{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-25-20.5-502","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 25-20.5-502","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this part 5, unless the context otherwise requires:\n\n(1) \"Grant program\" means the school-based health center grant program created in section 25-20.5-503 (1).\n\n(1.5) \"Local education provider\" means a school district, a charter school authorized by a school district pursuant to part 1 of article 30.5 of title 22, a charter school authorized by the state charter school institute pursuant to part 5 of article 30.5 of title 22, or a board of cooperative services created and operating pursuant to article 5 of title 22.\n\n(2) \"School-based health center\" means a clinic established within a public school building, through state-sanctioned high school equivalency examination programs associated with a local education provider, on public school property by the local education provider, or through school-linked health-care services. School-based health centers are operated, in partnership with local education providers, by medical entities, including hospitals, public or private health-care organizations, licensed medical providers, public health nurses, community health centers, and community mental health centers, to provide primary health-care services, behavioral health-care services, oral heath-care services, or preventive health-care services to students and youth within a school or schools of a local education provider regardless of ability to pay, insurance coverage, or immigration status. The term \"school-based health center\" includes clinics or facilities authorized to provide clinic services pursuant to section 25.5-5-301 or authorized to apply for and receive medical assistance payments under a contract entered into pursuant to section 25.5-5-318 and school-linked health-care services.\n\n(3) \"School-linked health-care services\" means primary health-care services, behavioral health-care services, oral health-care services, or preventive health-care services. School-linked health-care services may be delivered through telehealth, mobile services, or referrals for health-care services at a clinic located near school grounds.","path":["Title 25 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT","Article 20.5 - Prevention, Intervention, and Treatment Services for Children and Youth","Part 5 - SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTER GRANT PROGRAM"],"source_url":"https://olls.info/crs/crs2026-title-25.htm","current_through":"Colorado Revised Statutes 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:37:45Z","sha256":"eb007e8c1d59ddb1017b3b7d2033d1cc6386d7057aa66ab7539fb3fe49b06f04","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-25-20.5-501","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-25-20.5-503"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}