Title 25, Public Health and Environment
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-57-102 Legislative declaration
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(1) The general assembly finds and declares that: (a) Many Coloradans are conceived, or establish their families, through some form of assisted reproduction involving a third-party sperm, egg, or embryo provider, also known as a gamete “donor”, whose identity is unknown to the fa…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-57-103 Definitions
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(1) As used in this article 57, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) “Assisted reproduction” means a method of causing pregnancy other than sexual intercourse. The term includes: (a) Intrauterine or intracervical insemination; (b) Donation of gametes or embryos; (c) In-vitr…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-57-104 Collection of identifying information and medical history - applicability
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(1) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, a gamete agency, gamete bank, or fertility clinic that collects gametes from a donor or matches a donor with a recipient shall collect the donor’s identifying information and medical history. (1.5) (a) A gamete agency, gam…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-57-105 Declaration regarding disclosure of identifying information and medical history - applicability
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(1) Except as provided in subsection (5) of this section, a gamete agency, gamete bank, or fertility clinic that matches or collects gametes from a donor who is unknown to the recipient parent or parents at the time of the donation shall: (a) Provide the donor with information ab…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-57-106 Disclosure of identifying information and medical history - applicability
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(1) Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, upon the request of a donor-conceived person who is eighteen years of age or older, a gamete agency, gamete bank, or fertility clinic that matched or collected the gametes used in the assisted reproduction of the donor-con…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-57-107 Record keeping - successor record keeper - applicability
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(1) Except as provided in subsection (6) of this section, a gamete agency, gamete bank, or fertility clinic shall permanently maintain: (a) Identifying information and medical history for each donor with which it matches or from which it collects gametes for use by a recipient pa…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-57-108 Written materials for recipient parents and gamete donors
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(1) On or before January 1, 2025, the department shall develop written materials for intended recipient parents and shall post the written materials on its website. The department shall develop the materials in conjunction with licensed mental health professionals who have prior …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-57-109 Donor age limits - limits on number of families per donor - restriction on dissemination of gametes - limits on egg-retrieval cycles per ovum donor - rules - applicability
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(1) (a) Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, a gamete agency, gamete bank, or fertility clinic shall make a good faith effort to determine how many families are established with gametes matched or provided by the gamete agency, gamete bank, or fertility clinic fr…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-57-110 License required - application - inspection - issuance, denial, suspension, or revocation - fees - civil penalties - rules
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(1) On or after July 1, 2025, a gamete agency, gamete bank, or fertility clinic shall not operate as a gamete agency, gamete bank, or fertility clinic in Colorado, or match or provide gametes or embryos to recipients in Colorado, without having first obtained a license from the d…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-57-111 Rule-making authority
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On or before January 1, 2025, the state board shall promulgate any rules necessary to implement this article 57. In promulgating rules, the state board shall consider and protect the interests of donor-conceived persons and families of donor-conceived persons, including lesbian, …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-57-112 Gamete agency, gamete bank, or fertility clinic fund - created - priorities - appropriation
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(1) The gamete agency, gamete bank, or fertility clinic fund, referred to in this section as the “fund”, is created in the state treasury. The fund consists of money credited to the fund pursuant to section 25-57-110 and any money appropriated to the fund by the general assembly.…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-57-113 Reproductive health care - fertility treatment - protections - definitions
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(1) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) “Fertility treatment” means any test, procedure, medication, surgery, or service to diagnose, enhance, or assist an individual’s ability to reproduce or achieve pregnancy, including, but not limited to: (I) I…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-58-101 Short title
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The short title of this article 58 is the “Patients’ Right to Know Act”.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-58-102 Legislative declaration
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(1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that: (a) The right of every patient to receive basic information necessary to give full and informed consent is a fundamental tenet of good public health policy and has long been the established law of this state; (b) Every pers…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-58-103 Definitions
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(1) As used in this article 58, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) “Covered entity” means any general hospital, hospital unit as defined in section 25-3-101, community clinic as defined in section 25-3-101, freestanding emergency department as defined in section 25-1.5-11…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-58-104 Department duties - service availability form - public access to information - rules
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(1) Not later than August 1, 2024, the department, in consultation with stakeholders, including a statewide hospital association, patient advocacy groups, physicians, and groups representing populations that are frequently subject to denial of care, shall: (a) Identify reproducti…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-58-105 Requirements for covered entities - penalty for noncompliance
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(1) Not later than sixty days after the department issues or updates the service availability form, each covered entity shall submit a completed service availability form to the department. A covered entity shall also submit an updated service availability form within thirty days…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-58-106 Construction
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(1) This article 58 does not: (a) Permit or authorize denial of care or discrimination in the provision of health-care services; or (b) Limit any cause of action under state or federal law, or limit any remedy in law or equity, against a covered entity, health-care facility, or h…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-58-107 Severability
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If any provision of this article 58 or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this article 58 that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the prov…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-59-101 Short title
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The short title of this article 59 is the “Comprehensive Assistance, Recognition, and Empowerment (CARE) for Living Organ Donors Act” or “CARE for Living Organ Donors Act”.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-59-102 Legislative declaration
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(1) The general assembly finds and declares that: (a) The extraordinary gift of living organ donation has a transformative impact on a recipient’s life, often providing a reprieve from exhaustive medical treatments and significantly improving the quality and length of life of the…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-59-103 Definitions
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(1) As used in this article 59, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) “Department” means the department of public health and environment. (2) “Health-care provider” means a hospital or other health facility licensed or certified pursuant to section 25-1.5-103 (1)(a). (3) “He…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-59-104 Organ donation - benefits and recognition - legislative declaration
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(1) Living organ donors may benefit from the following: (a) Pursuant to section 8-2-132, a prohibition against an employer intimidating, threatening, coercing, discriminating, or retaliating against or taking an adverse action against an employee who is or becomes a living organ …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-59-105 Costs associated with living organ donation
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On and after January 1, 2022, a health-care provider shall not bill or charge a living organ donor for any costs associated with providing health-care services related to living organ donation.
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25-59-106 Organ transplantation - transplant center - required notice to nondirected living organ donors
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(1) Prior to conducting an organ donation recovery operation on a nondirected living organ donor, a transplant center shall advise the potential donor of the following information: (a) That the transplant center or another transplant center in Colorado has or may have an organ vo…