Clinic services
C.R.S. § 25.5-5-301
in effect25.5-5-301. Clinic services. (1) As used in this article and articles 4 and 6 of this title, unless the context otherwise requires, "clinic services" means preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic, rehabilitative, or palliative items or services furnished to outpatients.
(2) Under the federal option for clinic services, Colorado has selected clinic services provided by the following:
(a) Community mental health centers or clinics;
(b) Case management agencies;
(c) Birthing centers;
(d) Ambulatory surgery facilities;
(e) Freestanding dialysis clinics.
(3) "Clinic services" also means preventive, therapeutic, or palliative items or services that are furnished to patients by county or district public health agencies or county or district boards of health established pursuant to part 5 of article 1 of title 25, C.R.S., that are recommended for certification by the department of public health and environment as qualified to receive payments pursuant to this article and articles 4 and 6 of this title.
(4) "Clinic services" also means preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic, rehabilitative, or palliative items or services furnished to a pregnant woman who is enrolled or eligible for services pursuant to section 25.5-5-101 (1)(c) or 25.5-5-201 (1)(m.5) in a facility that is not a part of a hospital but is organized and operated as a freestanding substance use disorder treatment program approved and licensed by the behavioral health administration in the department of human services pursuant to section 27-80-108 (1)(c).
(5) "Clinic services" also means preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic, rehabilitative, or palliative items or services that are furnished to children up to age twenty-one or to high-risk pregnant women in a facility which is not a part of a hospital but is organized and operated as a school-based clinic.
(6) "Clinic services" also means preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic, rehabilitative, or palliative items or services that are furnished to students by a school district, board of cooperative services, or state educational institution within the scope of the "Colorado Medical Assistance Act" pursuant to the provisions of section 25.5-5-318.
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