to the extent permitted by state and federal law, for purposes of carrying out the responsibility of the state department for the supervision and administration of programs funded in whole or in part by the state department or for purposes of carrying out the responsibility of the department of early childhood for the supervision and administration of child care assistance. The state department and the department of early childhood shall maintain the confidentiality of such records in a manner consistent with state and federal law.

(2.5)

Repealed.

(3)

The county department or other state designated agencies, where applicable, in each county shall submit quarterly and annually to the board of county commissioners a budget containing an estimate and supporting data setting forth the amount of money needed to carry out the provisions of this title.

(4)

When appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction and consistent with state department rules and regulations, the county director shall perform under the supervision of such court the function of officer or agent of the court in any social services matters which may be before it.

(5)

The county department may receive for placement in foster care any child upon agreement of his parent, his guardian, or any other person having legal custody of such child. Such agreements, provided for in this subsection (5), shall be in writing and on forms prescribed by the state department and may contain any proper and legal provisions for proper care of the child and such other provisions as may be considered necessary by the state department.

(6)

The county department shall report, to the district attorney monthly, data relating to fraudulent activities covering, as a minimum, the activities specified in paragraphs (a), (b), and (d) of this subsection (6), and the district attorney shall likewise report, monthly to the county department, the data specified in paragraph (c) of this subsection (6), as follows when applicable:

(a)

Investigations (including welfare and district attorney cases accepted for fraud investigation during the month);

(b)

Welfare action - assistance denials and assistance reductions;

(c)

District attorney action:

(I)

Criminal complaints requested during the month;

(II)

Criminal complaints declined during the month;

(III)

Cases dismissed during the month;

(IV)

Cases acquitted during the month;

(V)

Convictions during the month;

(VI)

Confessions of judgments (notes);

(d)

Recoveries:

(I)

Fines and penalties ------ (in dollars);

(II)

Restitutions ordered ------ (in dollars);

(III)

Restitutions collected ------ (in dollars).

(7)

The counties may prepare and issue to all payees, excluding heads of households in nonpublic assistance food stamp cases, at the time of delivery of any public assistance, a hermetically sealed photo identification card which is manufactured in such a secure manner as to resist duplication or intrusion and containing the full name, a card identification number, and any other data which would insure proper identification. A county department shall refer to the appropriate law enforcement agency for investigation, within ten working days after discovery, any information it may have concerning the improper use of a photo identification card by a person not eligible to possess such card.

(8)

Starting in the calendar year 1979, no less than eight hours of fraud prevention training shall be given to all eligibility technicians, caseworkers, resource investigators, homemakers, supervisors, and such other persons within the county department as the county director deems necessary, who have not previously received such training. Such training shall be conducted by a law enforcement agency or its appropriate professional association.

(9)

Repealed.

Source: Section 26-1-118 — Duties of county departments, county directors, and district attorneys, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-26.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

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
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
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
26‑1‑120
Merit system
26‑1‑121
Appropriations - food distribution programs
26‑1‑121.5
Public assistance funding model - workload study - evaluation - report - definitions - repeal
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
26‑1‑126
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
26‑1‑129
Comprehensive information - packet of aged services and programs - implementation
26‑1‑130
Applications for licenses - authority to suspend licenses - rules - definitions
26‑1‑132
Department of human services - rate setting - residential treatment service providers - monitoring and auditing - report
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
26‑1‑141
Departments - report required - hepatitis and HIV tests - definitions
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
26‑1‑304
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
26‑1‑309
Trust fund
26‑1‑310
Reports to the general assembly
26‑1‑312
Brain injury support in the criminal justice system task force - duties - membership - report - repeal
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
Green check means up to date. Up to date

Current through Fall 2024

§ 26-1-118’s source at colorado​.gov