C.R.S.
Section 25.5-3-501
Definitions
(1)
“Health-care facility” means:(a)
A hospital licensed as a general hospital pursuant to part 1 of article 3 of title 25;(b)
A hospital established pursuant to section 23-21-503 or 25-29-103;(c)
Any freestanding emergency department licensed pursuant to section 25-1.5-114; or(d)
Any outpatient health-care facility that is licensed as an on-campus department or service of a hospital or that is listed as an off-campus location under a hospital’s license, except:(I)
A federally qualified health center, as defined in the federal “Social Security Act”, 42 U.S.C. sec. 1395x (aa)(4); or(II)
A student-learning medical and dental clinic that is established for the purpose of student learning, offering discounted patient care as part of a program of student learning, and is physically situated within a health sciences school.(2)
“Health-care services” has the same meaning as set forth in section 10-16-102 (33).(3)
“Licensed health-care professional” means any health-care professional who is registered, certified, or licensed pursuant to title 12 or who provides services under the supervision of a health-care professional who is registered, certified, or licensed pursuant to title 12, and who provides health-care services in a health-care facility.(4)
“Non-CICP health-care services” means health-care services provided in a health-care facility for which reimbursement under the Colorado indigent care program, established in part 1 of this article 3, is not available.(5)
“Qualified patient” means an individual whose household income is not more than two hundred fifty percent of the federal poverty level and who received a health-care service at a health-care facility.(6)
“Screen” or “screening” means a process identified in rule by the state department whereby health-care facilities assess a patient’s circumstances related to eligibility criteria and determine whether the patient is likely to qualify for public health-care coverage or discounted care, inform the patient of the health-care facility’s determination, and provide information to the patient about how the patient can enroll in public health-care coverage.(7)
“Uninsured” means an uninsured individual, as defined in section 10-22-113 (5)(d).
Source:
Section 25.5-3-501 — Definitions, https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-25.5.pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).
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