Colorado Revised Statutes Title 25.5. Health Care Policy and Financing § 25.5-6-1402. Definitions

(1) “Basic coverage group” means the category of eligibility under the federal “Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999”, Pub.L. 106-170, that provides an opportunity to buy into medicaid consistent with the federal “Social Security Act”, 42 U.S.C. sec. 1396a (a)(10)(A)(ii)(XV), as amended, for each worker with disabilities who is at least sixteen years of age but less than sixty-five years of age and who, except for earnings, would be eligible for the supplemental security income program. A person who is eligible under the basic coverage group may also be a home- and community-based services waiver member.

(2) “Family” means an individual, the individual's spouse, and any dependent child of the individual.

(3) “Health insurance” means surgical, medical, hospital, major medical, or other health service coverage, including a self-insured health plan, but does not include hospital indemnity policies or ancillary coverages such as income continuation, loss of time, or accident benefits.

(4) “Medicaid buy-in program” means a program that gives each person with disabilities the opportunity to buy into medicaid if the person meets the eligibility criteria specified in section 25.5-6-1404.

(5) “Medical improvement group” means the category of eligibility under the federal “Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999”, Pub.L. 106-170, that provides an opportunity to buy into medicaid consistent with the federal “Social Security Act”, 42 U.S.C. sec. 1496a (a)(10)(A)(ii)(XV), as amended, for each worker with a medically improved disability who is at least sixteen years of age but less than sixty-five years of age and who was previously in the basic coverage group and is no longer eligible for the basic coverage group due to medical improvement. A person who is eligible under the medical improvement group may also be a home- and community-based services waiver member.

(6) “Work incentives eligibility group” means the category of eligibility under the federal “Balanced Budget Act of 1997”, Pub.L. 105-33, 111, as amended, for individuals with a disability who, except for assets or income, would be eligible for the supplemental security income program. This eligibility applies to individuals who are sixty-five years of age or older.