(1) A county department shall reconsider child care assistance awarded pursuant to this part 1 as frequently as and in the manner required by department rules. After further verification and record as the county department deems necessary or department rules may require, the amount of child care assistance provided may be changed or terminated, if the department or the county department finds that the recipient's circumstances have altered sufficiently to warrant such action or if changes in state or federal law have been made that would warrant such action. A county department shall only require and collect any documentation that has changed since the recipient's most recent application or redetermination process and that is required to determine the recipient's continued eligibility.(2) In accordance with department rules, a county department may terminate child care assistance at any time for cause, or it may, for cause, suspend child care assistance for such period as it may deem proper. Timely notice to persons who are receiving child care assistance, but who are not eligible due to fraudulent acts, may be given five days before the date of a proposed action, in accordance m proper. Timely notice to persons who are receiving child care assistance, but who are not eligible due to fraudulent acts, may be given five days before the date of a proposed action, in accordance with federal regulations.(3) Whenever child care assistance is terminated, suspended, or in any way changed, the county department shall at once report the decision to the recipient and to the department, setting forth the reason for the action. All such decisions are subject to review by the department in accordance with department rules.Amended by 2024 Ch. 390,§ 5, eff. 6/4/2024.Added by 2022 Ch. 123, §3, eff. 7/1/2022. For the legislative declaration in HB 24-1223, see section 1 of chapter 390, Session Laws of Colorado 2024.
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