First Regular Session
              Sixty-ninth General Assembly
                    STATE OF COLORADO
                                                 INTRODUCED
                                                           
                                                           
 LLS NO. 13-0606.01 Brita Darling x2241  SENATE BILL 13-144
                   SENATE SPONSORSHIP
 Aguilar, 
 
                    HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
 McCann, 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Senate Committees
 House Committees
 
 
 Health & Human Services
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                         A BILL FOR AN ACT
       Concerning the exemption of certain hospitals from the
            requirement to provide information concerning
            financial assistance.
       
       
                           Bill Summary
       
            (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
       not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill
       passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that
       applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at
       http://www.leg.state.co.us/billsummaries.)
       
            Under current law, certain hospitals are required to make
       information available to patients concerning the hospital's financial
       assistance, charity care, and payment plans, as well as offer to screen each
       uninsured patient for financial assistance. The bill amends the definition
       of "hospital" and exempts psychiatric hospitals, rehabilitation hospitals,
       and long-term acute care hospitals from the provisions of the law.
       
       
       
       Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
            SECTION 1.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, 25-3-112, amend (6)
       as follows:
            25-3-112.  Hospitals - charges for the uninsured - collections
       protection - charity care information. (6)  For the purposes of this
       section, "hospital" means a general hospital licensed pursuant to this
       part 1 of article 3 of this title or certified pursuant to section 25-1.5-103
       (1) (a) (II) that is required to have an emergency room and that
       provides acute care services. A"general hospital" does not mean
       a psychiatric hospital, rehabilitation hospital, or long-term
       acute care hospital. Nothing in this section prohibits an
       exempted hospital from complying with the provisions of this
       section.
            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.