People v. Salgado

Opinion by JUDGE TOW

¶ 1 In this case, we are asked to decide whether an executive order issued thirty years ago provides continuing authorization for the Attorney General to prosecute Medicaid fraud and patient abuse cases across the state. We hold that it does and therefore reverse the order dismissing the charges against defendant, Jasmine Eloisa Salgado.

I. Factual Background

¶ 2 On March 4, 1987, then-Governor Roy Romer promulgated Colorado Executive Order No. D 0017 87, Continuing the Colorado Medicaid Fraud Control Unit in the Colorado Department of Law (the 1987 Executive Order). This…