Colorado § 25.5-2.5-208 - Expansion of program to include additional foreign suppliers - federal action required - notice to general assembly.

§ 25.5-2.5-208. Expansion of program to include additional foreign suppliers - federal action required - notice to general assembly.

(1) Notwithstanding any provision of this part 2 to the contrary, the state department may expand the program to allow a manufacturer, wholesale distributor, or pharmacy from a nation other than Canada to export prescription drugs into the state under the program if:

(a) The United States congress enacts legislation to amend 21 U.S.C. sec. 384 or otherwise enacts legislation to permit states, including Colorado, to import prescription drugs from foreign countries other than Canada;

(b) A vendor, in consultation with the state department, has identified the manufacturer, wholesale distributor, or pharmacy as a supplier that satisfies the requirements of the program and that will export prescription drugs at prices that will provide cost savings to the state;

(c) The manufacturer, wholesale distributor, or pharmacy is appropriately licensed or permitted under that nation's laws and regulations pertaining to the manufacturing, distribution, or dispensing of prescription drugs;

(d) The manufacturer, wholesale distributor, or pharmacy is located in a nation that is approved to export prescription drugs into Colorado by the United States secretary of health and human services or by another authority that is designated for such purpose by federal law; and

(e) The state department submits evidence to the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the health and human services committee of the senate and the health and insurance committee of the house of representatives, or any successor committees, which evidence compares the exporting nation's regulatory system for prescription drugs to the regulatory system for prescription drugs administered by the United States food and drug administration pursuant to the federal act and demonstrates that the exporting nation's regulatory system is as stringent as the system in the United States or otherwise ensures the safety, purity, and potency of the prescription drugs from the exporting nation. The evidence must compare the regulations for:

(I) Securing the supply chain for prescription drugs;

(II) Prescription drug manufacturing;

(III) Prescription drug labeling; and

(IV) Prescription drug tracking and tracing.

(2) If, upon the satisfaction of the conditions described in subsection (1) of this section, the state department decides to expand the program to allow a manufacturer, wholesale distributor, or pharmacy from a nation other than Canada to export prescription drugs into the state under the program, the executive director shall notify the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the health and human services committee of the senate and the health and insurance committee of the house of representatives, or any successor committees, of the state department's intent to do so. The executive director shall provide the notice at least thirty days before the program is expanded, and the notice may include any recommendations of the state department for legislation to amend this part 2 to reflect the expansion of the program.

(3) If the state department expands the program in accordance with this section, an eligible importer may import a prescription drug from a foreign supplier pursuant to this section if the drug that is to be imported is a prescription drug, as defined in 21 U.S.C. sec. 384 (a)(3).

Source: L. 2021: Entire section added, (SB 21-123), ch. 57, p. 233, § 2, effective September 7.

Cross references: For the legislative declaration in SB 21-123, see section 1 of chapter 57, Session Laws of Colorado 2021.

INDIGENT CARE

ARTICLE 3

Indigent Care

PART 1

COLORADO INDIGENT CARE PROGRAM

25.5-3-101 to

25.5-3-113. (Repealed)

PART 2

COMPREHENSIVE PRIMARY AND PREVENTIVE CARE GRANT PROGRAM

25.5-3-201 to

25.5-3-207. (Repealed)

PART 3

COMPREHENSIVE PRIMARY CARE SERVICES

25.5-3-301. Definitions.

25.5-3-302. Annual allocation - primary care services - qualified provider - rules.

25.5-3-303. Consultation.

25.5-3-304. Primary care fund report.

PART 4

COLORADO DENTAL HEALTH CARE PROGRAM FOR LOW-INCOME SENIORS

25.5-3-401. Short title.

25.5-3-402. Legislative declaration.

25.5-3-403. Definitions.

25.5-3-404. Colorado dental health care program for low-income seniors - rules.

25.5-3-405. Program reporting.

25.5-3-406. Senior dental advisory committee - creation - duties - repeal.

PART 5

HEALTH-CARE BILLING FOR INDIGENT PATIENTS RECEIVING SERVICES NOT REIMBURSED THROUGH THE COLORADO INDIGENT CARE PROGRAM

25.5-3-501. Definitions.

25.5-3-502. Requirement to screen patients for eligibility for financial assistance - questionnaire - definition - rules.

25.5-3-502.5. Uniform application for discounted care.

25.5-3-503. Health-care discounts on services not eligible for Colorado indigent care program reimbursement - definition.

25.5-3-504. Notification of patients' rights - website link.

25.5-3-505. Health-care facility reporting requirements - agency enforcement - report - rules.

25.5-3-506. Limitations on collection actions - private enforcement.

25.5-3-507. Hospital discounted care advisory committee - repeal.

PART 6

SAFETY NET PROVIDER STABILIZATION

25.5-3-601. Legislative declaration.

25.5-3-602. Definitions.

25.5-3-603. Provider stabilization fund - creation - use.

25.5-3-604. Provider stabilization payments - eligibility.

25.5-3-605. Provider stabilization fund advisory board - creation - membership - duties - repeal.

25.5-3-606. Provider stabilization fund report.

PART 1

COLORADO INDIGENT CARE PROGRAM

Editor's note: (1) Section 25.5-3-113 provided for the repeal of this part 1, effective July 1, 2025. (See L. 2024, p. 248.)

(2) This part 1 was added in 2005 and amended with relocations in 2006. For amendments to this part 1 prior to its repeal in 2025, consult the 2024 Colorado Revised Statutes and the Colorado statutory research explanatory note beginning on page vii in the front of this volume.

(3) For the amendments in SB 25-264 in effect from April 25, 2025, to July 1, 2025, see chapter 129, Session Laws of Colorado 2025. (L. 2025, p. 506.)

(4) Section 25.5-3-106 was repealed in SB 25-183, effective January 1, 2026. However, that repeal was superseded by the repeal of this entire part, effective July 1, 2025.

25.5-3-101 to 25.5-3-113. (Repealed)

PART 2

COMPREHENSIVE PRIMARY AND PREVENTIVE CARE GRANT PROGRAM