Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25.5-5-414. Telemedicine Legislative Intent: Colorado Medical Assistance Act – Colorado
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 2006
Establishes the legislative intent to recognize the practice of telemedicine as a legitimate means by which an individual can receive medical services. It also authorizes the state to expend resources to promote telemedicine.
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25.5-5-419. Accountable care collaborative-reporting-rules: Statewide Managed Care System – Colorado
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 2017
States the creation of the accountable care collaborative, developed to improve member helath and reduce costs for Medicaid beneficiaries. Describes the core components of accountable care collaborative, such as establishing primary care medical homes, providing …
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25.5-8-110. Participation by managed care plans: Children’s Basic Health Plan Act – Colorado
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 2006
Allows managed care plans to participate in the Children’s Health Insurance Plan, as long as they offer an adequate provider network.
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Colo. Rev. Stat. §§ 10-16-1001 through 10-16-1016: Colorado Health Care Coverage Act – Health Care Coverage Cooperatives – Colorado
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 2004
Statutes govern health care coverage cooperatives.
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Colo. Rev. Stat. §§ 10-16-701 through 10-16-709: Consumer Protection Standards Act for the Operation of Managed Care Plans – Colorado
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 1997
Stipulates that a health plan/ carrier’s managed care plan must maintain an adequate network of providers to assure that all covered benefits will be accessible to covered persons. Provides protections against surprise billing.
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Colo. Rev. Stat. §§ 25-1.5-601 through 25-1.5-609: Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act – Colorado
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 2017
Recognizes that volunteer health practitioners licensed in other states can render services in an emergency for the duration of the emergency as long as they are in good standing in the state where they are …
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Colo. Rev. Stat. §§ 25-25-101 through 25-25-131: Colorado Health Facilities Authority Act – Colorado
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 1977
States that is essential that the people of the State have adequate health care and facilities. This might include physician networks outside of the State of Colorado.
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Colo. Rev. Stat. §§ 25-3.5-101 through 25-3.5-106: Emergency Medical and Trauma Services– General and Administrative – Colorado
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 1977
It is in the public interest to provide available, coordinated quality emergency medical and trauma services. The goal of the act is to establish treatment, transportation, and documentation systems for delivery of emergency medical care.
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Colo. Rev. Stat. §§ 25-3.5-1101 through 25-3.5-1103: Emergency Medical Responders – Colorado
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 2016
Gives the Department of Public Health the authority to regulate emergency medical service providers. This includes ambulance systems and providers themselves.
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Colo. Rev. Stat. §§ 25-3.5-201 through 25-3.5-206: Emergency Medical and Trauma Services — Treatment Subsystem – Colorado
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 1977
Authorizes the department to certify emergency first responders. Specifically, the first responders may perform certain services subject to the direction of a licensed medical physician. Also authorizes criminal history and background checks on anyone applying …
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Colo. Rev. Stat. §§ 25-3.5-501 through 25-3.5-502: Emergency Medical and Trauma Services — Documentation Subsystem – Colorado
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 1977
Requires each ambulance service to keep and prepare copies of standardized uniform records. This allows for systematic improvement at all levels of trauma care.
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Colo. Rev. Stat. §§ 25-3.5-601 through 25-3.5-606: Local Emergency Services – Colorado
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 1989
Legislation recognizes the need for efficient and reliable emergency medical and trauma network that serves the health and safety of the public.
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Colo. Rev. Stat. §§ 25.5-1-101 through 25.5-1-130: State Health Care Policy and Financing Act – General Provisions – Colorado
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 1993
Mandates the development of clinical standards to measure healthcare outcomes. It further states that development of these standards should be ongoing and that the standards must transparently measure quality outcomes in healthcare.
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Colo. Rev. Stat. §§ 25.5-5-500.3 through 25.5-5-510: Prescription Drugs – Colorado
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 2006
Allows medical assistance recipients to receive prescribed medication through mail order at the same copayment amount that the medical assistance recipient would pay through another method.
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Colo. Rev. Stat. §§ 25.5-8-101 through 25.5-8-112: Children’s Basic Health Plan Act – Colorado
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 2006
The general assembly hereby finds and declares that a significant percentage of children are uninsured. This lack of health insurance coverage decreases children’s access to preventive health care services, compromises the productivity of the state’s …
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Colo. Rev. Stat. §10-16-125. Reimbursement to nurses: Colorado Health Care Coverage Act – Colorado
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 2002
A health plan or carrier shall not discriminate between a physician and an advanced nurse when establishing payment rates for covered services that could be performed by either party. Describes what health plans/ carriers should …
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