Colorado Revised Statutes Title 25.5. Health Care Policy and Financing § 25.5-3-501. Definitions

(1) “Health-care facility” means:

(2) “Health-care services” has the same meaning as set forth in section 10-16-102 (33).

(2.5) “Inpatient hospital service” has the same meaning as set forth in 42 CFR 440.10.

(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(4) Repealed by Laws 2024, Ch. 300 (S.B. 24-116), § 1, eff. August 7, 2024.

(4.5) “Outpatient hospital service” has the same meaning as set forth in 42 CFR 440.20.

(5) “Qualified patient” means an individual who attests to residing in Colorado whose household income is not more than two hundred fifty percent of the federal poverty level and who received an inpatient hospital service or outpatient hospital 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).