2020 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 26 - Human Services Code
Article 11. Older Coloradans' Act
Section 26-11-105. Duties of commission.
(1) The commission, through its director, shall carry out the following purposes:
Conduct, and encourage other organizations to conduct, studies of the problems ofthe state's older people;
Assist governmental and private agencies to coordinate their efforts on behalf of theaging and aged in order that such efforts be effective and that duplication and waste of effort be eliminated;
Promote and aid in the establishment of local programs and services for the agingand aged. The commission shall assist governmental and private agencies by designing surveys that may be used locally to determine needs of older people; by recommending the creation of services; by collection and distribution of information on aging; and by assisting public and private organizations in all ways the commission may deem appropriate.
Conduct promotional activities and programs of public education on problems of theaging;
Review existing programs for the aging and make recommendations to the governorand the general assembly for improvements in such programs;
Advise and make recommendations to the state department and the state office onaging, created pursuant to part 2 of this article, on the problems of and programs and services for the aging and aged.
Source: L. 73: RC, p. 1207, § 6. C.R.S. 1963: § 119-7-5. L. 85: (1)(f) added, p. 975, § 2, effective May 29.
