The department shall develop and implement admission criteria that ensures individuals, prior to being admitted, have been evaluated for the least restrictive level of care and that geographic location, current health-care provider, and payer type are not the primary determining factor in whether an individual has access to a civil inpatient bed.
Source: L. 2019: Entire section added, (SB 19-222), ch. 226, p. 2266, § 4, effective May 20.