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CO Code § 25.5-1-301 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 25.5 - Health Care Policy and Financing|Article 1 - Department of Health Care Policy and Financing|Part 3 - Medical Services Board|§ 25.5-1-301. Medical Services Board - Creation

  There is created in the state department a medical services board, referred to in this part 3 as the “board”. The board consists of eleven members appointed by the governor with the consent of the senate. The governor shall appoint persons to the board who have knowledge of medical assistance programs, and one or more of the appointments may include a person or persons who have received services through programs administered by the department within two years of the date of appointment. No more than six members of the board shall be members of the same political party. Of the eleven members appointed to the board, at least one must be appointed from each congressional district. In making appointments to the board, the governor shall include representation by at least one member who is a person with a disability, as defined in section 24-34-301 (2.5), a family member of a person with a disability, or a member of an advocacy group for persons with disabilities, provided that the other requirements of this subsection (1) are met.    Members shall serve at the pleasure of the governor for a term of four years; except that, of the members first appointed, three shall serve for a term of two years and three shall serve for a term of three years. On July 1, 2001, the governor shall appoint one member from the private sector to the board who shall have experience with the delivery of health care, who shall be appointed for a term of two years, and one member who shall have experience or expertise in caring for medically underserved children, who shall be appointed for a term of three years.    Members shall receive no compensation but shall be reimbursed for reasonable and necessary actual expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties as members of the board.    Vacancies on the board shall be filled by appointment of the governor for the remainder of any unexpired term.     History. Source: L. 94: Entire part added, p. 1557, § 2, effective July 1. L. 2001: (1) and (2) amended, p. 916, § 12, effective August 8. L. 2006: Entire part amended, p. 1797, § 3, effective July 1. L. 2009: (1) amended, (HB 09-1281), ch. 399, p. 2154, § 4, effective August 5. L. 2011: (1) amended, (SB 11-183), ch. 132, p. 465, § 2, effective August 10. L. 2018: (1) amended, (HB 18-1364), ch. 351, p. 2082, § 7, effective July 1.
CO Code § 25.5-1-302 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 25.5 - Health Care Policy and Financing|Article 1 - Department of Health Care Policy and Financing|Part 3 - Medical Services Board|§ 25.5-1-302. Medical Services Board - Organization

  The board shall elect from its members a president, a vice-president, and such other board officers as it shall determine. All board officers shall hold their offices at the pleasure of the board.    Regular meetings of the board shall be held not less than once every three months at such times as may be fixed by resolution of the board. All meetings of the board, in every suit and proceeding, shall be considered to have been duly called and regularly held and all orders and proceedings of the board to have been authorized, unless the contrary is proven.    The board shall adopt, and at any time may amend, bylaws in relation to its meetings and the transaction of its business. A majority shall constitute a quorum of the board. The vote of a majority of a quorum of the board shall constitute the action of the board. The board shall act only by resolution adopted at a duly called meeting of the board, and no individual of the board shall exercise any individual administrative authority with respect to the department.     History. Source: L. 94: Entire part added, p. 1557, § 2, effective July 1. L. 2006: Entire part amended, p. 1798, § 3, effective July 1.
CO Code § 25.5-1-304 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 25.5 - Health Care Policy and Financing|Article 1 - Department of Health Care Policy and Financing|Part 3 - Medical Services Board|§ 25.5-1-304. Repeal of Part. (Deleted by Amendment)

 History. Source: L. 94: Entire part added, p. 1559, § 2, effective July 1. L. 2000: Entire section amended, p. 410, § 9, effective April 13. L. 2006: Entire part amended, p. 1800, § 3, effective July 1.
CO Code § 25.5-1-601 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 25.5 - Health Care Policy and Financing|Article 1 - Department of Health Care Policy and Financing|Part 6 - Commission on Family Medicine|§ 25.5-1-601. Legislative Declaration

  The general assembly hereby finds and declares that:   Physicians engaged in family medicine are in critically short supply in this state;    Because of the distribution of such physicians, many rural and urban areas of the state are underserved;    A significant portion of the state population is medically underserved because of indigency;    Family physicians provide health care to all segments of the population;    The provision of more competent family physicians is a public purpose of great importance; and    The creation of the commission on family medicine is a desirable, necessary, and cost-effective means of addressing the needs described in this subsection (1).        History. Source: L. 2017: Entire part added,(HB 17-1024), ch. 7, p. 19, § 1, effective August 9.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 25-1-901 as it existed prior to 2017.
CO Code § 25.5-1-602 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 25.5 - Health Care Policy and Financing|Article 1 - Department of Health Care Policy and Financing|Part 6 - Commission on Family Medicine|§ 25.5-1-602. Commission Created - Composition - Terms of Office

  There is hereby created, in the department of health care policy and financing, the commission on family medicine, referred to in this part 6 as the “commission”. No more than four members of the commission appointed by the governor pursuant to subsection (1)(d) of this section may be members of the same major political party. A vacancy on the commission occurs whenever any health-care consumer member moves out of the congressional district from which he or she was appointed. A health-care consumer member who moves out of the congressional district shall promptly notify the governor of the date of the move, but notice is not a condition precedent to the occurrence of the vacancy. The governor shall fill the vacancy by appointment for the unexpired term. The commission consists of the following members:   The deans of accredited allopathic and osteopathic schools of medicine in the state or their designated representatives;    The director of all family medicine programs in the state accredited by the accreditation council on graduate medical education of the American medical association or the American osteopathic association;    A representative of the Colorado academy of family physicians; and    A health-care consumer to be appointed by the governor from each congressional district in the state.       The members appointed under subsection (1)(d) of this section serve three-year terms. All members serve at the pleasure of the governor.    The commission shall elect a chairperson and a vice-chairperson from among its members. Members of the commission serve without compensation, but members described in subsections (1)(b), (1)(c), and (1)(d) of this section are entitled to their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. The commission shall meet on call of the chairperson, but not less than once every three months. A majority of the members of the commission constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business.     History. Source: L. 2017: Entire part added,(HB 17-1024), ch. 7, p. 20, § 1, effective August 9.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 25-1-902 as it existed prior to 2017.
CO Code § 25.5-1-603 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 25.5 - Health Care Policy and Financing|Article 1 - Department of Health Care Policy and Financing|Part 6 - Commission on Family Medicine|§ 25.5-1-603. Duties of Commission - Reporting

  The commission shall:   Assure that family medicine residency program standards are equal to or more stringent than the standards established by the accreditation council on graduate medical education of the American medical association or the American osteopathic association for residency training in family medicine;    In cooperation with the dean of the school of medicine, approve and recommend allocation of any funds which are identified and appropriated in the general appropriation bill as a line item for any community family medicine residency training program;    Monitor the state's family medicine residency programs and recommend from time to time that the general assembly appropriate funds for said programs;    Locate specific areas of the state which are underserved by family physicians and determine the priority of need among such areas;    Offer to the general assembly alternative ideas on providing medical care to the medically indigent in the state; and      Support the development and maintenance of family medicine residency programs in rural and other underserved areas of the state for purposes of cultivating family medicine practitioners who are likely to continue practicing in rural and underserved areas of the state at the conclusion of their residency programs. (f) (I) Support the development and maintenance of family medicine residency programs in rural and other underserved areas of the state for purposes of cultivating family medicine practitioners who are likely to continue practicing in rural and underserved areas of the state at the conclusion of their residency programs.    On or before each November 1, the commission shall report to the office of state planning and budgeting and to the department of health care policy and financing concerning rural family medicine residency programs in the state and the role of the commission with respect to supporting the development and maintenance of those programs. In addition, notwithstanding section 24-1-136 (11), the commission shall present the report to the joint budget committee as part of its annual presentation to that committee.            History. Source: L. 2017: Entire part added,(HB 17-1024), ch. 7, p. 20, § 1, effective August 9.    Editor's note:   This section is similar to former § 25-1-903 as it existed prior to 2017.
CO Code § 25.5-1-701 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 25.5 - Health Care Policy and Financing|Article 1 - Department of Health Care Policy and Financing|Part 7 - Health Care Providers' Accountability to Communities|§ 25.5-1-701. Definitions

 As used in this part 7, unless the context otherwise requires:    “Community” means the community that a hospital has defined as the community that it serves pursuant to 26 CFR 1.501(r)-3 (b)3.    “Community benefit implementation plan” means a plan that satisfies the requirements of an implementation strategy, as set forth in 26 CFR 1.501(r)-3 (c).    “Community health needs assessment” means a community health needs assessment that satisfies the requirements of 26 CFR 1.501(r)-3.    “Community-identified health need” means a health need of a community that is identified in a community health needs assessment.      “Reporting hospital” means:   A hospital licensed as a general hospital pursuant to part 1 of article 3 of title 25 and exempt from federal taxation pursuant to section 501 (c)(3) of the federal internal revenue code;    A hospital established pursuant to section 25-29-103; or    A hospital established pursuant to section 23-21-503.       Notwithstanding subsection (5)(a) of this section, “reporting hospital” does not include a hospital that is licensed as a general hospital with the department of public health and environment and that is:   Federally certified or undergoing federal certification as a long-term care hospital pursuant to 42 CFR 412.23 (e); or    Federally certified or undergoing federal certification as a critical access hospital pursuant to 42 CFR 485 subpart F.            History. Source: L. 2019: Entire part added, (HB 19-1320), ch. 191, p. 2106, § 1, effective August 2.
CO Code § 25.5-1-702 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 25.5 - Health Care Policy and Financing|Article 1 - Department of Health Care Policy and Financing|Part 7 - Health Care Providers' Accountability to Communities|§ 25.5-1-702. Hospitals - Public Community Meeting Requirement

  At least once each year, each hospital shall convene a public meeting to seek feedback regarding the hospital's community benefit activities during the previous year and the hospital's community benefit implementation plan for the following year.      Each hospital shall invite, at a minimum, representatives from the following entities to participate in the meeting described in subsection (1) of this section, if any such entities operate in the hospital's community:   Local public health agencies;    Local chambers of commerce and economic development organizations;    Local health-care consumer organizations;    School districts;    County governments;    City and town governments;    Community health centers;    Certified rural health clinics or primary care clinics located in a county that has been designated by the federal office of management and budget as a rural or frontier county;    Area agencies on aging; and    Health-care consumer advocacy organizations.       In addition to the entities described in subsection (2)(a) of this section, each hospital shall invite, at a minimum, representatives from the following state agencies to participate in the meeting described in subsection (1) of this section:   The state department;    The department of public health and environment;    The department of human services;    The Colorado commission on higher education; and    The office of saving people money on healthcare in the lieutenant governor's office.       In addition to the entities described in subsections (2)(a) and (2)(b) of this section, each hospital shall invite the general public to the annual meeting described in subsection (1) of this section. The hospital shall issue such invitation in an advertisement placed in any major newspaper published in the hospital's community.       To satisfy the requirements of this section, a hospital may convene a joint public meeting with one or more other hospitals that share some or all of the hospital's community.      History. Source: L. 2019: Entire part added, (HB 19-1320), ch. 191, p. 2107, § 1, effective August 2.
CO Code § 25.5-1-801 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 25.5 - Health Care Policy and Financing|Article 1 - Department of Health Care Policy and Financing|Part 8 - Medicaid Nonmedical and Nonemergency Medical Transportation|§ 25.5-1-801. Definitions

 As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:    “Nonemergency medical transportation” means transportation to or from medically necessary nonemergency treatment.    “Nonmedical transportation” means transportation to enable passengers who are recipients of medicaid to gain access to waiver and other community services, activities, and resources.    “Transportation broker” means an entity designated by the department of health care policy and financing to administer nonemergency medical transportation.    “Transportation provider” means an individual or business entity, other than a transportation broker, that:   Provides transportation services; or    Arranges the facilitation of transportation services by an individual.       “Transportation services” means nonemergency medical transportation or nonmedical transportation services provided to medicaid recipients.     History. Source: L. 2021: Entire part added, (HB 21-1206), ch. 381, p. 2551, § 1, effective June 29.
CO Code § 25.5-1-802 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 25.5 - Health Care Policy and Financing|Article 1 - Department of Health Care Policy and Financing|Part 8 - Medicaid Nonmedical and Nonemergency Medical Transportation|§ 25.5-1-802. Medicaid Transportation Services - Safety and Oversight - Rules

  The state department shall collaborate with stakeholders, including but not limited to disability and member advocates, PACE providers operating pursuant to section 25.5-5-412, transportation brokers, and transportation providers, to establish rules and processes for the safety and oversight of nonmedical transportation services and nonemergency medical transportation services provided to medicaid recipients pursuant to articles 4 to 6 of this title 25.5. The rules and processes must:   Ensure the safety of passengers;    Protect passenger access to transportation services; and    Establish driver and vehicle requirements that minimize financial and administrative burdens for transportation providers, direct support professionals as defined in section 25.5-6-406, long-term care direct care workers, independent contractors, and employees providing transportation services.       To the extent possible, the state department shall use existing oversight procedures to ensure compliance with the requirements as described in subsection (1) of this section.    If a provider of transportation services already complies with transportation safety standards established by another state department which meet or exceed the rules and processes established pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, demonstrating such compliance to the state department is sufficient to verify compliance with the requirements of this section.     History. Source: L. 2021: Entire part added, (HB 21-1206), ch. 381, p. 2552, § 1, effective June 29.
CO Code § 25.5-2.5-101 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 25.5 - Health Care Policy and Financing|Article 2.5 - Drugs|Part 1 - Colorado Cares Rx Act|§ 25.5-2.5-101. Short Title

 The short title of this part 1 is the “Colorado Cares Rx Act”.   History. Source: L. 2007: Entire article added, p. 1, § 1, effective February 5. L. 2019: Entire section amended,(SB 19-005), ch. 184, p. 2073, § 4, effective August 2.    Cross references:   For the legislative declaration in SB 19-005, see section 1 of chapter 184, Session Laws of Colorado 2019.
CO Code § 25.5-2.5-102 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 25.5 - Health Care Policy and Financing|Article 2.5 - Drugs|Part 1 - Colorado Cares Rx Act|§ 25.5-2.5-102. Legislative Declaration

  The general assembly finds that:   Uninsured, underinsured, and older Coloradans pay a disproportionately greater share of their income for prescription drugs. In many cases, current drug prices have the effect of denying residents access to necessary medical care, thereby threatening their health and safety.    Prescription drugs play an increasingly important role in improving or stabilizing a person's health and in reducing overall health-care costs;    Additionally, the new medicare prescription drug benefit restricts persons from purchasing insurance in order to fully cover their prescription drug needs. This restriction on a person's ability to purchase adequate coverage may threaten the person's health and safety.    Currently, there is no limit on the amount that a pharmacy may charge for a generic or nonpatented drug, and, although some retail pharmacies are offering some generic and nonpatented drugs at discounted prices, there are no guarantees that the pharmacies will continue to do so.       The general assembly, therefore, declares that it is important to make information available to the public concerning ways to purchase lower-cost generic and nonpatented prescription drugs through the “Colorado Cares Rx Act” in order to protect the health of uninsured, underinsured, and older Coloradans. The general assembly further declares that the state should continue to actively research cost-effective mechanisms or programs that may provide additional options to address this need in Colorado.     History. Source: L. 2007: Entire article added, p. 1, § 1, effective February 5. L. 2009: Entire section amended, (SB 09-132), ch. 224, p. 1011, § 1, effective May 4.
CO Code § 25.5-2.5-103 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 25.5 - Health Care Policy and Financing|Article 2.5 - Drugs|Part 1 - Colorado Cares Rx Act|§ 25.5-2.5-103. Lower-Cost Prescription Drugs - Information - Research - Reporting

  The state department shall make information available to the public concerning lower-cost prescription drug programs. The information shall include, but need not be limited to:   Ways in which low-income, uninsured persons can obtain lower-cost prescription drugs; and    Contact information concerning programs for lower-cost prescription drugs.       The state department shall research cost-effective programs or mechanisms by which low-income, uninsured persons may purchase lower-cost prescription drugs.    The state department shall report annually to the health and human services committees of the house of representatives and the senate, or any successor committees, concerning the provisions of this article.     History. Source: L. 2007: Entire article added, p. 2, § 1, effective February 5. L. 2009: Entire section R&RE, (SB 09-132), ch. 224, p. 1012, § 2, effective May 4.
CO Code § 25.5-2.5-201 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 25.5 - Health Care Policy and Financing|Article 2.5 - Drugs|Part 2 - Canadian Prescription Drug Importation Program|§ 25.5-2.5-201. Short Title

 The short title of this part 2 is the “Dr. Irene Aguilar Canadian Prescription Drug Importation Act”.   History. Source: L. 2019: Entire part added, (SB 19-005), ch. 184, p. 2065, § 3, effective August 2.
CO Code § 25.5-2.5-202 (2021)
2021 Colorado Code|Title 25.5 - Health Care Policy and Financing|Article 2.5 - Drugs|Part 2 - Canadian Prescription Drug Importation Program|§ 25.5-2.5-202. Definitions

 As used in this part 2, unless the context otherwise requires:    “Canadian supplier” means a manufacturer, wholesale distributor, or pharmacy that is appropriately licensed or permitted under Canadian federal and provincial laws and regulations to manufacture, distribute, or dispense prescription drugs.    “Eligible importer” means an importer that is described in section 25.5-2.5-204 3.    “Federal act” means the “Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act”, 21 U.S.C. sec. 301 et seq.    “Medicaid pharmacy” means a pharmacy registered pursuant to section 12-280-119 that has a provider agreement in effect with the state department and is in good standing with the state department.    “Pharmacist” means a person who holds an active and unencumbered license to practice pharmacy pursuant to section 12-280-114.    “Prescription drug” has the same meaning set forth in section 12-280-103 (42); except that the term includes only drugs that are intended for human use.    “Program” means the Canadian prescription drug importation program created in section 25.5-2.5-203.    “Vendor” means a vendor with which the state department contracts for the provision of services under the program pursuant to section 25.5-2.5-203 (1).     History. Source: L. 2019: Entire part added, (SB 19-005), ch. 184, p. 2065, § 3, effective August 2.