§ 25.5-1-703. Hospitals – Community Health Needs Assessments – Community Benefit Implementation Plans – Reports – Rules
On or before a date to be determined by rules promulgated by the state board, and on or before such date every three years thereafter, each reporting hospital shall complete a community health needs assessment. On or before a date to be determined by rules promulgated by the state board, and on or before such […]
§ 25.5-1-801. Definitions
As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: “Nonemergency medical transportation” means transportation to or from medically necessary nonemergency treatment. “Nonmedical transportation” means transportation to enable passengers who are recipients of medicaid to gain access to waiver and other community services, activities, and resources. “Transportation broker” means an entity designated by the department […]
§ 25.5-1-802. Medicaid Transportation Services – Safety and Oversight – Rules
The state department shall collaborate with stakeholders, including but not limited to disability and member advocates, PACE providers operating pursuant to section 25.5-5-412, transportation brokers, and transportation providers, to establish rules and processes for the safety and oversight of nonmedical transportation services and nonemergency medical transportation services provided to medicaid recipients pursuant to articles 4 […]
§ 25.5-1-304. Repeal of Part. (Deleted by Amendment)
Source: L. 94: Entire part added, p. 1559, § 2, effective July 1. L. 2000: Entire section amended, p. 410, § 9, effective April 13. L. 2006: Entire part amended, p. 1800, § 3, effective July 1.
§ 25.5-1-601. Legislative Declaration
The general assembly hereby finds and declares that: Physicians engaged in family medicine are in critically short supply in this state; Because of the distribution of such physicians, many rural and urban areas of the state are underserved; A significant portion of the state population is medically underserved because of indigency; Family physicians provide health […]
§ 25.5-1-602. Commission Created – Composition – Terms of Office
There is hereby created, in the department of health care policy and financing, the commission on family medicine, referred to in this part 6 as the “commission”. No more than four members of the commission appointed by the governor pursuant to subsection (1)(d) of this section may be members of the same major political party. […]
§ 25.5-1-603. Duties of Commission – Reporting
The commission shall: Assure that family medicine residency program standards are equal to or more stringent than the standards established by the accreditation council on graduate medical education of the American medical association or the American osteopathic association for residency training in family medicine; In cooperation with the dean of the school of medicine, approve […]
§ 25.5-1-701. Definitions
As used in this part 7, unless the context otherwise requires: “Community” means the community that a hospital has defined as the community that it serves pursuant to 26 CFR 1.501(r)-3 (b)(3). “Community benefit implementation plan” means a plan that satisfies the requirements of an implementation strategy, as set forth in 26 CFR 1.501(r)-3 (c). […]
§ 25.5-1-702. Hospitals – Public Community Meeting Requirement
At least once each year, each hospital shall convene a public meeting to seek feedback regarding the hospital’s community benefit activities during the previous year and the hospital’s community benefit implementation plan for the following year. Each hospital shall invite, at a minimum, representatives from the following entities to participate in the meeting described in […]
§ 25.5-1-131. Insurance Ombudsman – Consumer Advocate – Duties
There is hereby created in the state department the office of the insurance ombudsman to act as the advocate for consumer interests in matters related to access to and the affordability of the standardized health benefit plan created pursuant to section 10-16-1304. The ombudsman shall: Interact with consumers regarding their access to, the affordability of, […]