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Colorado recovers Health First Colorado (Medicaid) costs from the estates of recipients who were 55 or older when they received nursing facility, home and community-based, or related hospital and prescription drug services, and from recipients who were permanently institutionalized at any age.
Administering agency
Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing — Estate Recovery
Authority
Colo. Rev. Stat. 25.5-4-302; 10 CCR 2505-10, Section 8.063
For recipients 55 or older, Colorado recovers the costs of nursing facility services, home and community-based services, and related hospital and prescription drug services. For recipients who were permanently institutionalized at any age, Colorado recovers all medical assistance paid on their behalf regardless of program type.
Under Colo. Rev. Stat. 25.5-4-302, the Department does not recover while there is a surviving spouse, a surviving child under 21, or a surviving blind or disabled child of the recipient.
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Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing — Estate Recovery
Authority
Colo. Rev. Stat. 25.5-4-302; 10 CCR 2505-10, Section 8.063