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      HOUSE BILL 09-1020
      
      
      BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) Acree, Gardner B., Gerou, Kefalas, Kerr J.,
      Ryden, Summers, Todd, Vigil;
      also SENATOR(S) Spence, Boyd, Newell.
      
      
      Concerning expedited processes for reenrollment in publicly
           funded medical programs.
       
      
      Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
      
           SECTION 1.  25.5-4-205 (3), Colorado Revised Statutes, is
      amended BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW PARAGRAPH to read:
      
           25.5-4-205.  Application - verification of eligibility -
      demonstration project - rules - repeal.  (3) (e) (I)  In collaboration
      with and to augment the state department's efforts to simplify
      eligibility determinations for benefits under the state medical
      assistance program and the children's basic health plan, the state
      department shall establish a process so that a recipient, enrollee,
      or the parent or guardian of a recipient or enrollee may apply for
      reenrollment either over the telephone or through the internet.
      
           (II) (A)  Subject to receipt of federal authorization and
      spending authority, the state department may implement a pilot
      program that allows a limited number of recipients or enrollees
      to apply for reenrollment either over the telephone or through
      the internet during a transition to a process that will serve
      recipients and enrollees statewide.  The pilot program shall not
      serve as a replacement for a statewide process.
      
           (B)  Notwithstanding any other provision in this paragraph
      (e), the state department shall not implement this paragraph (e)
      until it can verify the eligibility of a recipient or enrollee over
      the telephone or through the internet as authorized by rules of
      the state department and federal law.
      
           (C)  Notwithstanding any other provision in this paragraph
      (e), the state department shall not implement or administer any
      portion of this paragraph (e) until spending authority has been
      received in the general appropriation act or any supplemental
      appropriation and shall only implement and administer this
      paragraph (e) to the extent of such spending authority.
      
           (III)  The state department may solicit and accept gifts,
      grants, and donations from public or privates sources for the
      development or implementation of reenrollment either over the
      telephone or through the internet process described in this
      paragraph (e); except that the state department may not accept a
      gift, grant, or donation that is subject to conditions that are
      inconsistent with this paragraph (e) or any other law.  Any gifts,
      grants, or donations received by the state department shall be
      transmitted to the state treasurer, who shall credit the same to
      the department of health care policy and financing cash fund
      created pursuant to section 25.5-1-109.
      
           SECTION 2.  25.5-8-109 (4.5), Colorado Revised Statutes, is
      amended BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW PARAGRAPH to read:
      
           25.5-8-109.  Eligibility - children - pregnant women - repeal. 
      (4.5) (c)  Subject to the provisions and requirements of section
      25.5-4-205 (3) (e), the department shall establish a process so that
      an enrollee or the parent or guardian of an enrollee may apply
      for reenrollment either over the telephone or through the
      internet.
      
           SECTION 3.  Safety clause.  The general assembly hereby finds,
      determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate
      preservation of the public peace, health, and safety.
      
      
      
      
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      Terrance D. Carroll                Brandon C. Shaffer
      SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE                     PRESIDENT OF
      OF REPRESENTATIVES                         THE SENATE
      
      
      
      
      
      
      ____________________________  ____________________________
      Marilyn Eddins                          Karen Goldman
      CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE                 SECRETARY OF
      OF REPRESENTATIVES                         THE SENATE
      
      
      
      
                  APPROVED________________________________________
      
      
      
      
      
                                    _________________________________________
                                    Bill Ritter, Jr.
                                    GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO