# Colorado — Medicaid Estate Recovery Rules by State

For Colorado, what counts as the estate is Medical assistance paid on behalf of any individual who was fifty-five years of age or older when the individual received such assistance may be recovered by the state department from the estate of such individual in accordance with paragraph (c) of this subsection (2); citation is Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25.5-4-302, recorded from its source on 2026-08-31.

- **State:** Colorado _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **What counts as the estate:** Medical assistance paid on behalf of any individual who was fifty-five years of age or older when the individual received such assistance may be recovered by the state department from the estate of such individual in accordance with paragraph (c) of this subsection (2). _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Citation:** Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25.5-4-302 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> 25.5-4-302. Recovery of assets.

## Where each value comes from

This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.

### What counts as the estate

> (2) (a) Medical assistance paid on behalf of any individual who was fifty-five years of age or older when the individual received such assistance may be recovered by the state department from the estate of such individual in accordance with paragraph (c) of this subsection (2).

## Source

- https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2024-title-25.5.pdf

Last verified: 2026-08-31. Review by: 2027-08-31.
Part of [Medicaid Estate Recovery Rules by State](https://referencesource.org/medicaid-estate-recovery-rules-by-state/).