C.R.S. Section 26-2-103
Definitions


As used in this article 2 and article 1 of this title 26, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1)

[Editor’s note:
This version of subsection (1) is effective until July 1, 2024.]
“Applicant” means any individual or family who individually or through a designated representative or someone acting responsibly for him has applied for benefits under the programs of public assistance administered or supervised by the state department pursuant to the provisions of this article.

(1)

[Editor’s note:
This version of subsection (1) is effective July 1, 2024.]
“Activities of daily living” means the basic self-care activities, including eating, bathing, dressing, transferring from bed to chair, bowel and bladder control, and independent ambulation.

(1.3)

[Editor’s note:
Subsection (1.3) is effective July 1, 2024.]
“Applicant” means any individual or family who individually or through a designated representative or someone acting responsibly for the individual or family has applied for benefits under the programs of public assistance administered or supervised by the state department pursuant to this article 2.

(1.5)

Repealed.

(2)

“Assistance payments” means financial assistance (other than medical assistance covered by the “Colorado Medical Assistance Act”) provided pursuant to rules and regulations adopted by the state department and includes pensions, grants, and other money payments to or on behalf of recipients.

(3)

“Blind” means any individual who has not more than ten percent visual acuity in the better eye with correction, or not more than 20/200 central visual acuity in the better eye with correction, or a limitation in the fields of vision such that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angle no greater than twenty degrees.

(4)

“Dependent child” means:

(a)

A needy child under the age of eighteen who has been deprived of parental support or care by reason of the death, the continued absence from the home, the physical or mental incapacity, or the unemployment of a parent, as determined under standards prescribed by the state department through rules and regulations, and who is living with a person related to such child within the fifth degree in a place of residence maintained by one or more of such relatives as his, her, or their own home, and whose relatives or other person liable under the law for the child’s support are not able to provide adequate care and support of such child without assistance payments under a program for aid to families with dependent children; or

(b)

A needy child who would meet the requirements of paragraph (a) of this subsection (4) except for his removal from a home of a relative specified in said paragraph (a) by a judicial determination that continued residence in such home would be contrary to the best interests of such child, when all of the following conditions are present:

(I)

The placement and care of such child are the responsibility of the state department or a county department;

(II)

Such child has been placed in a foster care home or child care institution as a result of such judicial determination;

(III)

Assistance payments for such child were received under this article in or for the month in which court proceedings leading to such determination were initiated, or such payments would have been received for such month if application had been made therefor, or, in the case of a child who had been living with a relative specified in paragraph (a) of this subsection (4) within six months prior to the month in which such proceedings were initiated, such payments would have been received in or for such month if in such month he had been living with and removed from the home of such relative and application had been made therefor; or

(c)

A person otherwise meeting the requirements of paragraph (a) of this subsection (4) who is under the age of nineteen years and a full-time student in regular attendance at a secondary school or enrolled in an equivalent level of vocational or technical training designed to train him for gainful employment and who is reasonably expected to complete the program of such secondary school or such technical or vocational training before reaching the age of nineteen.

(5)

“Essential person” means a person who resides with a recipient of assistance payments under a program for aid to the blind or aid to the needy disabled and, pursuant to rules and regulations adopted by the state department, is determined to be rendering a service to the recipient which, if the recipient were living alone, would have to be provided for him.

(5.3)

[Editor’s note:
Subsection (5.3) is effective July 1, 2024.]
“Instrumental activities of daily living” means home management and independent living activities such as cooking, cleaning, using a telephone, shopping, doing laundry, providing transportation, and managing money.
(5.5)(Deleted by amendment, L. 97, p. 1230, § 14, effective July 1, 1997.)(5.7) “Legal immigrant” means an individual who is not a citizen or national of the United States and who was lawfully admitted to the United States by the immigration and naturalization service, or any successor agency, as an actual or prospective permanent resident or whose extended physical presence in the United States is known to and allowed by the immigration and naturalization service, or any successor agency.
(6)(Deleted by amendment, L. 2006, p. 1504, § 47, effective June 1, 2006.)(7) “Public assistance” means assistance payments, food stamps, and social services provided to or on behalf of eligible recipients through programs administered or supervised by the state department, either in cooperation with the federal government or independently without federal aid, pursuant to this article 2. Public assistance includes programs for old age pensions, except for the old age pension health and medical care program, and also includes the Colorado works program, aid to the needy disabled, aid to the blind, child welfare services, food stamps supplementation to households not receiving public assistance found eligible for food stamps under rules adopted by the state board, expenses of treatment to prevent blindness or restore eyesight as defined in section 26-2-121, and funeral and final disposition expenses as described in section 26-2-129.

(7.5)

“Qualified alien” shall have the meaning ascribed to that term in section 431 (b) of the federal “Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996”, Public Law 104-193, as amended.

(8)

“Recipient” means any individual or family who is receiving or has received benefits from the programs of public assistance administered or supervised by the state department pursuant to the provisions of this article.

(9)

“Resident” means any individual who is living, other than temporarily, within the state of Colorado, or a particular county therein, voluntarily and with the intention of making his home there. “Resident” includes any unemancipated child whose parents, or other person entitled to custody, live within such state or county. Temporary absences from such state or county shall not cause an individual to lose his status as a resident if he has an intent to return and has not abandoned his residence.

(10)

“Social security act” means the federal “Social Security Act” and amendments thereto.

(11)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a)

“Social services” means services and payments for services available, directly or indirectly, through the staff of the state department of human services and county departments of human or social services or through state designated agencies, where applicable, for the benefit of eligible persons. The services are provided pursuant to rules adopted by the state board. “Social services” may include day care, homemaker services, foster care, and other services to individuals or families for the purpose of attaining or retaining capabilities for maximum self-care, self-support, and personal independence and services to families or members of families for the purpose of preserving, rehabilitating, reuniting, or strengthening the family. At such time as Title XX of the social security act becomes effective with respect to federal reimbursements, “social services” may include child care services, protective services for children and adults, services for children and adults in foster care, services related to the management and maintenance of the home, day care services for adults, transportation services, training and related services, employment services, information, referral, and counseling services, the preparation and delivery of meals, health support services, and appropriate combinations of services designed to meet the special needs of children, persons who are elderly, persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities, persons who are blind, persons with behavioral or mental health disorders, persons with a physical disability, and persons with substance use disorders.

(b)

“Social services” does not include medicaid services unless those services are delegated to the state department. “Social services” does not include medical services covered by the old age pension health and medical care program, the children’s basic health plan, or the Colorado indigent care program. “Social services” does not include child care assistance provided through the Colorado child care assistance program pursuant to part 1 of article 4 of title 26.5.

(12)

and (13) Repealed.

(14)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a)

“Total disability”, for the purpose of providing public assistance to persons not receiving federal financial benefits pursuant to Title XVI of the social security act, means a physical or mental impairment which is disabling and which, because of other factors such as age, training, experience, and social setting, substantially precludes the person having such disability from engaging in a useful occupation as a homemaker or as a wage earner in any employment which exists in the community for which he has competence.

(b)

For the purpose of the state-funded supplement to persons receiving federal financial benefits pursuant to Title XVI of the social security act, federal definitions promulgated pursuant to the said Title XVI shall apply.

Source: Section 26-2-103 — Definitions, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-26.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

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 - electronic benefits transfer service - joint reports with department of revenue - signs - rules
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 - repeal
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
26‑2‑111.8
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
26‑2‑119
Amount of assistance payments - aid to the needy disabled - rules
26‑2‑119.7
Federal disability benefits - application assistance - fund - rules - report - legislative declaration
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 - repeal
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
26‑2‑127
Appeals
26‑2‑128
Recovery from recipient - estate
26‑2‑129
Funeral - final disposition expenses - death reimbursement - definitions - rules
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
26‑2‑137
Noncitizens programs
26‑2‑138
Refugee services program - state plan - rules - definitions - repeal
26‑2‑139
Food pantry assistance grant program - created - timeline and criteria - grants - definitions - repeal
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
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
26‑2‑304
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
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
26‑2‑707.5
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
26‑2‑709
Benefits - cash assistance - programs - rules - 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
26‑2‑715
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
26‑2‑720.5
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
26‑2‑725
Outreach and engagement plan - family voice participation
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
Green check means up to date. Up to date

Current through Fall 2024

§ 26-2-103’s source at colorado​.gov