Colorado
For Colorado, statute is 25.5-3-503; highest income the rule still protects is NOT MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED FIFTY PERCENT OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL; which hospitals must comply is A HEALTH-CARE FACILITY AND A LICENSED HEALTH-CARE PROFESSIONAL SHALL, FOR EMERGENCY AND OTHER NON-CICP HEALTH-CARE SERVICES; basis for the income test is FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL; notes is (c) AFTER A CUMULATIVE THIRTY-SIX MONTHS OF PAYMENTS, CONSIDER THE PATIENT'S BILL PAID IN FULL AND PERMANENTLY CEASE ANY AND ALL COLLECTION ACTIVITIES ON ANY BALANCE THAT REMAINS UNPAID, verified against its source on 2026-08-30.
- State
- Colorado our reading
- Statute
- 25.5-3-503 verified
- Highest income the rule still protects
- NOT MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED FIFTY PERCENT OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL verified
- Which hospitals must comply
- A HEALTH-CARE FACILITY AND A LICENSED HEALTH-CARE PROFESSIONAL SHALL, FOR EMERGENCY AND OTHER NON-CICP HEALTH-CARE SERVICES verified
- Basis for the income test
- FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL verified
- Notes
- (c) AFTER A CUMULATIVE THIRTY-SIX MONTHS OF PAYMENTS, CONSIDER THE PATIENT'S BILL PAID IN FULL AND PERMANENTLY CEASE ANY AND ALL COLLECTION ACTIVITIES ON ANY BALANCE THAT REMAINS UNPAID. verified
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
BEGINNING JUNE 1, 2022, IF A PATIENT IS SCREENED PURSUANT TO SECTION 25.5-3-502 AND IS DETERMINED TO BE A QUALIFIED PATIENT, A HEALTH-CARE FACILITY AND A LICENSED HEALTH-CARE PROFESSIONAL SHALL, FOR EMERGENCY AND OTHER NON-CICP HEALTH-CARE SERVICES: (a) LIMIT THE AMOUNTS CHARGED TO NOT MORE THAN THE DISCOUNTED RATE ESTABLISHED IN STATE DEPARTMENT RULE PURSUANT TO SECTION 25.5-3-505 (2)(j);
— leg.colorado.gov, retrieved 2026-08-26
Source
- leg.colorado.govhttps://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_1198_signed.pdf