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Code of Colorado Regulations eDocket
Details of Tracking Number
2022-00528
CCR details
| Tracking Number |
2022-00528 |
| Type of Filing |
Permanent Rule |
| Department |
500,1008,2500 Department of Human Services |
| Agency |
2503 Income Maintenance (Volume 3) |
| CCR Number |
9 CCR 2503-3 |
| CCR Title |
COLORADO REFUGEE SERVICES PROGRAM (CRSP) |
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Proposed rule
| Notice Filed with SOS |
08/31/2022 |
| Rule |
ProposedRuleAttach2022-00528.docx |
| Statutory Authority |
26-1-107(5)(a)(I), (b), C.R.S.; 26-1-111(2)(a), C.R.S.; 26-2-137(1)(b), C.R.S.; 26-2-138(3)-(5), C.R.S.; Pub. L. 117-128, Title IV, § 401(a), (b); 8 U.S.C. 1101 note “Benefits for Certain Citizens or Nationals of Ukraine”; 8 U.S.C. §§ 1522(a)(2), (6) |
| Description of Subjects/Issues |
Ukrainian Humanitarian Parolees were made eligible immediately for benefits and services in the federal Additional Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act. Current rules do not allow eligibility for this population and are out of alignment with the new federal law. Thus, ensuring the inclusion of their new categories and verification of status documents in the state rules, will bring uniform knowledge of categories, public benefits eligibility, and support from all parties involved, and allow CRSP to provide services to this population. |
| Purpose/Objective of Rule |
The Additional Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022, part of Public Law 117-128, was signed into federal law on May 21, 2022. The Appropriations Act established eligibility for federal benefit programs for Ukrainian Humanitarian Parolees, which are to be treated as refugees for benefits purposes. Pub. L. 117-128, Title IV, § 401(a), (b). The Colorado Refugee Services Program (CRSP) proposes the inclusion of new Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) eligible categories of Ukrainian population groups into the state rules, in response to the ongoing resettlement of the Ukrainian population to the State of Colorado. The proposed rule will ensure that the new categories of Ukrainian population groups and the document types, necessary for proof of their status, are clearly reflected in the state rules. |
| Basis And Purpose |
BasisAndPurposeAttachment2022-00528.docx
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| Regulatory analysis |
RegulatoryAnalysisAttachment2022-00528.docx
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| Comments |
CDHS typically holds 2 public hearings, an initial and final, for each proposed rule. The initial hearing allowing the public an opportunity to submit written data, views, or arguments and to testify for or against the proposed rules. The Board does not vote on the proposed rule at the initial hearing, but asks CDHS to consider all public comment and discussion and, if needed, submit revisions to the proposed rule. The final hearing, usually the month following the initial hearing, allows the same opportunity for public comment, after which the Board votes on final adoption of the proposed rule. Emergency rules (ER) are adopted immediately, and are permanently adopted at a second hearing, usually the month after the initial hearing. This hearing permanently adopted ER adopted 9/8/2022. Please check here for
any updates on location/connection: https://cdhs.colorado.gov/sbhs |
| Submitted in response to issues raised by COLS/OLLS? |
No
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| Is this rule adopted in response to recent legislation? |
No
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| Hearing Date |
10/07/2022 |
| Hearing Time |
08:30 AM |
| Hearing Location |
1575 Sherman Street, Denver, CO 80203 |
| Contact Name |
Bidur Dahal |
| Contact Title |
Refugee Stabilization Coordinator |
| Contact Telephone |
303.489.5084 |
| Contact email |
bidur.dahal@state.co.us |
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Adopted rule
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