Colorado Code
Part 1 - Department of Public Health and Environment
§ 25-1-107.5. Additional Authority of Department - Rules - Remedies Against Nursing Facilities - Criteria for Recommending Assessments for Civil Penalties - Cooperation With Department of Health Care Policy and Financing - Nursing Home Penalty Cash F...

(II.5) (A) The board shall make recommendations for the approval of grants that benefit residents of nursing facilities for at least one year and not more than three-year cycles. The projects awarded via grants must be portable, sustainable, and replicable in other nursing facilities.
(B) The department and the board shall develop processes for grant payments, which processes may allow grant payments to be made in advance of the delivery of goods and services to grantees. Grantees receiving advance payments shall report progress to the board. No state agency, nor any other governmental entity, with the exception of a facility that is owned or operated by a governmental agency and that is licensed as a nursing care facility under section 25-1.5-103 (1)(a)(I)(A), may apply for or receive a grant under this subsection (4).
(C) Any moneys remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year may be held over and used by the board in the next fiscal year. Unexpended and unencumbered moneys from an appropriation in the annual general appropriation act to the departments for the purpose of carrying out the nursing home innovations grant program under this section remain available for expenditure by the departments in the next fiscal year without further appropriation. This sub-subparagraph (C) applies to appropriations made by the general assembly for fiscal years ending on and after June 30, 2014. On or before June 30, 2014, and on or before June 30 of each year thereafter, the departments shall notify the state controller of the amount of the appropriation from the annual general appropriation act for the current fiscal year the departments need to remain available for expenditure in the next fiscal year. The departments may not expend more than the amount stated in the notice under this sub-subparagraph (C).
(D) Other policies of the board must conform with practices of other granting organizations. The work product from grants funded through the nursing home penalty cash fund is the intellectual property of the department and must be made available without charge to all nursing homes in the state. The state board of health may adopt rules as necessary to govern the procedure for awarding grants under this section.
(II.7) The department shall adhere to all state and federal requirements for the encumbrance and payment of grants under this subsection (4)(d). In addition, the department shall:

Source: L. 89, 1st Ex. Sess.: Entire section added, p. 24, § 1, effective July 11. L. 91: (3)(b) amended, p. 1856, § 12, effective April 11; (4) added, p. 687, § 53, effective April 20; entire section repealed, p. 687, § 53, effective July 1, 1993. L. 94: Entire section RC&RE, p. 1316, § 1, effective May 25; (2), (3)(a), (3)(c)(II)(C), (3)(d), (4)(a), and (4)(b) amended, p. 2617, § 29, effective July 1. L. 97: (5) repealed, p. 106, § 2, effective March 24. L. 2006: (4)(a) amended, p. 2012, § 80, effective July 1. L. 2009: Entire section amended, (HB 09-1196), ch. 428, p. 2383, § 1, effective June 4. L. 2014: (1)(a) repealed, (1)(b.5) and (1)(b.7) added, and (4)(c)(II), (4)(d), (4)(e), (6), and (7) amended, (SB 14-151), ch. 339, p. 1507, § 1, effective June 5. L. 2019: (4)(d)(I) and (7) repealed and (4)(d)(III) amended, (SB 19-254), ch. 336, p. 3090, § 2, effective August 2. L. 2021: IP(3)(c)(II), (4)(b), IP(4)(c)(II), (4)(c)(II)(C), (4)(c)(II)(D), (4)(d)(II), (4)(d)(II.5)(A), (4)(d)(II.5)(B), (4)(d)(II.5)(D), (4)(d)(II.7), (4)(d)(III), (4)(d)(IV), (4)(e), IP(6)(a), and (6)(b) amended and (4)(c)(II)(E) and (8) added, (SB 21-128), ch. 302, p. 1814, § 1, effective June 23.
Cross references: For the legislative declaration contained in the 1994 act amending subsections (2), (3)(a), (3)(c)(II)(C), (3)(d), (4)(a), and (4)(b), see section 1 of chapter 345, Session Laws of Colorado 1994.