§ 25-49-104. Transparency – Health-Care Facility Charges
A health-care facility shall make available to the public, in a single document, either electronically or by posting conspicuously on its website if one exists, the health-care prices for at least: The fifty most used, diagnosis-related group codes or other codes for in-patient health-care services used by the health-care facility for billing or, if those […]
§ 25-49-105. No Review of Health-Care Prices – No Punishment for Exercising Rights – No Impairment of Contracts
Nothing in this article 49 requires a health-care facility or health-care provider to report its health-care prices to any agency for review, filing, or other purposes, or for applications for health-care professional loan repayment submitted pursuant to section 25-1.5-503. This article 49 does not grant any agency the authority to approve, disapprove, or limit a […]
§ 25-51-101. Short Title
The short title of this article 51 is the “Colorado Candor Act”. Source: L. 2019: Entire article added, (SB 19-201), ch. 144, p. 1752, § 1, effective July 1.
§ 25-48-114. Effect on Wills, Contracts, and Statutes
A provision in a contract, will, or other agreement, whether written or oral, that would affect whether an individual may make or rescind a request for medical aid in dying pursuant to this article is invalid. An obligation owing under any currently existing contract must not be conditioned upon, or affected by, an individual’s act […]
§ 25-51-102. Definitions
As used in this article 51, unless the context otherwise requires: “Adverse health-care incident” means an objective and definable outcome arising from or related to patient care that results in the death or physical injury of a patient. “Health-care provider” means any person who is licensed, certified, registered, or otherwise permitted by state law to […]
§ 25-48-115. Insurance or Annuity Policies
The sale, procurement, or issuance of, or the rate charged for, any life, health, or accident insurance or annuity policy must not be conditioned upon, or affected by, an individual’s act of making or rescinding a request for medical aid-in-dying medication in accordance with this article. A qualified individual’s act of self-administering medical aid-in-dying medication […]
§ 25-51-103. Engaging in an Open Discussion
If an adverse health-care incident occurs, a health-care provider involved in the adverse health-care incident, or the health-care provider jointly with the health facility involved in the adverse health-care incident, may provide the patient with written notice of the desire of the health-care provider, or of the health-care provider jointly with the health facility, to […]
§ 25-48-116. Immunity for Actions in Good Faith – Prohibition Against Reprisals
A person is not subject to civil or criminal liability or professional disciplinary action for acting in good faith under this article, which includes being present when a qualified individual self-administers the prescribed medical aid-in-dying medication. Except as provided for in section 25-48-118, a health-care provider or professional organization or association shall not subject an […]
§ 25-51-104. Payment and Financial Resolution
If a patient accepts an offer of compensation made pursuant to section 25-51-103 (5) and receives the compensation, the payment of compensation to the patient is not a payment resulting from: A written claim or demand for payment; A final judgment, settlement, or arbitration award against a health-care professional or health-care institution for medical malpractice […]
§ 25-48-117. No Duty to Prescribe or Dispense
A health-care provider may choose whether to participate in providing medical aid-in-dying medication to an individual in accordance with this article. If a health-care provider is unable or unwilling to carry out an individual’s request for medical aid-in-dying medication made in accordance with this article, and the individual transfers his or her care to a […]