C.R.S. Section 10-16-102
Definitions


As used in this article 16, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1)

“Actuarial certification” means a written statement by a member of the American academy of actuaries or other individual acceptable to the commissioner that a small employer carrier is in compliance with the provisions of part 10 of this article, based upon the person’s examination, including a review of the appropriate records and of the actuarial assumptions and methods used by the small employer carrier in establishing premium rates for applicable health benefit plans.

(2)

“Affiliate” or “affiliated” means any entity or person that directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by, or is under common control with, a specified entity or person.

(3)

“Affiliation period” means a period of time, not to exceed two months, during which a health maintenance organization does not collect premiums and coverage issued is not yet effective.

(4)

“Basic health-care services” means health-care services that an enrolled population of a health maintenance organization organized pursuant to the provisions of part 4 of this article might reasonably require in order to maintain good health, including, at a minimum, emergency care, inpatient and outpatient hospital services, physician services, outpatient medical services, and laboratory and X-ray services.

(5)

“Benefits ratio” means the ratio of the value of the actual benefits, not including dividends, to the value of the actual premiums, not reduced by dividends, over the entire period for which rates are computed to provide coverage. “Benefits ratio” is also known as “targeted loss ratio”.

(6)

“Bona fide association” means, with respect to health insurance coverage offered in Colorado, an association that:

(a)

Has been actively in existence for at least five years;

(b)

Has been formed and maintained in good faith for purposes other than obtaining insurance and does not condition membership on the purchase of association-sponsored insurance;

(c)

Does not condition membership in the association on any health-status-related factor relating to an individual, including an employee of an employer or a dependent of an employee, and clearly so states in all membership and application materials;

(d)

Makes health insurance coverage offered through the association available to all members regardless of any health-status-related factor relating to the members or individuals eligible for coverage through a member and clearly so states in all marketing and application materials;

(e)

Does not make health insurance coverage offered through the association available other than in connection with a member of the association and clearly so states in all marketing and application materials; and

(f)

Provides and annually updates information necessary for the commissioner to determine whether or not an association meets the definition of a bona fide association before qualifying as a bona fide association for the purposes of this article.

(7)

“Bona fide volunteer”:

(a)

Has the meaning set forth in section 31-30-1202, C.R.S.;

(b)

Means any volunteer member of a not-for-profit nongovernmental entity that is organized to provide firefighting services, emergency medical services, or ambulance services; and

(c)

Means any volunteer member of a rescue unit as defined in section 25-3.5-103, C.R.S.

(8)

“Carrier” means any entity that provides health coverage in this state, including a franchise insurance plan, a fraternal benefit society, a health maintenance organization, a nonprofit hospital and health service corporation, a sickness and accident insurance company, and any other entity providing a plan of health insurance or health benefits subject to the insurance laws and rules of Colorado.

(9)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a)

“Case characteristics” means demographic characteristics that are considered by the carrier in the determination of premium rates for individuals and small employers.

(b)

“Case characteristics” are limited to the following demographic characteristics, as further defined and determined by the commissioner by rule:

(I)

The age of covered individuals;

(II)

Geographic location of the policyholder;

(III)

Family size; and

(IV)

Tobacco use.

(10)

“Catastrophic plan” means an individual health benefit plan that does not provide a bronze, silver, gold, or platinum level of coverage, as those coverage levels are described in section 10-16-103.4, and is available only to individuals under thirty years of age or who meet the eligibility requirements in federal law for participation in a catastrophic plan.

(11)

“Child-only plan” means a health benefit plan issued on or after April 29, 2011, that provides coverage to an individual under twenty-one years of age. A “child-only plan” does not include coverage provided to a dependent under an individual or group health benefit plan.

(12)

“Church plan” has the same meaning as set forth in 29 U.S.C. sec. 1002 (33) of the federal “Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974”.

(13)

“Commissioner” means the commissioner of insurance.

(14)

“Control” has the same meaning as set forth in section 10-3-801 (3).

(15)

“Covered person” means a person entitled to receive benefits or services under a health coverage plan.

(16)

“Creditable coverage” means benefits or coverage provided under:

(a)

Medicare, the “Colorado Medical Assistance Act”, articles 4 to 6 of title 25.5, C.R.S., or the children’s basic health plan established pursuant to article 8 of title 25.5, C.R.S.;

(b)

An employee welfare benefit plan or group health insurance or health benefit plan;

(c)

An individual health benefit plan;

(d)

A state health benefits risk pool; or

(e)

Chapter 55 of title 10 of the United States Code, a medical care program of the federal Indian health service or of a tribal organization, a health plan offered under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, a public health plan, or a health benefit plan under section 5 (e) of the federal “Peace Corps Act”, 22 U.S.C. sec. 2504 (e).

(16.5)

“Dementia diseases and related disabilities” is a condition where mental ability declines and is severe enough to interfere with an individual’s ability to perform everyday tasks. Dementia diseases and related disabilities includes Alzheimer’s disease, mixed dementia, Lewy body dementia, vascular dementia, frontotemporal dementia, and other types of dementia.

(17)

“Dependent” means a spouse, a partner in a civil union, an unmarried child under nineteen years of age, an unmarried child who is a full-time student under twenty-four years of age and who is financially dependent upon the parent, and an unmarried child of any age who is medically certified as disabled and dependent upon the parent. “Dependent” includes a designated beneficiary, as defined in section 15-22-103 (1), C.R.S., if an employer elects to cover a designated beneficiary as a dependent.

(18)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a)

“Eligible employee” means a full-time employee in a bona fide employer-employee relationship with an employer that has not been established for the purpose of obtaining a small group plan. The term does not include:

(I)

An employee who works on a temporary or substitute basis;

(II)

An individual and his or her spouse or partner in a civil union with respect to a trade or business, whether incorporated or unincorporated, that is wholly owned by the individual or by the individual and his or her spouse or partner in a civil union; or

(III)

A partner in a partnership and his or her spouse or partner in a civil union with respect to the partnership; except that a partner and his or her spouse or partner in a civil union may participate in a small group plan established to cover one or more eligible employees of the partnership who are not partners in the partnership.

(b)

Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, an eligible employee of a small employer who could also be considered a dependent of the small employer must receive taxable income from the small employer in an amount equivalent to minimum wage for working full-time on a permanent basis in order to be considered an employee of the small employer.

(c)

Nothing in this subsection (18) limits the employer’s traditional ability to set valid and acceptable standards for employee eligibility based on the terms and conditions of employment, including a minimum weekly work requirement in excess of thirty hours and eligibility based upon salaried versus hourly workers and management versus nonmanagement employees.

(19)

“Emergency service provider” means a local government, or an authority formed by two or more local governments, that provides firefighting and fire prevention services, emergency medical services, ambulance services, or search and rescue services, or a not-for-profit nongovernmental entity organized for the purpose of providing any of those services through the use of bona fide volunteers.

(20)

“Enrollee” means:

(a)

An individual who is or has been enrolled in a health maintenance organization;

(b)

An individual who is or has been enrolled in an individual or group prepaid dental care plan as a principal subscriber and includes the individual’s dependents who are entitled to prepaid dental care services under the plan solely because of their status as dependents of the principal subscriber; or

(c)

An individual who is or has been enrolled in a health coverage plan.

(21)

“Enrollee coverage” means a health coverage plan issued pursuant to this article to an enrollee setting out the coverage to which the enrollee is entitled under the health coverage plan.

(22)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a)

“Essential health benefits” has the same meaning as set forth in section 1302 (b) of the federal “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act”, as amended, Pub.L. 111-148;

(b)

“Essential health benefits” includes:

(I)

Ambulatory patient services;

(II)

Emergency services;

(III)

Hospitalization;

(IV)

Laboratory services;

(V)

Maternity and newborn care;

(VI)

Behavioral, mental health, and substance use disorder services, including behavioral health treatment;

(VII)

Pediatric services, including oral and vision care;

(VIII)

Prescription drugs;

(IX)

Preventive and wellness services and chronic disease management; and

(X)

Rehabilitative and habilitative services and devices.

(23)

“Essential health benefits package” means the essential health benefits package required under section 1302 (a) of the federal act and includes coverage that:

(a)

Provides for the essential health benefits;

(b)

Limits cost sharing for this coverage in accordance with section 1302 (c) of the federal act; and

(c)

For individual and small employer health benefit plans, provides bronze, silver, gold, or platinum levels of coverage described in section 1302 (d) of the federal act, as specified in section 10-16-103.4.

(24)

“Established geographic service area” means the entire state of Colorado or, for plans that do not cover the entire state, any county within which the carrier is authorized to have arrangements established with providers to provide services.

(25)

“Evidence of coverage” means any certificate, agreement, or contract issued to an enrollee by a health maintenance organization setting out the coverage to which the enrollee is or was entitled.

(26)

“Exchange” means the Colorado health benefit exchange created in article 22 of this title.

(27)

“Executive director” means the executive director of the department of public health and environment.

(27.5)

“FDA” means the food and drug administration in the United States department of health and human services, or any successor entity.

(28)

“Federal act” means the federal “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act”, Pub.L. 111-148, as amended by the federal “Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010”, Pub.L. 111-152, and as may be further amended, including any federal regulations adopted under the federal act.

(29)

“Federal law” includes the federal “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act”, Pub.L. 111-148, as amended by the federal “Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010”, Pub.L. 111-152, and as may be further amended, also referred to in this article as the “ACT”; the federal “Public Health Service Act”, as amended, 42 U.S.C. sec. 201 et seq., also referred to in this article as “PHA”; the federal “Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996”, as amended, Pub.L. 104-191, also referred to in this article as “HIPAA”; the federal “Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974”, as amended, 29 U.S.C. sec. 1001 et seq., also referred to in this article as “EISA”; and any federal regulation implementing these federal acts.

(30)

“Government plan” has the same meaning as set forth in 29 U.S.C. sec. 1002 (32) of the federal “Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974”, and as in any federal governmental plan.

(31)

“Grandfathered health benefit plan” means a health benefit plan provided to an individual or employer by a carrier on or before March 23, 2010, for as long as it maintains that status in accordance with federal law and includes any extension of coverage under an individual or employer health benefit plan that existed on or before March 23, 2010, to a dependent of an individual enrolled in the plan or to a new employee and his or her dependents who enroll in the employer health benefit plan. This article, as it existed prior to May 13, 2013, applies to grandfathered health benefit plans on and after May 13, 2013.

(32)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a)

“Health benefit plan” means any hospital or medical expense policy or certificate, hospital or medical service corporation contract, or health maintenance organization subscriber contract or any other similar health contract subject to the jurisdiction of the commissioner available for use, offered, or sold in Colorado.

(b)

“Health benefit plan” does not include:

(I)

Accident only;

(II)

Credit;

(III)

Dental;

(IV)

Vision;

(V)

Medicare supplement;

(VI)

Benefits for long-term care, home health care, community-based care, or any combination thereof;

(VII)

Disability income insurance;

(VIII)

Liability insurance including general liability insurance and automobile liability insurance;

(IX)

Coverage for on-site medical clinics;

(X)

Coverage issued as a supplement to liability insurance, workers’ compensation, or similar insurance;

(XI)

Automobile medical payment insurance; or

(XII)

Specified disease, hospital confinement indemnity, or limited benefit health insurance if the types of coverage do not provide coordination of benefits and are provided under separate policies or certificates.

(c)

Solely with respect to section 10-16-118, “health benefit plan” excludes individual short-term limited duration health insurance policies.

(33)

“Health-care services” means any services included in or incidental to the furnishing of medical, behavioral, mental health, or substance use disorder; dental, or optometric care; hospitalization; or nursing home care to an individual, as well as the furnishing to any person of any other services for the purpose of preventing, alleviating, curing, or healing human physical illness or injury, or behavioral, mental health, or substance use disorder. “Health-care services” includes the rendering of the services through the use of telehealth, as defined in section 10-16-123 (4)(e).

(34)

“Health coverage plan” means a policy, contract, certificate, or agreement entered into, offered, or issued by a carrier to provide, deliver, arrange for, pay for, or reimburse any of the costs of health-care services.

(35)

“Health maintenance organization” means any person who:

(a)

Provides, either directly or through contractual or other arrangements with others, health-care services to enrollees; and

(b)

Provides, either directly or through contractual or other arrangements with other persons, health-care services, including, at a minimum, emergency care, inpatient and outpatient hospital services, physician services, outpatient medical services, and laboratory and X-ray services; and

(c)

Is responsible for the availability, accessibility, and quality of the health-care services provided or arranged.

(36)

“Health status” means the determination by a carrier of the past, present, or expected risk of an individual or the employer due to the health conditions of the individual or the employees of the employer.

(37)

“Health-status-related factor” means any of the following factors:

(a)

Health status;

(b)

Medical condition, including both physical illnesses and mental health disorders;

(c)

Claims experience;

(d)

Receipt of health care;

(e)

Medical history;

(f)

Genetic information;

(g)

Evidence of insurability, including conditions arising out of acts of domestic violence; and

(h)

Disability.

(38)

“Hearing aid” means amplification technology that optimizes audibility and listening skills in the environments commonly experienced by the patient, including a wearable instrument or device designed to aid or compensate for impaired human hearing. “Hearing aid” includes any parts or ear molds.

(38.5)

“HIV prevention drug” means preexposure prophylaxis, post-exposure prophylaxis, or other drugs approved by the FDA for the prevention of HIV infection.

(39)

“Index rate” means the premium rate established for a market segment based on the total combined claims costs for providing essential health benefits within the single risk pool of that market segment.

(40)

“Intermediary” means a person authorized by health-care providers to negotiate and execute provider contracts with carriers on behalf of such providers.

(40.5)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a)

“Large employer” means any person, firm, corporation, partnership, or association that:

(I)

Is actively engaged in business;

(II)

Employed an average of more than one hundred eligible employees on business days during the immediately preceding calendar year, except as provided in subsection (40.5)(c) of this section; and

(III)

Was not formed primarily for the purpose of purchasing insurance.

(b)

For purposes of determining whether an employer is a “large employer”, the number of eligible employees is calculated using the method set forth in 26 U.S.C. sec. 4980H (c)(2)(E).

(c)

In the case of an employer that was not in existence throughout the preceding calendar quarter, the determination of whether the employer is a large employer is based on the average number of employees that the employer is reasonably expected to employ on business days in the current calendar year.

(d)

The following employers are single employers for purposes of determining the number of employees:

(I)

A person or entity that is a single employer pursuant to 26 U.S.C. sec. 414 (b), (c), (m), or (o); and

(II)

An employer and any predecessor employer.

(41)

“Licensed health-care provider” has the same meaning as in section 10-4-601.

(42)

“Local government” means any city, county, city and county, special district, or other political subdivision of this state.

(43)

“Managed care plan” means a policy, contract, certificate, or agreement offered by a carrier to provide, deliver, arrange for, pay for, or reimburse any of the costs of health-care services through the covered person’s use of health-care providers managed by, owned by, under contract with, or employed by the carrier because the carrier either requires the use of or creates incentives, including financial incentives, for the covered person’s use of those providers.

(43.5)

“MHPAEA” means the federal “Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008”, Pub.L. 110-343, as amended, and all of its implementing and related regulations.

(44)

“Minor child” means any person under eighteen years of age.

(45)

“Network” means a group of participating providers providing services to a managed care plan. For the purposes of part 7 of this article, any subdivision or subgrouping of a network is considered a network if covered individuals are restricted to the subdivision or subgrouping for covered benefits under the managed care plan.

(46)

“Participating provider” means a provider, either within or outside of Colorado, that, under a contract with a carrier or with its contractor or subcontractor, has agreed to provide health-care services to covered persons with an expectation of receiving payment, other than coinsurance, copayments, or deductibles, directly or indirectly, from the carrier.

(47)

“Patient with diabetes” means a person with elevated blood glucose levels who has been diagnosed as having diabetes by an appropriately licensed health-care professional.

(48)

“Person” means any individual, partnership, association, trust, or corporation and includes any hospital licensed or certified in this state, independent practice association of physicians, or professional service corporation for the practice of medicine.

(49)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a)

“Pharmacy benefit management firm”, “pharmacy benefit manager”, or “PBM” means any entity doing business in this state that administers or manages prescription drug benefits, including claims processing services and other prescription drug or device services as defined in section 10-16-122.1, on behalf of any carrier that provides prescription drug benefits to residents of this state, either pursuant to a contract with the carrier or as an entity that is related to, associated by common or other ownership with, or otherwise associated with the carrier.

(b)

“Pharmacy benefit management firm”, “pharmacy benefit manager”, or “PBM” does not include:

(I)

A health-care facility licensed or certified by the department of public health and environment pursuant to section 25-1.5-103 (1)(a);

(II)

A provider;

(III)

A consultant who only provides advice as to the selection or performance of a pharmacy benefit management firm; or

(IV)

A nonprofit health maintenance organization that offers managed care plans that provide a majority of covered professional services through a single, contracted medical group and that operates its own pharmacies.

(50)

“Policy of sickness and accident insurance” means any policy or contract of insurance against loss or expense resulting from the sickness of the insured, the bodily injury or death of the insured by accident, or both.

(50.5)

“Post-exposure prophylaxis” means a drug or drug combination that meets the same clinical eligibility recommendations provided in CDC guidelines, as defined in section 12-280-125.7.

(50.7)

“Preexposure prophylaxis” means a drug or drug combination that meets the same clinical eligibility recommendations provided in CDC guidelines, as defined in section 12-280-125.7.

(51)

“Premium” means all moneys paid as a condition of receiving coverage from a carrier, including any fees or other contributions associated with the health benefit plan.

(52)

“Prepaid dental care plan” means any contractual arrangement through an entity organized pursuant to part 5 of this article to provide, either directly or through arrangements with others, dental care services to enrollees on a fixed prepayment basis or as a benefit of the enrollees’ participation or membership in any other contract, agreement, or group.

(53)

“Prepaid dental care plan organization” means any person who undertakes to conduct one or more prepaid dental care plans providing only dental care services.

(54)

“Prepaid dental care services” means services included in the practice of dentistry, as defined in article 220 of title 12, that are provided to enrollees under a prepaid dental care plan.

(55)

“Producer” means a person licensed by the division who solicits, negotiates, effects, procures, delivers, renews, continues, services, or binds health benefit plans and is licensed to conduct these activities in Colorado.

(56)

“Provider” means any physician, dentist, optometrist, anesthesiologist, hospital, X ray, laboratory and ambulance service, or other person who is licensed or otherwise authorized in this state to furnish health-care services.

(57)

“Rate increase” means an increase in the current rate.

(58)

“Rating period” means the calendar period for which premium rates established by a carrier are assumed to be in effect.

(59)

“Restricted network provision” means any provision of an individual or group health benefit plan that conditions the payment of benefits, in whole or in part, on the use of health-care providers that have entered into a contractual arrangement with the carrier to provide health-care services to covered individuals.

(60)

“Short-term limited duration health insurance policy” or “short-term policy” means a nonrenewable individual health benefit plan with a specified duration of not more than six months that meets the following requirements:

(a)

The policy is issued only to individuals who have not had more than one short-term policy providing the same or similar nonrenewable coverage from any carrier within the past twelve months and so states in all marketing materials, application forms, and policy forms. An applicant is eligible for coverage if a short-term carrier includes in its application form the following:
Have you or any other person to be insured been covered under two or more nonrenewable short-term policies during the past twelve months? If “yes”, then this policy cannot be issued. You must wait six months from the date of your last such policy to apply for a short-term policy.

(b)

The policy contains the following disclosure in ten-point or larger, bold-faced type in all marketing materials, application forms, and policy forms:
This policy does not provide portability of prior coverage. As a result, any injury, sickness, or pregnancy for which you have incurred charges, received medical treatment, consulted a health-care professional, or taken prescription drugs within twelve months before the effective date of this policy will not be covered under this policy.

(61)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a)

Repealed.

(b)

Effective January 1, 2016, “small employer” means any person, firm, corporation, partnership, or association that:

(I)

Is actively engaged in business;

(II)

Employed an average of at least one but not more than one hundred eligible employees on business days during the immediately preceding calendar year, except as provided in paragraph (e) of this subsection (61); and

(III)

Was not formed primarily for the purpose of purchasing insurance.

(c)

For purposes of determining whether an employer is a “small employer”, the number of eligible employees is calculated using the method set forth in 26 U.S.C. sec. 4980h (c)(2)(E).

(d)

In order to be classified as a small employer with more than one employee when only one employee enrolls in the small employer’s health benefit plan, the small employer shall submit to the small employer carrier the two most recent quarterly employment and tax statements substantiating that the employer had two or more eligible employees. Such small employer group shall also meet the participation requirements of the small employer carrier.

(e)

In the case of an employer that was not in existence throughout the preceding calendar quarter, the determination of whether the employer is a small employer is based on the average number of employees that the employer is reasonably expected to employ on business days in the current calendar year.

(f)

The following employers are single employers for purposes of determining the number of employees:

(I)

A person or entity that is a single employer pursuant to 26 U.S.C. sec. 414 (b), (c), (m), or (o); and

(II)

An employer and any predecessor employer.

(62)

“Small employer carrier” means a carrier that offers health benefit plans covering eligible employees of one or more small employers in this state.

(63)

“Small group sickness and accident insurance”, “small group plan”, and “small group policy” mean that form of group sickness and accident insurance issued by an entity subject to part 2 of this article, that form of group service or indemnity type contract issued by an entity organized pursuant to part 3 of this article, or that form of policy issued by an entity organized pursuant to part 4 of this article that provides coverage to small employers located in Colorado. These terms include a bona fide association plan if such plan provides coverage to one or more eligible employees of a small employer in Colorado.

(64)

“Standing referral” means a referral by the covered person’s primary care provider to a specialist or specialized treatment center participating in the carrier’s network for ongoing treatment of a covered person.

(65)

“Student health insurance coverage” means a type of individual health insurance coverage that is provided pursuant to a written agreement between an institution of higher education, as defined in the “Higher Education Act of 1965”, and a health carrier and provided to students enrolled in that institution of higher education and their dependents, that:

(a)

Does not make health insurance coverage available other than in connection with enrollment as a student, or as a dependent of a student, in the institution of higher education;

(b)

Does not condition eligibility for health insurance coverage on any health-status-related factor related to a student or a dependent of a student; and

(c)

Meets any additional requirement that may be imposed by law.

(66)

“Targeted loss ratio” means the ratio of expected policy benefits over the entire future period for which the proposed rates are expected to provide coverage to the expected earned premium over the same period. The anticipated loss ratio shall be calculated on an incurred basis as the ratio of expected incurred losses to expected earned premium.

(67)

“Uncovered expenditures” means the costs of those health-care services:

(a)

That are covered under the health maintenance organization’s health-care plans but are not guaranteed, insured, or assumed by a person or organization other than the health maintenance organization; or

(b)

For which a provider has not agreed to hold enrollees harmless if the provider is not paid by the health maintenance organization.

(68)

“Valid multistate association” means an association that has:

(a)

Been in active existence for at least five years;

(b)

Been organized and maintained in good faith for purposes other than to obtain insurance;

(c)

A minimum of five hundred members;

(d)

A constitution, charter, or bylaws that provide for regular meetings, at least annually, to further the purposes of the members;

(e)

Collected dues or solicited contributions for members; and

(f)

Provided the members with voting privileges and representation on the governing board and committees.

(69)

“Waiting period” means, with respect to a group health benefit plan and an individual that is a potential participant or beneficiary in the plan, the period that must pass with respect to the individual, as determined by the plan sponsor, before the individual is eligible to be covered for benefits under the terms of the plan.

Source: Section 10-16-102 — Definitions, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-10.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

10‑16‑101
Short title
10‑16‑102
Definitions
10‑16‑103
Proposal of mandatory health-care coverage provisions
10‑16‑103.4
Essential health benefits - requirements - rules
10‑16‑103.5
Payment of premiums - required term in contract - rules - definition
10‑16‑103.6
Copayment-only prescription payment structures - required inclusion in health benefit plans - rules
10‑16‑104
Mandatory coverage provisions - definitions - rules - applicability
10‑16‑104.1
Prohibition on discrimination for organ transplants based solely on disability - definition
10‑16‑104.2
Coverage for contraception - rules - definitions
10‑16‑104.3
Health coverage for persons under twenty-six years of age - coverage for students who take medical leave of absence
10‑16‑104.6
Off-label use of cancer drugs
10‑16‑104.7
Substance use disorders - court-ordered treatment coverage
10‑16‑104.8
Behavioral, mental health, or substance use disorder services coverage - court-ordered
10‑16‑104.9
Geographic areas for small employers
10‑16‑105
Guaranteed issuance of health insurance coverage - individual and small employer health benefit plans
10‑16‑105.1
Guaranteed renewability - exceptions - individual and small employer health benefit plans - rules
10‑16‑105.2
Small employer health insurance availability program
10‑16‑105.3
Health benefit plans - not prohibited
10‑16‑105.6
Rate usage
10‑16‑105.7
Health benefit plan open enrollment periods - special enrollment periods - rules
10‑16‑106
Group replacement - extension of benefits
10‑16‑106.3
Uniform claims - billing codes - electronic claim forms
10‑16‑106.5
Prompt payment of claims - legislative declaration - rules
10‑16‑106.7
Assignment of health insurance benefits
10‑16‑107
Rate filing regulation - benefits ratio - rules
10‑16‑107.1
False or misleading information - penalties
10‑16‑107.2
Filing of health policies - rules
10‑16‑107.3
Health insurance policies - plain language required - rules
10‑16‑107.4
Health-care sharing plan or arrangement - required reporting and certification - noncompliance - information posted on division website - rules
10‑16‑107.5
Uniform application form - use by all carriers - rules
10‑16‑107.7
Nondiscrimination against providers
10‑16‑108
Continuation privileges
10‑16‑108.5
Fair marketing standards - rules
10‑16‑109
Rules
10‑16‑110
Fees paid by health coverage entities
10‑16‑111
Annual statements and reports - rules
10‑16‑112
Private utilization review - health-care coverage entity responsibility - definitions
10‑16‑112.5
Prior authorization for health-care services - disclosures and notice - determination deadlines - criteria - limits and exceptions - definitions - rules
10‑16‑113
Procedure for denial of benefits - internal review - rules - definitions
10‑16‑113.5
Independent external review of adverse determinations - legislative declaration - definitions - rules
10‑16‑113.7
Reporting the denial of benefits to division
10‑16‑116
Catastrophic health insurance - coverage - premium payments - reporting requirements - definitions - short title
10‑16‑118
Prohibition against preexisting condition exclusions
10‑16‑119
Requirements for excess loss or stop-loss health insurance used in conjunction with self-insured employer benefit plans under the federal “Employee Retirement Income Security Act” - data collection 2013-18 - rules
10‑16‑119.5
Stop-loss health insurance for small employers of not more than fifty employees - requirements - definitions - rules
10‑16‑121
Required contract provisions in contracts between carriers and providers - definitions
10‑16‑121.3
Limitations on provisions in contracts between carriers and licensed health-care providers - methods of payment - fees
10‑16‑121.5
Prohibited contract provisions in contracts between carriers and providers for dental services - definition
10‑16‑121.7
Prohibited contract provisions in contracts between carriers and eye care providers - definitions
10‑16‑122
Access to prescription drugs
10‑16‑122.1
Contracts between PBMs and pharmacies - carrier submit list of PBMs - PBM registration - fees - prohibited practices - exception - rules - enforcement - short title - definitions
10‑16‑122.3
Pharmacy benefit management firm payments - retroactive reduction prohibited - enforcement - rules - definitions
10‑16‑122.4
Pharmacy benefits - formulary change prohibition - exceptions - enforcement - definition - rules
10‑16‑122.5
Pharmacy benefit manager - audit of pharmacies - time limits on on-site audits - enforcement - rules
10‑16‑122.6
Pharmacy benefit managers - contracts with pharmacies - maximum allowable cost pricing - enforcement - rules
10‑16‑122.7
Disclosures between pharmacists and patients - carrier and PBM prohibitions - enforcement - short title - legislative declaration - preemption by federal law - rules
10‑16‑122.9
Prescription drug benefits - real-time access to benefit information - enforcement - definitions - rules
10‑16‑123
Telehealth - definitions
10‑16‑124
Prescription information cards - legislative declaration
10‑16‑124.5
Prior authorization form - drug benefits - rules of commissioner - definitions - repeal
10‑16‑124.7
Opioid analgesics with abuse-deterrent properties - study - definitions
10‑16‑124.8
Colorado consortium for prescription drug abuse prevention - create process for recovery - report
10‑16‑125
Reimbursement to nurses
10‑16‑126
Fee-for-service dental plans
10‑16‑127
Coinsurance and deductibles
10‑16‑128
Annual report to general assembly
10‑16‑129
Health savings accounts
10‑16‑130
Disclosure of rate increases to public entities - legislative declaration - definitions
10‑16‑133
Health carrier information disclosure - website - insurance producer fees and disclosure requirements - legislative declaration - rules
10‑16‑134
Health-care transparency - information required - website - definition
10‑16‑135
Health coverage plan information cards - rules - standardization - contents
10‑16‑137
Policy forms - explanation of benefits - standardization of forms - rules
10‑16‑138
Pathology services - direct billing required
10‑16‑139
Access to care - rules - definitions
10‑16‑140
Grace periods - premium payments - rules
10‑16‑141
Medication synchronization services - cost sharing for partial refills - dispensing fees
10‑16‑142
Physical rehabilitation services - copayments and coinsurance - research
10‑16‑143.5
Pharmacy reimbursement - substance use disorders - injections - patient counseling
10‑16‑144
Health-care services provided by pharmacists
10‑16‑145
Step therapy - limitations - exceptions - definitions - rules
10‑16‑145.5
Step therapy - prior authorization - prohibited - stage four advanced metastatic cancer - opioid prescription - definitions
10‑16‑146
Periodic updates to provider directory
10‑16‑147
Parity reporting - commissioner - carriers - rules - examination of complaints
10‑16‑148
Medication-assisted treatment - limitations on carriers - rules
10‑16‑150
Primary care payment reform collaborative - created - powers and duties - report - definition - repeal
10‑16‑151
Cost sharing in prescription insulin drugs - limits - definition - rules
10‑16‑152
HIV prevention and treatment medication - limitations on carriers - step therapy - prior authorization - study - repeal
10‑16‑153
Coverage for opiate antagonists provided by a hospital - definition
10‑16‑154
Disclosures - physical therapists - occupational therapists - chiropractors - acupuncturists - patients - carrier prohibitions - enforcement
10‑16‑155
Actuarial reviews of proposed health-care legislation - division to contract with third parties - required considerations - confidentiality - limits on expenditures - repeal
10‑16‑155.5
Actuarial review of doula services - report - definition
10‑16‑156
Prescription drugs - rebates - consumer cost reduction - point of sale - study - report - rules - definitions
10‑16‑157
Alternative payment model parameters - parameters to include an aligned quality measure set - primary care providers - requirement for carriers to submit alternative payment models to the division - legislative declaration - report - rules - definitions
10‑16‑158
Treatment of sexually transmitted infection - cost sharing - rules - definition
10‑16‑159
Coverage for sterilization services - cost sharing
10‑16‑160
Cost sharing - prescription epinephrine - limits - rules - definition
10‑16‑161
Calculation of contribution to out-of-pocket and cost-sharing requirements - exception - definitions - rules
10‑16‑162
Prohibition on discrimination for coverage based solely on natural medicine consumption - definitions
10‑16‑163
Contracts - health benefit plans - pharmacy benefit managers - policyholders - transparency requirements - rules - definitions
10‑16‑164
Hospital facility fee report - data collection
10‑16‑165
Dental coverage plans - dental loss ratio - rules - definitions
10‑16‑166
Prohibition on using the body mass index or ideal body weight - medical necessity criteria - rules
10‑16‑201
Form and content of individual sickness and accident insurance policies
10‑16‑202
Required provisions in individual sickness and accident policies
10‑16‑203
Optional provisions in individual sickness and accident insurance policies
10‑16‑204
Inapplicable or inconsistent provisions in individual policies of sickness and accident insurance
10‑16‑205
Order of certain policy provisions in individual policies of sickness and accident insurance
10‑16‑206
Third-party ownership of individual sickness and accident insurance policies
10‑16‑207
Requirements of other jurisdictions
10‑16‑208
Conforming to statute
10‑16‑209
Application for policy
10‑16‑210
Notice - waiver
10‑16‑211
Age limit
10‑16‑212
Exemption from attachment and execution
10‑16‑213
Industrial sickness and accident insurance
10‑16‑214
Group sickness and accident insurance
10‑16‑215
Blanket sickness and accident insurance
10‑16‑216
Examinations
10‑16‑216.5
Hearing procedure and judicial review - violations - penalty
10‑16‑217
Application of part 1 of this article and part 2
10‑16‑218
Judicial review
10‑16‑219
Benefits for care in tax-supported institutions - behavioral health disorders - mental health disorders - intellectual and developmental disabilities
10‑16‑220
Minimum standards for sickness and accident plans
10‑16‑221
Statewide health care review committee - creation - membership - duties - repeal
10‑16‑222
Termination of policies
10‑16‑301
Legislative declaration
10‑16‑302
Incorporation and organization - exemptions
10‑16‑303
Filing of articles of incorporation
10‑16‑304
Contents of articles
10‑16‑305
Directors
10‑16‑306
Contracts - benefits for long-term care insurance
10‑16‑307
Authority to do business
10‑16‑308
Automatic extension of certificate
10‑16‑309
Requirements for certificate of authority
10‑16‑310
Surplus - guarantee fund deposit - regulations
10‑16‑311
Group benefits for depositors of banks - benefits for subscribers in public institutions
10‑16‑312
Contracts with other organizations
10‑16‑314
Payment for examinations of corporations
10‑16‑315
Revocation of certificate - appeal
10‑16‑316
Complaints
10‑16‑317
Exemption of direct payment methods
10‑16‑317.5
Assignment of benefits
10‑16‑318
Prospective reimbursement
10‑16‑319
Effective date
10‑16‑320
Investment of funds
10‑16‑321
Medicare supplement benefit standards
10‑16‑322
Filing of health policies
10‑16‑324
Conversion of corporation to a stock insurance company
10‑16‑325
Termination of health policies
10‑16‑401
Establishment of health maintenance organizations
10‑16‑402
Issuance of certificate of authority - denial
10‑16‑403
Powers of health maintenance organizations
10‑16‑404
Governing body
10‑16‑405
Fiduciary responsibilities
10‑16‑406
Evidence of coverage - rules
10‑16‑407
Information to enrollees
10‑16‑408
Open enrollment
10‑16‑409
Complaint system
10‑16‑410
Investments
10‑16‑411
Protection against insolvency
10‑16‑412
Statutory deposit
10‑16‑413
Prohibited practices
10‑16‑413.5
Return to home - legislative declaration - definitions
10‑16‑414
Regulation of agents
10‑16‑415
Powers of insurers and nonprofit hospital, medical-surgical, and health service corporations
10‑16‑416
Examination
10‑16‑417
Suspension or revocation of certificate of authority
10‑16‑418
Rehabilitation, liquidation, or conservation of health maintenance organization
10‑16‑419
Administrative procedures
10‑16‑420
Penalties and enforcement
10‑16‑421
Statutory construction and relationship to other laws
10‑16‑421.5
Acquisition of control of or merger of a health maintenance organization
10‑16‑422
Filings and reports as public documents
10‑16‑423
Confidentiality of health information
10‑16‑424
Commissioner’s authority to contract
10‑16‑425
Applicability of provisions
10‑16‑426
Medicare supplement benefit standards
10‑16‑427
Contractual relations
10‑16‑429
Termination of contract
10‑16‑501
Legislative declaration
10‑16‑502
Establishment of prepaid dental care plan organizations
10‑16‑503
Application for certificate of authority
10‑16‑504
Issuance of certificate of authority
10‑16‑505
Guarantee fund deposit
10‑16‑506
Reserve requirement - exception
10‑16‑507
Enrollee coverage by prepaid dental care plan organizations - form filing requirements
10‑16‑508
Examination of prepaid dental care plan organization
10‑16‑509
Operational expenses
10‑16‑510
Suspension or revocation of certificate of authority
10‑16‑511
Rehabilitation, liquidation, or conservation of prepaid dental care plan organization
10‑16‑512
Other laws applicable
10‑16‑601
Legislative declaration
10‑16‑602
Definitions
10‑16‑603
Independent medical examinations - governing standard
10‑16‑604
Financial interest in future care of patient prohibited
10‑16‑605
Independence of examiners
10‑16‑606
Applicability
10‑16‑701
Short title
10‑16‑702
Legislative declaration
10‑16‑703
Applicability
10‑16‑704
Network adequacy - required disclosures - balance billing - rules - legislative declaration - definitions
10‑16‑705
Requirements for carriers and participating providers - definitions
10‑16‑705.5
Participating provider networks - definitions - selection standards - informal reconsideration - enforcement - legislative declaration
10‑16‑705.7
Timely credentialing of physicians by carriers - notice of receipt required - notice of incomplete applications required - delegated credentialing agreements - discrepancies - denials of claims prohibited - disclosures - recredentialing - enforcement - rules - definitions
10‑16‑706
Intermediaries
10‑16‑707
Enforcement
10‑16‑708
Rule-making authority of commissioner
10‑16‑709
Evaluation - nonparticipating health-care providers - legislative declaration - rules
10‑16‑710
Reporting to commissioner - medication-assisted treatment - rules
10‑16‑1001
Legislative declaration
10‑16‑1002
Definitions
10‑16‑1003
Privacy of health information
10‑16‑1004
Health-care coverage cooperatives - establishment - fees
10‑16‑1005
Issuance of certificate of authority by commissioner for cooperative to purchase health-care coverage
10‑16‑1006
Authority to deny application for, revoke, or suspend certificate of authority
10‑16‑1007
Prohibition on cooperatives transacting insurance business
10‑16‑1008
Administrative structure of cooperatives - board of directors - officers - employees
10‑16‑1009
Powers, duties, and responsibilities of cooperatives
10‑16‑1010
Marketing requirements of cooperatives
10‑16‑1013
Violations of article by persons involved with operations of cooperatives - enforcement - penalties
10‑16‑1014
Technical assistance to authorized cooperatives from division of insurance
10‑16‑1015
Health-care cooperatives - rule-making authority
10‑16‑1016
State innovation waiver - authority to apply
10‑16‑1101
Short title
10‑16‑1102
Legislative declaration
10‑16‑1103
Definitions
10‑16‑1104
Commissioner powers and duties - rules - study and report
10‑16‑1105
Reinsurance program - creation - enterprise status - subject to waiver or funding approval - operation - payment parameters - calculation of reinsurance payments - eligible carrier requests - definition
10‑16‑1106
Accounting - reports - audits
10‑16‑1107
Funding for reinsurance program - sources - permitted uses - reinsurance program cash fund - calculation of total funding for program
10‑16‑1109
State innovation waiver - federal funding - Colorado reinsurance program
10‑16‑1110
Repeal of part - notice to revisor of statutes
10‑16‑1201
Short title
10‑16‑1202
Legislative declaration
10‑16‑1203
Definitions
10‑16‑1204
Health insurance affordability enterprise - creation - powers and duties - assess and allocate health insurance affordability fee and special assessment
10‑16‑1205
Health insurance affordability fee - special assessment on hospitals - allocation of revenues
10‑16‑1206
Health insurance affordability cash fund - creation
10‑16‑1207
Health insurance affordability board - creation - membership - powers and duties - subject to open meetings and public records laws - commissioner rules
10‑16‑1208
Limitation on authority - public option
10‑16‑1301
Short title
10‑16‑1302
Legislative declaration - intent
10‑16‑1303
Definitions
10‑16‑1304
Standardized health benefit plan - established - components - rules - independent analysis - repeal
10‑16‑1305
Standardized health benefit plan - carriers required to offer - premium rates - rules
10‑16‑1305.5
Rate filings
10‑16‑1306
Failure to meet premium rate requirements - notice - public hearing - rules
10‑16‑1307
Advisory board - members - rules
10‑16‑1308
Federal waiver - commissioner application - use of money
10‑16‑1309
Standardized plan - cost shift
10‑16‑1310
Reports required - repeal
10‑16‑1311
State measurement for accountable, responsive, and transparent (SMART) government act report
10‑16‑1312
Rules
10‑16‑1313
Severability
10‑16‑1401
Definitions
10‑16‑1402
Colorado prescription drug affordability review board - created - membership - terms - conflicts of interest
10‑16‑1403
Colorado prescription drug affordability review board - powers and duties - rules
10‑16‑1404
Colorado prescription drug affordability review board meetings - required to be public - exceptions
10‑16‑1405
Colorado prescription drug affordability review board - reports from carriers and pharmacy benefit management firms required - confidential materials
10‑16‑1406
Colorado prescription drug affordability review board - affordability reviews of prescription drugs - repeal
10‑16‑1407
Colorado prescription drug affordability review board - upper payment limits for certain prescription drugs - rules - severability
10‑16‑1408
Colorado prescription drug affordability review board - judicial review
10‑16‑1409
Colorado prescription drug affordability advisory council - created - membership - powers and duties
10‑16‑1410
Use of savings - report - rules
10‑16‑1411
Unlawful acts - enforcement - penalties
10‑16‑1412
Notice of withdrawal of prescription drugs with upper payment limits required - rules - penalty
10‑16‑1413
Optional participating plans - notice of election to participate required
10‑16‑1414
Reports
10‑16‑1415
Exemption - prescription drugs derived from cannabis
10‑16‑1416
Repeal of part
10‑16‑1501
Short title
10‑16‑1502
Legislative declaration
10‑16‑1503
Definitions
10‑16‑1504
Applicability - exclusions
10‑16‑1505
Prohibition on 340B discrimination
10‑16‑1506
Enforcement - rules
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§ 10-16-102’s source at colorado​.gov