2007: (19.5) amended, p. 2043, § 74, effective June 1. L. 2008: (25.5) added, p. 1184, § 2,
effective May 22. L. 2010: (3) amended, (SB 10-175), ch. 188, p. 800, § 65, effective April 29.
L. 2011: (10) amended, (HB 11-1303), ch. 264, p. 1168, § 65, effective August 10. L. 2013: (3),
IP(9), and (9)(a) amended, (HB 13-1314), ch. 323, p. 1808, § 44, effective March 1. L. 2014: (1)
repealed, (2) amended, and (13.5) added, (SB 14-067), ch. 12, p. 109, § 1, effective February 27.
L. 2016: (19.5) amended, (SB 16-189), ch. 210, p. 773, § 67, effective June 6. L. 2017: IP(1)
and (14) amended, (HB 17-1046), ch. 50, p. 159, § 13, effective March 16; IP amended and (1.5)
added, (HB 17-1353), ch. 231, p. 895, § 1, effective May 23; IP and (3) amended, (SB 17-242),
ch. 263, p. 1327, § 198, effective May 25; IP and IP(7) amended, (SB 17-091), ch. 321, p. 1731,
§ 1, effective June 5. L. 2018: (5.5) added, (HB 18-1091), ch. 74, p. 642, § 2, effective August 8;
(12) amended, (HB 18-1431), ch. 313, p. 1892, § 9, effective August 8. L. 2019: (19.5)
amended, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 1707, § 177, effective October 1. L. 2021: (2.5) added and
(3) amended, (HB 21-1187), ch. 83, p. 331, § 23, effective July 1, 2024; (25.7) added, (HB
21-1190), ch. 152, p. 875, § 3, effective May 18. L. 2022: (10) amended, (HB 22-1289), ch. 399,
p. 2841, § 11, effective June 7; (3) amended, (HB 22-1278), ch. 222, p. 1511, § 66, effective July
1; (19.5) amended, (HB 22-1295), ch. 123, p. 848, § 75, effective July 1; (3) amended, (HB
22-1256), ch. 451, p. 3239, § 53, effective August 10; (3) amended, (HB 22-1278), ch. 222, p.
1593, § 232, effective July 1, 2024. L. 2023: (24.5) added, (HB 23-1130), ch. 394, p. 2356, § 2,
effective August 7.
Editor's note: (1) This section is similar to former § 26-4-103 as it existed prior to
2006.
(2) Subsection (3) was originally numbered as § 26-4-103 (2), and the amendments to it
in House Bill 06-1277 were harmonized with subsection (3) as it appeared in Senate Bill 06-219.
(3) Subsection (19.5) was enacted as § 26-4-103 (13.6) in House Bill 06-1395 but was
relocated due to its harmonization with this section as it appeared in Senate Bill 06-219.
(4) Amendments to subsection (3) by HB 22-1256 and HB 22-1278 were harmonized.
Cross references: For the legislative declaration in SB 17-242, see section 1 of chapter
263, Session Laws of Colorado 2017. For the legislative declaration in HB 22-1289, see section
1 of chapter 399, Session Laws of Colorado 2022.
25.5-4-104. Program of medical assistance - single state agency. (1) The state
department, by rules, shall establish a program of medical assistance to provide necessary
medical care for the categorically needy. The state department is hereby designated as the single
state agency to administer such program in accordance with Title XIX and this article and
articles 5 and 6 of this title. Such program shall not be required to furnish recipients under
sixty-five years of age the benefits that are provided to recipients sixty-five years of age and over
under Title XVIII of the social security act; but said program shall otherwise be uniform to the
extent required by Title XIX of the social security act.
(2) The state department may review any decision of a county department and may
consider any application upon which a decision has not been made by the county department
within a reasonable time to determine the propriety of the action or failure to take timely action
on an application for medical assistance. The state department shall make such additional
investigation as it deems necessary and shall, after giving the county department an opportunity
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