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CODE OF COLORADO REGULATIONS 10 CCR 2505-10 8.100 Medical Services Board

229 C.R.S. § 25.5-6-202(9)(b)(I). Each yearly adjustment will set a new base amount. a) The first annual rate adjustment to the new $75 base amount will occur on January 1, 2015. ii) Veterans-related personal needs allowance Effective 07/01/91, the personal needs allowance shall be $90 per month for a veteran in a Long-Term Care institution who has no spouse or dependent child and who receives a non-service connected disability pension from the U.S. Veterans Administration. The personal needs allowance shall also be $90 per month for the widow(er) of a veteran with no dependent children. 1) Public Law requires that a veteran, without a spouse or dependent child, who enters a Long-Term Care institution have their veteran’s pension reduced to $90 which is to be reserved for their personal needs. This reduction in pension is not applicable to veteran’s who reside in a State Veteran’s Nursing facility. If a veteran, who does not reside in a State Veteran’s Nursing facility, receives a pension reduction of $90 he/she is allowed to apply this $90 to his/her personal needs allowance. It is not considered income toward the patient payment. The same regulation applies to a widow of a veteran without any dependent children. 2) To verify if those veterans residing in State Veteran’s Nursing facilities are receiving a non-service connected pension you may request their award letter from the Department of Veterans Affairs or call the Department of Veterans Affairs and verify through contact. If they are receiving any amount in a non-service connected pension they are entitled to a $90 personal needs allowance so long as they do not have a