§ 25-48-119. Liabilities
A person commits a class 2 felony and is subject to punishment in accordance with section 18-1.3-401, C.R.S. if the person, knowingly or intentionally causes an individual’s death by: Forging or altering a request for medical aid-in-dying medication to end an individual’s life without the individual’s authorization; or Concealing or destroying a rescission of a […]
§ 25-48-120. Safe Disposal of Unused Medical Aid-in-Dying Medications
A person who has custody or control of medical aid-in-dying medication dispensed under this article that the terminally ill individual decides not to use or that remains unused after the terminally ill individual’s death shall dispose of the unused medical aid-in- dying medication either by: Returning the unused medical aid-in-dying medication to the attending physician […]
§ 25-48-121. Actions Complying With Article Not a Crime
Nothing in this article authorizes a physician or any other person to end an individual’s life by lethal injection, mercy killing, or euthanasia. Actions taken in accordance with this article do not, for any purpose, constitute suicide, assisted suicide, mercy killing, homicide, or elder abuse under the “Colorado Criminal Code”, as set forth in title […]
§ 25-48-122. Claims by Government Entity for Costs
A government entity that incurs costs resulting from an individual terminating his or her life pursuant to this article in a public place has a claim against the estate of the individual to recover the costs and reasonable attorney fees related to enforcing the claim. Source: Initiated 2016: Entire article added, Proposition 106, L. 2017, […]
§ 25-48-123. No Effect on Advance Medical Directives
Nothing in this article shall change the legal effect of: A declaration made under article 18 of title 15, C.R.S., directing that life-sustaining procedures be withheld or withdrawn; A cardiopulmonary resuscitation directive executed under article 18.6 of title 15, C.R.S.; or An advance medical directive executed under article 18.7 of title 15, C.R.S. Source: Initiated […]
§ 25-49-101. Short Title
The short title of this article 49 is the “Transparency in Health Care Prices Act”. Source: L. 2017: Entire article added, (SB 17-065), ch. 113, p. 403, § 1, effective January 1, 2018.
§ 25-49-102. Definitions
As used in this article 49, unless the context otherwise requires: “Agency” means a government department or agency or a government-created entity. “CPT code” means the current procedural terminology code, or its successor code, as developed and copyrighted by the American Medical Association or its successor entity. “Health-care facility” means a facility licensed or certified […]
§ 25-49-103. Transparency – Charges for Services Rendered by Health-Care Providers
Except as provided in subsection (1)(a)(II) or (1)(a)(III) of this section, a health-care provider shall make available to the public, in a single document, either electronically or by posting conspicuously on the provider’s website if one exists, the health-care prices for at least the fifteen most common health-care services the health-care provider provides. If the […]
§ 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 […]