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

5 themselves out as a married couple through verbal or written methods may be recognized as legally married under state law. C.R.S. § 14-2-104(3). Community Centered Boards are private non-profit organizations designated in statute as the single entry point into the long-term service and support system for persons with developmental disabilities. Community Spouse is the spouse of an institutionalized spouse. Community Spouse Resource Allowance is the amount of resources that the Medical Assistance regulations permit the spouse staying at home to retain. Complete Application means an application in which all questions have been answered, which is signed, and for which all required verifications have been submitted. The Department is defined in this volume as the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing which is responsible for administering the Colorado Medical Assistance Program and Child Health Plan Plus programs as well as other State-funded health care programs. Dependent Child is a child who lives with a parent, legal guardian, caretaker relative or foster parent and is under the age of 18, or, is age 18 and a full-time student, and expected to graduate by age 19. Dependent Relative for purposes of this rule is defined as one who is claimed as a dependent by an applicant for federal income tax purposes. Difficulty of Care Payments is a payment to an applicant or member as compensation for providing live-in home care to an individual who qualifies for foster care or Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) waiver program and lives in the home of the care recipient. This additional care must be required due to a physical, mental, or emotional handicap. Disability means the inability to do any substantial gainful activity (or, in the case of a child, having marked and severe functional limitations) by reason of a medically determinable physical or mental impairment(s) which can be expected to result in death or which has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of l2 months or more.