ColoradoColorado directs federal reimbursements to its child abuse prevention fund
Colorado's Department of Human Services must collect federal reimbursements for eligible early childhood prevention programs and send the money to the state's child abuse prevention fund.
What it does
Federal reimbursements for eligible prevention programs offered by the Colorado Department of Early Childhood go to the state's child abuse prevention fund. The Department of Human Services collects and transfers the money.
Lawmakers expect the Colorado Department of Human Services to receive $150,000 in federal money to carry out the law during the 2026–27 state fiscal year.
The state agency responsible for the child abuse prevention fund must arrange an independent review of its costs and results. A report is due by November 1, 2029.
Argument forPutting federal reimbursements into the prevention fund could help support grants aimed at reducing child abuse.
Argument againstImplementation could have fewer resources if the anticipated $150,000 in federal money does not arrive.
More detail
The Colorado Department of Human Services must claim federal reimbursements and send them to the state treasurer, who must put them in the Colorado child abuse prevention trust fund. This route covers reimbursements for prevention services and programs offered by the Colorado Department of Early Childhood. The programs must be funded by the Colorado Department of Early Childhood and listed in the federal Title IV-E prevention services clearinghouse, a federal list of prevention programs. The reimbursement provision applies beginning July 1, 2026.
The law identifies $150,000 in anticipated federal money for the Colorado Department of Human Services to carry out the law. The funding estimate applies to the Colorado Department of Human Services. The amount is expected federal funding, not guaranteed money. The figure is subject to the annual state budget's “(I)” notation; this law does not explain that notation. The funding estimate applies to the 2026–27 state fiscal year.
The state agency responsible for the prevention fund must arrange an independent evaluation and report the findings to the legislature's health and human services committees. The review covers the Colorado child abuse prevention trust fund. The review must examine the fund's operating costs, whether grants are worth their cost, and their impact on reducing and preventing child abuse. The report must reach the legislative committees on or before November 1, 2029. The evaluation and reporting section expires July 1, 2030.
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History
- 2026
- May 29Governor Jared Polis SignedBecame Law
- May 28Signed by the Speaker of the HouseMajor
- May 28Signed by the President of the SenateMajor
- May 28Sent to the GovernorTo Governor
- May 11Senate Third Reading Passed - No AmendmentsPassed Senate
- Vote recorded BILL. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded BILL. Result: pass.Upper
- May 8Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the WholeMinor
- Vote recorded Refer House Bill 26-1075 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. Result: pass.Upper
- May 8Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
- May 7Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to AppropriationsMinor
- Vote recorded Refer House Bill 26-1075 to the Committee on Appropriations. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 27Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human ServicesMinor
- Apr 21House Third Reading Passed - No AmendmentsPassed House
- Vote recorded BILL. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 20House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- Apr 17House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the WholeMinor
- Vote recorded Refer House Bill 26-1075, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Adopt amendment J.001. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 17House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- Feb 18House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to AppropriationsMinor
- Vote recorded Refer House Bill 26-1075 to the Committee on Appropriations. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 2Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Human ServicesIntroduced
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