Current through 11/5/2024 election
Section 25.5-3-504 - Notification of patients' rights(1) Beginning September 1, 2022, a health-care facility shall make information developed by the state department about patients' rights under this part 5 and the uniform application developed by the state department pursuant to section 25.5-3-505 (2)(i) available to the public and to each patient. At a minimum, the health-care facility shall:(a) Post the information in all required languages pursuant to this subsection (1) conspicuously on the health-care facility's website, including a link to the information on the health-care facility's main landing page;(b) Make the information available in patient waiting areas;(c) Make the information available to each patient, or the patient's legal guardian, verbally, which may include using a professional interpretation service, or in writing in the patient's or legal guardian's primary language before the patient is discharged from the health-care facility; and(d) Inform each patient on the patient's billing statement of the patient's rights pursuant to this part 5, including the right to apply for discounted care, and provide the website, e-mail address, and telephone number where the information may be obtained in the patient's primary language.Amended by 2022 Ch. 203, § 3, eff. 5/20/2022.Added by 2021 Ch. 435, § 1, eff. 9/7/2021.L. 2021: Entire part added, (HB 21-1198), ch. 2877, p. 2877, § 1, effective September 7. 2021 Ch. 435, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).