Colorado § 25.5-1-801 - Definitions.
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§ 25.5-1-801. Definitions.
As used in this part 8, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Nonemergency medical transportation" or "NEMT" means transportation to or from medically necessary nonemergency treatment.
(2) "Nonmedical transportation" means transportation to enable passengers who are medicaid members to gain access to waiver and other community services, activities, and resources.
(3) "Transportation broker" means an entity contracted with the department of health care policy and financing to administer nonemergency medical transportation for medicaid members.
(4) (a) "Transportation provider" means an individual or entity, including, but not limited to, a nonprofit, public, or business entity, that:
(I) Provides transportation services to medicaid members; or
(II) Arranges the facilitation of transportation services for medicaid members by an individual.
(b) "Transportation provider" does not include a transportation broker or a transportation network company, as defined in section 40-10.1-602.
(5) "Transportation services" means nonemergency medical transportation or nonmedical transportation services provided to medicaid members.
(6) "Transportation community advisory board" or "board" means the transportation community advisory board described in section 25.5-1-802 (4).
(7) "Trip caps" means numerical limits on the number of trips a transportation provider is assigned and may accept within a specified period of time that are not based on transportation provider capacity, performance, safety, or compliance considerations.
Source: L. 2021: Entire part added, (HB 21-1206), ch. 381, p. 2551, § 1, effective June 29. L. 2024: (2) and (5) amended, (SB 24-176), ch. 152, p. 620, § 13, effective August 7. L. 2026: IP, (1), (3), and (4) amended and (6) and (7) added, (HB 26-1328), ch. 388, p. 2432, § 1, effective July 1.
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