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Colorado · Through Colorado Revised Statutes 2026

C.R.S. § 25.5-3-602: Definitions.

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  1. Title 25.5 - HEALTH CARE POLICY AND FINANCING
  2. Article 3 - Indigent Care
  3. Part 6 - SAFETY NET PROVIDER STABILIZATION

As used in this part 6, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) "Children's basic health plan" has the same meaning as set forth in section 25.5-8-103 (2).

(2) "Eligible safety net provider" means a safety net provider determined, pursuant to section 25.5-3-604 (2), to be eligible for a provider stabilization payment.

(3) "Low-income, uninsured individual" means an individual:

(a) Receiving services from a safety net provider;

(b) Whose annual household income is at or below two hundred percent of the federal poverty guideline;

(c) Who is not enrolled in medicaid, medicare, or the children's basic health plan; and

(d) For whom a third party is not paying or reimbursing the safety net provider for all or a portion of the amount charged for the services provided to the individual.

(4) "Medicaid" means a medical assistance program under articles 4 to 6 of this title 25.5.

(5) "Medicare" means the "Health Insurance for the Aged Act", title XVIII of the federal "Social Security Act", as amended.

(6) "Provider stabilization fund" or "fund" means the provider stabilization fund created in section 25.5-3-603.

(7) "Provider stabilization fund advisory board" or "advisory board" means the provider stabilization fund advisory board created in section 25.5-3-605.

(8) "Safety net provider" means:

(a) A comprehensive community behavioral health provider, as defined in section 27-50-101 (11);

(b) A rural health clinic, as defined in 42 U.S.C. sec. 1395x (aa)(2);

(c) A federally qualified health center, as defined in 42 U.S.C. sec. 1395x (aa)(4); or

(d) A health-care provider that is delivering primary care services and at least fifty percent of whose client caseload is individuals who are enrolled in medicaid, medicare, or the children's basic health plan or who are low-income, uninsured individuals, or any combination of such enrollees or low-income, uninsured individuals.

(9) "Unclaimed property trust fund" means the unclaimed property trust fund created in section 38-13-801 (1).

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