Colorado § 25.5-1-704 - Hospital community investment compliance - rules.
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§ 25.5-1-704. Hospital community investment compliance - rules.
(1) (a) If the state department finds that a reporting hospital is not in compliance with the community benefit requirements of this part 7, the state department shall notify the reporting hospital of its noncompliance and identify the information that needs to be provided. If a reporting hospital does not comply, the state department shall require the reporting hospital to submit to the state department a corrective action plan within one hundred and twenty days for approval by the state department.
(b) If noncompliance continues or a reporting hospital fails to submit a corrective action plan, or if the state department determines a hospital's noncompliance with this section is knowing or willful or a repeated pattern of noncompliance exists, the state department shall consider the size of the hospital and the seriousness of the violation in setting a fine amount. For a reporting hospital owned by or affiliated with a hospital system comprised of three or more hospitals, the fine must be not more than twenty thousand dollars per week per violation. For all other reporting hospitals, the fine must be not more than five thousand dollars per week per violation.
(2) Reporting hospitals shall expend the amount fined pursuant to subsection (1)(b) of this section on community benefit investment priorities described in the hospital's current community benefit implementation plan within one year after the fine is imposed. Each reporting hospital shall report on how the money collected through fines is expended in the reporting hospital's annual report to the state department pursuant to section 25.5-1-703.
(3) The state board shall promulgate any rules necessary for the implementation of this section.
Source: L. 2023: Entire section added, (HB 23-1243), ch. 156, p. 674, § 4, effective August 7.
Cross references: For the legislative declaration in HB 23-1243, see section 1 of chapter 156, Session Laws of Colorado 2023.
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Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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