{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-25.5-1-701","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 25.5-1-701","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this part 7, unless the context otherwise requires:\n\n(1) \"Community\" means the community that a hospital has defined as the community that it serves pursuant to 26 CFR 1.501(r)-3 (b)(3).\n\n(2) \"Community benefit implementation plan\" means a plan that satisfies the requirements of an implementation strategy, as set forth in 26 CFR 1.501(r)-3 (c).\n\n(3) \"Community health needs assessment\" means a community health needs assessment that satisfies the requirements of 26 CFR 1.501(r)-3.\n\n(4) \"Community-identified health need\" means a health need of a community that is identified in a community health needs assessment.\n\n(5) (a) \"Reporting hospital\" means:\n\n(I) A hospital licensed as a general hospital pursuant to part 1 of article 3 of title 25 and exempt from federal taxation pursuant to section 501 (c)(3) of the federal internal revenue code;\n\n(II) A hospital established pursuant to section 25-29-103; or\n\n(III) A hospital established pursuant to section 23-21-503.\n\n(b) Notwithstanding subsection (5)(a) of this section, \"reporting hospital\" does not include a hospital that is licensed as a general hospital with the department of public health and environment and that is:\n\n(I) Federally certified or undergoing federal certification as a long-term care hospital pursuant to 42 CFR 412.23 (e); or\n\n(II) Federally certified or undergoing federal certification as a critical access hospital pursuant to 42 CFR 485 subpart F.","path":["Title 25.5 - HEALTH CARE POLICY AND FINANCING","Article 1 - Department of Health Care Policy and Financing","Part 7 - HEALTH-CARE PROVIDERS' ACCOUNTABILITY TO COMMUNITIES"],"source_url":"https://olls.info/crs/crs2026-title-25.5.htm","current_through":"Colorado Revised Statutes 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:37:45Z","sha256":"11401200ae94297f5f0c0e898802a8f94f2ddd36e6ba1d1a98ddef870bab1a43","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-25.5-1-603","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-25.5-1-702"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}