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Irene M. Ibarra Executive Director Department of Social Services 1575 Sherman Street, 8th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203

Dear Ms. Ibarra:

I am writing in response to your August 8, 1990, inquiry about the authority of the General Assembly to appropriate sums from the Old Age Pension (hereafter "OAP") Health and Medical Fund.

QUESTIONS PRESENTED AND CONCLUSIONS

a. Does the General Assembly have the authority to appropriate or limit the expenditure or transfer of moneys in the OAP Health and Medical Fund?

No. The authority to cause moneys to be spent from the OAP Health and Medical Care Fund resides…