First Regular Session
              Sixty-ninth General Assembly
                    STATE OF COLORADO
                                                 INTRODUCED
                                                           
                                                           
 LLS NO. 13-0870.01 Brita Darling x2241  SENATE BILL 13-209
                   SENATE SPONSORSHIP
 Tochtrop,
 
                    HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
 (None),
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Senate Committees
 House Committees
 
 
 Health & Human Services
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                         A BILL FOR AN ACT
       Concerning an increase to the personal needs allowance for
            persons in nursing care facilities.
       
       
                           Bill Summary
       
            (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
       not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill
       passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that
       applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at
       http://www.leg.state.co.us/billsummaries.)
       
            The bill changes the personal needs allowance by increasing the
       minimum amount payable to a resident of a nursing facility or an
       intermediate care facility for persons with mental retardation from $50 to
       $75 per month.
       
       
       
       Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
            SECTION 1.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, 25.5-6-206, amend
       (2) (a) as follows:
            25.5-6-206.  Personal needs benefits - amount - patient
       personal needs trust fund required - funeral and burial expenses -
       penalty for illegal retention and use. (2) (a)  The basic minimum
       amount payable pursuant to subsection (1) of this section for personal
       needs to any recipient admitted to a nursing facility or intermediate care
       facility for the mentally retarded shall be fifty seventy-five dollars
       monthly.
            SECTION 2.  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.