C.R.S. § 25.5-6-1405: Rule-making authority.

(1) The state board shall promulgate rules necessary to implement and administer the medicaid buy-in program created in this part 14, including, in consultation with the Colorado healthcare affordability and sustainability enterprise created in section 25.5-4-402.4 (3)(a), the establishment of appropriate premium and cost-sharing charges on a sliding-fee scale based on income. The premiums and cost-sharing charges shall be based upon an actuarial study of the disabled population in this state.

(2) Any rules adopted by the state board must be consistent with the federal "Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999", Pub.L. 106-170, and the "Balanced Budget Act of 1997", Pub.L. 105-33, 111, as amended.