C.R.S. Section 25.5-1-103
Definitions


As used in this title 25.5, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1)

“County board” means the county or district board of human or social services; except that, in the city and county of Denver, “county board” means the department or agency with the responsibility for public assistance and welfare activities, and, in the city and county of Broomfield, “county board” means the city council or a board or commission with the responsibility for public assistance and welfare activities appointed by the city and county of Broomfield.

(2)

“County department” means the county or district department of human or social services.

(3)

“County director” means the director of the county or district department of human or social services.

(4)

“Executive director” means the executive director of the department of health care policy and financing.

(5)

“Medical assistance” means any program administered by the state department, including but not limited to the “Colorado Medical Assistance Act”, as specified in articles 4, 5, and 6 of this title, the “Children’s Basic Health Plan Act”, article 8 of this title, the old age pension health and medical care program, and the supplemental old age pension health and medical care program; except that “medical assistance” for purposes of articles 4, 5, and 6 of this title shall have the meaning as defined in section 25.5-4-103 (13).

(5.5)

“Medical home” means an appropriately qualified medical specialty, developmental, therapeutic, or mental health-care practice that verifiably ensures continuous, accessible, and comprehensive access to and coordination of community-based medical care, mental health care, oral health care, and related services for a child. A medical home may also be referred to as a health-care home. If a child’s medical home is not a primary medical care provider, the child must have a primary medical care provider to ensure that a child’s primary medical care needs are appropriately addressed. All medical homes shall ensure, at a minimum, the following:

(a)

Health maintenance and preventive care;

(b)

Anticipatory guidance and health education;

(c)

Acute and chronic illness care;

(d)

Coordination of medications, specialists, and therapies;

(e)

Provider participation in hospital care; and

(f)

Twenty-four-hour telephone care.

(6)

“Recipient” means any person who has been determined eligible to receive benefits or services under this title.

(7)

“State board” or “board” means the medical services board created pursuant to section 25.5-1-301.

(8)

“State department” means the department of health care policy and financing.

(9)

[Editor’s note:
This version of subsection (9) is effective until July 1, 2024.]
“State designated agency” means an agency designated to perform specified functions that would otherwise be performed by the county departments, including the single entry point agencies and medical assistance sites.

(9)

[Editor’s note:
This version of subsection (9) is effective July 1, 2024.]
“State designated agency” means an agency designated to perform specified functions that would otherwise be performed by the county departments, including case management agencies, as defined in section 25.5-6-1702, and medical assistance sites.

Source: Section 25.5-1-103 — Definitions, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-25.­5.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

25.5‑1‑101
Short title
25.5‑1‑102
Legislative declaration
25.5‑1‑103
Definitions
25.5‑1‑104
Department of health care policy and financing created - executive director - powers, duties, and functions - report
25.5‑1‑105
Transfer of functions
25.5‑1‑105.5
Chief medical officer - qualifications
25.5‑1‑107
Final agency action - administrative law judge - authority of executive director
25.5‑1‑108
Executive director - rules
25.5‑1‑109
Department of health care policy and financing cash fund
25.5‑1‑109.5
Clinical standards - development
25.5‑1‑114
Grants-in-aid - county supervision
25.5‑1‑114.5
Medicaid fraud detection - request for information
25.5‑1‑115
Locating violators - recoveries
25.5‑1‑115.5
Medical assistance fraud - report
25.5‑1‑116
Records confidential - authorization to obtain records of assets - release of location information to law enforcement agencies - outstanding felony arrest warrants
25.5‑1‑117
County departments - district departments
25.5‑1‑118
Duties of county departments
25.5‑1‑119
County staff
25.5‑1‑120
Appropriations
25.5‑1‑121
County expenditures - advancements - procedures
25.5‑1‑122
County appropriation increases - limitations
25.5‑1‑123
Medical homes for children - legislative declaration - duties of the department
25.5‑1‑124
Early intervention payment system - participation by state department - rules - definitions
25.5‑1‑126
Discounted prices for durable medical equipment and supplies
25.5‑1‑127
Third-party benefit denials information
25.5‑1‑128
Provider payments - compliance with state fiscal requirements - definitions - rules
25.5‑1‑129
State department proposal - state option for health-care coverage - report to general assembly - waiver authorization - legislative declaration
25.5‑1‑130
Improving access to behavioral health services for individuals at risk of entering the criminal or juvenile justice system - duties of the state department
25.5‑1‑131
Insurance ombudsman - consumer advocate - duties
25.5‑1‑132
Report of medicaid reimbursement rates paid to community mental health center providers and independent providers - definition
25.5‑1‑133
Access to behavioral health services for individuals under twenty-one years of age - rules - report - repeal
25.5‑1‑134
Prescription benefits - department and pharmacy benefit manager - contracts - audit - rules
25.5‑1‑201
Programs to be administered by the department of health care policy and financing
25.5‑1‑203
Prescription drug information and technical assistance program - expansion
25.5‑1‑204
Advisory committee to oversee the all-payer health claims database - creation - members - duties - legislative declaration - rules - report
25.5‑1‑204.5
All-payer health claims database scholarship grant program - creation - definitions
25.5‑1‑204.7
All-payer health claims database - creation of tool for review of data included in the database - definitions
25.5‑1‑205
Providing for the efficient provision of health care through state-supervised cooperative action - rules
25.5‑1‑206
School-based substance abuse prevention and intervention program - creation - reporting - legislative declaration - definitions
25.5‑1‑207
Rural provider access and affordability stimulus grant program - advisory committee - fund - reporting - rules - definitions - repeal
25.5‑1‑301
Medical services board - creation
25.5‑1‑302
Medical services board - organization
25.5‑1‑303
Powers and duties of the board - scope of authority - rules
25.5‑1‑601
Legislative declaration
25.5‑1‑602
Commission created - composition - terms of office
25.5‑1‑603
Duties of commission - reporting
25.5‑1‑701
Definitions
25.5‑1‑702
Hospitals - public community meeting requirement - rules
25.5‑1‑703
Hospitals - community health needs assessments - community benefit implementation plans - reports - rules
25.5‑1‑704
Hospital community investment compliance - rules
25.5‑1‑801
Definitions
25.5‑1‑802
Medicaid transportation services - safety and oversight - rules
25.5‑1‑901
Legislative declaration
25.5‑1‑902
Definitions
25.5‑1‑903
Failure to comply with hospital price transparency laws - prohibiting collection of debt - penalty
25.5‑1‑904
Transparency - hospitals - standard charges - shoppable services - enforcement
25.5‑1‑1001
Hospital collaborative agreements - review of proposed collaborative agreements - immunity - legislative declaration - definitions - rules
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Current through Fall 2024

§ 25.5-1-103’s source at colorado​.gov