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SecondSB207_S_APP.001 RegularNOT SessionAMENDED Seventy-firstSENATE GeneralCOMMITTEE Assembly STATE OF COLORADOREFERENCE REENGROSSEDREPORT This_______________________________ VersionMarch Includes27, All2018 AmendmentsChairman Adoptedof inCommittee theDate HouseCommittee ofon IntroductionAppropriations. LLS NO.
18-1050.01After Edconsideration DeCeccoon x4216the SENATEmerits, BILLthe 18-207Committee SENATErecommends SPONSORSHIPthe Moreno,following: Lambert, Lundberg HOUSE SPONSORSHIP Rankin, Hamner, Young Senate Committees House Committees Appropriations A BILL FOR AN ACT C ONCERNINGAUTHORITYFORTHEDEPARTMENTOFHUMANSERVICES TO RETAIN AMOUNTS FROM CERTAIN CASH FUNDS FOR ITS INDIRECT COSTS .
BillSB18-207 Summarybe dreferred (Note:to the Committee of the Whole with favorable recommendation.
This** summary*** applies** to*** this** bill*SB207_S_APP.001* as introduced and does d e 8 notreflectanyamendmentsthatmaybesubsequentlyadopted.Ifthisbill E a 1 passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that T U 2 N g 3 applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at S d r http://leg.colorado.gov/.) e A d Joint Budget Committee.
The bill authorizes the department of humanservicestoretainmoneyforitsindirectcosts,basedonafederally approved cost allocation plan, from the older Coloradans cash fund and d the nurse home visitor program fund.
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d 1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
SECTION1.
InColoradoRevisedStatutes,26-11-205.5,amend (2) as follows:
26-11-205.5.
Older Coloradans program - distribution formula - cash fund.
(2) MoneysA FTER RETAINING AN AMOUNT FOR THE STATE DEPARTMENT 'S INDIRECT COST,AS CALCULATED UNDER THE FEDERALLYAPPROVEDCOST ALLOCATIONPLAN ,MONEY appropriated for the programshallbedistributedtoareaagenciesonagingusingthe same formula that the state office uses to distribute moneysvailable under Title III, parts (B), (C), (D), and (F) of the federal "Older Americans Act of 1965", as amended, but such monMONEY shall be allocated as a whole and not allocated to individual parts of Title III;
except that appropriations from the fund of accumulated interest are not subject to the restriction that requires allocations as a whole.
An area agencyonagingshallusenomorethantenpercentofthemoneys MONEY received from the program for administrative expenses.
SECTION 2.
In Colorado Revised Statutes, 26-6.4-107, amend (2)(b) as follows:
26-6.4-107.
Selection of entities to administer the program - grants - nurse home visitor program fund - created.
(2) (b) Grants awarded pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection (2)CTION (2)(a)OF THIS SECTIOare payable from the nurse home visitor program fund, which fund is hereby created in the state treasury.
The nurse home visitor program fund, referred to in this section as the "fund", is administered by the state department and consists of moneysY transferred thereto by the state treasurer from moneysreceived -2- 207 pursuant to the master settlement agreement in the amount described in paragraph (d) of this subsection (2)CTION (2)(dOF THIS SECTIO.
Inaddition,thestatetreasurershallcredittothefundanypublicorprivate gifts, grants, or donations received bythe state department to implement the program, including any moneysONEY received from the United States federal government for the program.
The fund is subjectto annual appropriation by the general assembly to the state department for grants to entities for operation of the program.
The state department mayretain THE AMOUNT NEEDED TO PAY FOR THE PROGRAM S SHARE OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT SINDIRECTCOSTS ,ASCALCULATEDUNDERTHEFEDERALLY APPROVEDCOSTALLOCATIONPLAN .INADDITION,THESTATEDEPARTMENT MAY RETAIN a total of up to five percent of the amount annually appropriated from the fund for the program, in order to compensate the health sciences facilitypursuant to section 26-6.4-105 (3), as set forth in the scope of work in the agreement between the state department and the health sciences facility, and to compensate the state department for the actualcoststhestatedepartmentincursinimplementingtheprovisionsof paragraph (a.5) of this subsection (2)BSECTION (2)(a.5)OF THIS SECTION , as determined by the state department;
except that the portion of the costs to compensate the state department for implementing the provisions of paragraph (a.5) of this subsection (2)ON (2)(a.5) OF THIS SECTIONshall not exceed two percent of the amount annually appropriatedfromthefundfortheprogram,andtheportionofsuchcosts to compensate the health sciences facility under section 26-6.4-105 (3), as set forth in the scope of work in the contract between the state departmentandthehealthsciencesfacility,shallnotexceedthreepercent of the amount annually appropriated from the fund for the program.
In -3- 207 addition, if the total amount annually appropriated from the fund for the program exceeds nineteen million dollars, the state department and the health sciences facility shall assess whether a smaller percentage of the appropriated funds exceeding nineteen million dollars is adequate to cover their actual costs and shall jointly submit to the general assembly a report articulating their conclusions on this subject.
The actual costs of the state department include state department personnel and operating costs and anynecessarytransfers to the department of health care policy andfinancingforadministrativecostsincurredforthemedicaidprogram associated with the program.
The actual costs of the health sciences facility include the facility's own actual program costs and those of its contractors and subcontractors.
Any costs for time studies required to obtain medicaid reimbursement for the program may be paid from programfundsandarenotsubjecttothefivepercentlimitinthissection.
Notwithstanding section 24-36-114, C.R.S.,l interest derived from the depositandinvestmentof moneys MONEY in the fund shallbecreditedto the fund.
All unexpended and unencumberedmoneys MONEY in the fund at the endof anyfiscal year remainMAINS in the fund and shall not be transferred to the general fund or any other fund.
SECTION 3.
Safety clause.
The general assemblyherebyfinds, determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety.
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