NOTE: The governor signed this measure on 3/15/2012.
      
      
      HOUSE BILL 12-1054
      
      
      BY REPRESENTATIVE(S) Fields, Summers, Brown, Fischer, Gerou,
      Hullinghorst, Joshi, Kefalas, Labuda, Lee, Levy, Massey, Pabon, Pace,
      Ryden, Schafer S., Singer, Todd, Tyler, Vigil, Williams A., Wilson, Young;
      also SENATOR(S) Boyd, Guzman, Newell, Tochtrop, Williams S.
      
      
      Concerning simplification of the procurement process for
           providers who have previously been approved to participate
           in health care programs administered by the department of
           health care policy and financing.
       
      
      Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
      
           SECTION 1.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, add 25.5-1-128 as
      follows:
      
           25.5-1-128.  Provider payments - compliance with state fiscal
      requirements - definitions - rules. (1) (a)  Notwithstanding any
      provision of law to the contrary, when the state department has
      regulatory authority over a program and when the provider has
      already signed a state department-approved provider application
      to provide a service or to bill the state department or its
      authorized contractor for a service, the state
      department-approved provider application shall serve to fulfill
      the requirements of a commitment voucher and the fiscal
      requirements of section 24-30-202 (1), C.R.S.
      
           (b)  The executive director may promulgate rules to exempt
      a provider who provides services through a program as described
      in paragraph (a) of this subsection (1) for any program the state
      department is authorized by law to administer, including but not
      limited to:
      
           (I)  The "Colorado Medical Assistance Act", articles 4 to 6
      of this title;
      
           (II)  The "Children's Basic Health Plan Act", article 8 of this
      title;
      
           (III)  The "Colorado Indigent Care Program", part 1 of
      article 3 of this title;
      
           (IV)  The school health services program authorized by
      section 25.5-5-318;
      
           (V)  Programs that are funded through the primary care
      fund, created in section 24-22-117 (2) (b), C.R.S.; and
      
           (VI)  The state-funded old age pension health and medical
      care program pursuant to article 2 of this title.
      
           (2)  As used in this section, unless the context otherwise
      provides, "provider" means a health care provider, a mental
      health care provider, a pharmacist, a home health agency, a
      general provider as defined in section 25.5-3-103 (3), school
      district as defined in section 25.5-5-318 (1) (a), or any other entity
      that provides health care, health care coordination, outreach,
      enrollment, or administrative support services to recipients
      through fee-for-service, the primary care physician program, a
      managed care entity, a behavioral health organization, a medical
      home, or any system of care that coordinates health care or
      services as defined and authorized through rules promulgated by
      the state board or by the executive director.
      
           SECTION 2.  Safety clause. The general assembly hereby finds,
      determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate
      preservation of the public peace, health, and safety.
      
      
      
      
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      Frank McNulty                      Brandon C. Shaffer
      SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE                     PRESIDENT OF
      OF REPRESENTATIVES                         THE SENATE
      
      
      
      
      
      
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      Marilyn Eddins                      Cindi L. Markwell
      CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE                 SECRETARY OF
      OF REPRESENTATIVES                         THE SENATE
      
      
      
      
                  APPROVED________________________________________
      
      
      
      
      
                                    _________________________________________
                                    John W. Hickenlooper
                                    GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO