(1) A fund to be known as the children's basic health plan trust is hereby created and established in the state treasury. Except as provided for in subsection (8) of this section, all moneys deposited in the trust and all interest earned on moneys in the trust shall remain in the trust for the purposes set forth in this article, and no part thereof shall be expended or appropriated for any other purpose. The principal of the trust shall be expended, subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly, solely for the purposes set forth in this article.

(2) (a) Except as provided for in subsection (8) of this section, all or a portion of the moneys in the trust shall be annually appropriated by the general assembly for the purposes of this article and shall not be transferred to or revert to the general fund of the state at the end of any fiscal year.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this subsection (2), moneys in the trust may be used to pay the state's portion of any computer system changes necessary to expand eligibility in the plan.

(3) (a) Pursuant to section 24-75-1104.5 (1.7)(b), C.R.S., and except as otherwise provided in section 24-75-1104.5 (5), C.R.S., beginning in the 2016-17 fiscal year and in each fiscal year thereafter so long as the state receives moneys pursuant to the master settlement agreement, the state treasurer shall transfer to the trust eighteen percent of the total amount of the moneys annually received by the state pursuant to the master settlement agreement, not including attorney fees and costs, during the preceding fiscal year. The state treasurer shall transfer the amount specified in this subsection (3) from moneys credited to the tobacco litigation settlement cash fund created in section 24-22-115, C.R.S. The amount transferred pursuant to this subsection (3) is in addition to and not in replacement of any general fund moneys appropriated to the trust.

(b) Repealed.

(4) Repealed.

(5) (a) Beginning in fiscal year 1998, appropriations to the trust may be made by the general assembly based on the savings achieved through reforms, consolidations, and streamlining of health care programs realized through actual reductions in administrative and programmatic costs associated with the implementation of this article and not decreases in the number of caseloads of such programs. Beginning with and subsequent to fiscal year 2000-01, the general assembly may make annual appropriations to the trust.

(b) and (c) Repealed.

(6) As part of its annual savings report to the general assembly on November 1 of each year, the department may identify efficiencies and consolidations that produce savings in the department's annual budget request that result in actual reductions in administrative and programmatic costs associated with the implementation of this article and not decreases in the number of caseloads of such programs.

(7) The department may receive payment for coverage offered and may receive or contract for donations, gifts, and grants from any source. Such funds shall be transmitted to the state treasurer who shall credit the same to the trust. The department may expend such funds from the trust for the purposes of this article.

(8) (a) Beginning in the 2011-2012 fiscal year and for each fiscal year thereafter, moneys in the trust may be used for costs associated with children enrolled in the medical assistance program, articles 4, 5, and 6 of this title, whose family income is more than one hundred percent but does not exceed one hundred thirty-three percent of the federal poverty line and who would have been eligible for enrollment in the children's basic health plan prior to September 1, 2011.

(b) On July 1, 2016, the state treasurer shall transfer twenty million dollars from the children's basic health plan trust to the primary care provider sustainability fund created in section 25.5-5-418.