§ 6-20-201. Definitions
For the purposes of this part 2, unless the context otherwise requires: “Collection activity” means only those activities provided or performed by a licensed collection agency, using a business name other than the name of the health-care provider, for purposes of collecting a debt. The term does not include any standard billing procedures used by […]
§ 6-20-202. Notice to Patient of Debt
When a person has health benefit coverage to provide payment for care or treatment rendered by a health-care provider and the person has notified the health- care provider of coverage within thirty days after the date the care or treatment was rendered, and if the health coverage plan, as defined in section 10-16-102 (34), C.R.S., […]
§ 6-20-203. Limitations on Collection Actions – Definition
Beginning June 1, 2022, impermissible extraordinary collection actions may not be used by any medical creditor to collect debts owed for hospital services. Beginning June 1, 2022, no medical creditor collecting on a debt for hospital services shall engage in any permissible extraordinary collection actions until one hundred eighty-two days after the date the patient […]