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SCHLEIGER v. STATE

No. C-906.

568 P.2d 441 (1977)

Marvin E. SCHLEIGER and Margaret Schleiger, Petitioners, v. STATE of Colorado, Colorado State Hospital, Charles E. Meredith, M.D., Superintendent, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

August 29, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Davis, Graham & Stubbs, Arthur E. Otten, Jr., Richard W. Daily, Denver, for petitioners.

J. D. MacFarlane, Atty. Gen., Jean Dubofsky, Deputy Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, Joe T. Ulibarri, Regional Asst. Atty. Gen., Pueblo, for respondents.

CARRIGAN, Justice.

We granted certiorari to consider whether the state may take into account one's insurance coverage in determining "ability to pay" for state hospitalization costs pursuant to sections 27-12-101, et seq., C.R.S. 1973. We hold that under the applicable statutes the state may do so, and therefore we affirm the decision of the Colorado Court of Appeals in State v. Schleiger, Colo. App., 547 P.2d 1295 ...

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