Colorado Code
Part 1 - General Provisions
§ 26-1-119. County Staff

The county director, with the approval of the county board, shall appoint such staff as may be necessary as determined by the state department rules to administer public assistance and welfare and child welfare activities within his or her county. Such staff shall be appointed and shall serve in accordance with a merit system for the selection, retention, and promotion of county department employees as described in section 26-1-120. The salaries of the members of such staff shall be fixed in accordance with the rules and salary schedules prescribed by the state department; except that, once a county transfers its county employees to a successor merit system as provided in section 26-1-120, the salaries shall be fixed by the county commissioners.
Source: L. 73: R&RE, p. 1171, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 119-1-18. L. 93: Entire section amended, p. 1145, § 83, effective July 1, 1994. L. 97: Entire section amended, p. 1184, § 4, effective July 1. L. 2006: Entire section amended, p. 1991, § 16, effective July 1.
Cross references: For the legislative declaration contained in the 1993 act amending this section, see section 1 of chapter 230, Session Laws of Colorado 1993.

Structure Colorado Code

Colorado Code

Title 26 - Human Services Code

Article 1 - Department of Human Services

Part 1 - General Provisions

§ 26-1-101. Short Title

§ 26-1-102. Legislative Declaration

§ 26-1-103. Definitions

§ 26-1-104. Construction of Terms

§ 26-1-105. Department of Human Services Created - Executive Director - Powers, Duties, and Functions

§ 26-1-105.5. Transfer of Functions - Employees - Property - Records

§ 26-1-106. Final Agency Action - Administrative Law Judge - Authority of Executive Director

§ 26-1-107. State Board of Human Services - Rules

§ 26-1-108. Powers and Duties of the Executive Director - Rules

§ 26-1-109. Cooperation With Federal Government - Grants-in-Aid

§ 26-1-109.5. Treatment of Restitution Payments Under This Title - Declaration - Exclusion From Financial Determinations

§ 26-1-110. Publications

§ 26-1-111. Activities of the State Department Under the Supervision of the Executive Director - Cash Fund - Report - Rules - Statewide Adoption Resource Registry

§ 26-1-111.3. Activities of the State Department Under the Supervision of the Executive Director - Colorado State Youth Development Plan - Creation - Definitions

§ 26-1-112. Locating Violators - Recoveries

§ 26-1-114. Records Confidential - Authorization to Obtain Records of Assets - Release of Location Information to Law Enforcement Agencies - Outstanding Felony Arrest Warrants

§ 26-1-114.5. Records - Access by County Auditor

§ 26-1-115. County Departments - District Departments

§ 26-1-116. County Boards - District Boards

§ 26-1-117. County Director - District Director

§ 26-1-118. Duties of County Departments, County Directors, and District Attorneys

§ 26-1-119. County Staff

§ 26-1-120. Merit System

§ 26-1-121. Appropriations - Food Distribution Programs

§ 26-1-122. County Appropriations and Expenditures - Advancements - Procedures

§ 26-1-122.3. Public Assistance Programs - County Administration - Data Collection and Analysis - Vendor Contract

§ 26-1-122.5. County Appropriation Increases - Limitations - Definitions

§ 26-1-123. County Social Services Fund

§ 26-1-124. County Social Services Budget

§ 26-1-126. County Contingency Fund - County Tax Base Relief Fund - Creation

§ 26-1-126.5. Effect of Supreme Court's Interpretation of Section 26-1-126, Creating the County Contingency Fund for Public Assistance and Welfare Programs

§ 26-1-127. Fraudulent Acts

§ 26-1-127.5. Prevention of Erroneous Payments to Prisoners - Incentives

§ 26-1-129. Comprehensive Information - Packet of Aged Services and Programs - Implementation

§ 26-1-130. Applications for Licenses - Authority to Suspend Licenses - Rules - Definitions

§ 26-1-132. Department of Human Services - Rate Setting - Residential Treatment Service Providers - Monitoring and Auditing - Report

§ 26-1-133.5. Rental Properties - Fund Created

§ 26-1-134. Home- and Community-Based Services for Persons With Developmental Disabilities - Cooperation

§ 26-1-135. Child Welfare Action Committee - Reporting - Cash Fund - Created

§ 26-1-136. Persons in a Department of Human Services Facility - Medical Benefits Application Assistance - County of Residence - Rules

§ 26-1-136.5. Menstrual Hygiene Products for a Person in Custody - Definition

§ 26-1-136.7. Opioid Treatment for a Person in Custody - Definitions

§ 26-1-136.8. Custody of a Person With the Capacity for Pregnancy

§ 26-1-137. Persons Committed to or Placed in a Department of Human Services Facility - Prohibition Against the Use of Restraints on Pregnant Women

§ 26-1-138. Memorandum of Understanding - Notification of Risk - Rules

§ 26-1-139. Child Fatality and Near Fatality Prevention - Process - Department of Human Services Child Fatality Review Team - Reporting - Rules - Legislative Declaration - Definitions

§ 26-1-141. Departments - Report Required - Hepatitis and Hiv Tests - Definitions

§ 26-1-142. Veteran Suicide Prevention Pilot Program - Rules - Report - Definitions - Repeal