Title 25.5, Health Care Policy and Financing
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25.5-8-101 Short title
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This article shall be known and may be cited as the Children's Basic Health Plan Act. Source: L. 2006: Entire article added with relocations, p. 1973, � 7, effective July 1. Editor's note: This section is similar to former � 26-19-101 as it existed prior to 2006.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25.5-8-102 Legislative declaration
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(1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that a significant percentage of children are uninsured. This lack of health insurance coverage decreases children's access to preventive health-care services, compromises the productivity of the state's future workforce, and res…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25.5-8-103 Definitions - rules
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As used in this article 8, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Child means a person who is less than nineteen years of age. (2) Children's basic health plan or plan means the subsidized health insurance product designed by the department of health care policy and financing…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25.5-8-104 Children's basic health plan - rules
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The medical services board is authorized to adopt rules to implement the children's basic health plan to provide health insurance coverage to eligible persons on a statewide basis pursuant to the provisions of this article. Any rules adopted by the children's basic health plan po…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25.5-8-105 Trust - created
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(1) A fund to be known as the children's basic health plan trust is hereby created and established in the state treasury. Except as provided for in subsection (8) of this section, all moneys deposited in the trust and all interest earned on moneys in the trust shall remain in the…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25.5-8-106 Annual savings report. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 2006: Entire article added with relocations, p. 1977, � 7, effective July 1. L. 2016: Entire section repealed, (HB 16-1081), ch. 22, p. 52, � 8, effective August 10. Editor's note: This section was similar to former � 26-19-106 as it existed prior to 2006. 25.5-8-107. …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25.5-8-108 Financial management - cash system of accounting
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(1) The department shall propose rules for approval by the medical services board to implement financial management of the plan. Pursuant to such rules, the department shall adjust benefit levels, eligibility guidelines, and any other measure to ensure that sufficient funds are p…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25.5-8-109 Eligibility - children - pregnant women - rules
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(1) To be eligible for a subsidy, a child must not be insured by a comparable health plan through an employer. (2) If one child from a family is enrolled in the plan, all children must be enrolled, unless the other children have alternative health insurance coverage. (3) The depa…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25.5-8-109.3 Health services initiatives
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(1) To the extent federal financial participation is available, the department shall design and implement health service initiatives pursuant to section 2105(a)(1)(D)(ii) of the federal Social Security Act, as amended, to provide funding for continuous enrollment for the twelve-m…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25.5-8-110 Participation by managed care plans
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(1) Managed care plans, as defined in section 10-16-102 (43), C.R.S., that participate in the plan shall do so by contract with the department and shall provide the health-care services covered by the plan to each enrollee. (2) Managed care plans participating in the plan shall n…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25.5-8-111 Department - administration - outsourcing
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(1) (a) The department may: (I) Pursuant to section 24-50-504 (2)(a), C.R.S., enter into personal services contracts for the administration of the children's basic health plan. Any contracts established pursuant to this section shall contain performance measures that shall be mon…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25.5-8-112 Authority to the department to apply for federal waivers
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The department is hereby authorized and required to apply for any federal waivers necessary to implement the purposes of this article. Source: L. 2006: Entire article added with relocations, p. 1985, � 7, effective July 1. Editor's note: This section is similar to former � 26-19-…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25.5-8-113 Reports by contractors to medical services board. (Repealed)
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Source: L. 2006: Entire article added with relocations, p. 1985, � 7, effective July 1. L. 2016: Entire section repealed, (HB 16-1081), ch. 22, p. 52, � 5, effective August 10. Editor's note: This section was similar to former � 26-19-113 as it existed prior to 2006. COMMUNITY LI…