Colorado § 11-49-103 - Withdrawal or dismissal of person - refund.

§ 11-49-103. Withdrawal or dismissal of person - refund.

(1) If an agreement permits withdrawal or dismissal of a resident from a life care institution prior to the expiration of the agreement, with or without cause, an amount equal to the difference between the amount paid in and the amount used for the care of the resident during the time the resident remained in the institution, based upon the per capita cost to the institution as determined in a manner acceptable to the commissioner, shall be refunded to the resident; but in cases where a consideration greater than the minimum charge has been paid for accommodations above standard, a sum equal to the difference between the amount paid in and the ratio of the amount paid to the minimum consideration for standard accommodations times the current per capita cost to the institution applied to the period the resident remained in the institution shall be refunded to the resident. If the per capita cost to the institution during the period cannot be established otherwise, the cost during the period is deemed to be the cost at the time of the withdrawal or dismissal. As used in this section, for refund purposes, "cost" includes a reasonable profit to the provider.

(2) If the provider is an organization described in section 501 (c)(3) of the federal "Internal Revenue Code of 1986", as amended, and exempt from income taxation under section 501 (a) of the federal "Internal Revenue Code of 1986", or has a policy not to terminate a resident's life care contract due to the inability to pay if the resident is otherwise compliant with the life care contract, the provider is entitled to make a refund according to a schedule provided in its agreement with the resident so long as the schedule provides for amortization of the amount paid by the resident over a period of not less than sixty months or over the life expectancy of the resident if the expectancy is less than sixty months. In such case, the refund may be delayed for a reasonable period thereafter until the securing by the provider of a substitute fee from another resident or prospective resident. The provider may also deduct from any such refund amounts due it from the resident for damage done or for any other legitimate offsetting item.

Source: L. 2017: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 17-226), ch. 159, p. 569, § 1, effective August 9. L. 2024: (1) amended, (HB 24-1381), ch. 350, p. 2389, § 60, effective August 7. L. 2025: (2) amended, (HB 25-1184), ch. 210, p. 947, § 2, effective August 6.

Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 12-13-105 as it existed prior to 2017.