{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-29-28-101","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 29-28-101","heading":"Legislative declaration.","body":"(1) The general assembly finds and declares that:\n\n(a) Medicaid reimbursement rates cover only approximately sixty-five percent of the actual costs incurred by service providers rendering services to medicaid recipients;\n\n(b) Low medicaid reimbursement rates and increased caseloads have caused the costs to shift within the health-care delivery system, resulting in higher medical costs for the general population;\n\n(c) The medicaid caseload continues to expand and, therefore, the need for providers to serve these medicaid recipients continues to increase;\n\n(d) Rising health-care costs are a primary concern for Colorado citizens and businesses;\n\n(e) It is therefore in the best interest of the state of Colorado to authorize local governments to impose a fee on certain medical providers to assist in financing medicaid costs and the disproportionate share hospital payments for providing medical services to low-income populations.","path":["Title 29 - GOVERNMENT - LOCAL","Article 28 - Medical Provider Fees"],"source_url":"https://olls.info/crs/crs2026-title-29.htm","current_through":"Colorado Revised Statutes 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:37:45Z","sha256":"057dbed459c85d362b073606da3d7be13e8218e4caa644e5d67d0af8abbd64d5","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-29-27-503","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-29-28-102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}