Ba
llot History
Year:
1994
Ballot Number:
18
Short Title:
State Medical Assistance - Repayment
Ballot Title:
Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado Constitution to provide, effective July 1, 1995, that any payment of medical assistance by any agency of the state or any of its political subdivisions to a biological parent or third party on behalf of or for the benefit of that biological parent's child born on or after July 1, 1995, for any medical assistance rendered to the child shall constitute a debt owed to the agency jointly and severally by: (a) the biological parent who is not the applicant for or recipient of the medical assistance payment, until the child reaches full age, and (b) each biological or adoptive parent of a minor biological parent of the child, until the income, property and resources of the parent become insufficient or until the minor biological parent reaches full age; to require that the applicant for or recipient of assistance shall assist the appropriate agency in establishing the paternity of the child; and to exempt from the incurred debt medical assistance rendered to the biological parent or child when such assistance is available to the public without regard to economic status?
Election Results:
Rejected
Votes For
:
334,029
(
31.9%
)
Votes Against:
714,653
(
68.1%
)
Type of Change:
Constitutional
Initiative/Referendum:
Initiative
Bill/Resolution #:
Election Results - SOS:
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