Colorado § 25.5-4-433 - Rural hospital cash fund - creation - definition.
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§ 25.5-4-433. Rural hospital cash fund - creation - definition.
(1) The rural hospital cash fund is created in the state treasury and is referred to in this section as the "fund". The fund consists of money credited to the fund and any other money that the general assembly may appropriate or transfer to the fund.
(2) The state treasurer shall credit all interest and income derived from the deposit and investment of money in the fund to the fund.
(3) Money in the fund is continuously appropriated to the department of health care policy and financing for the purpose of distributing money in equal amounts to rural hospitals.
(4) On July 1, 2024, the state treasurer shall transfer one million seven hundred forty-two thousand twenty-nine dollars from the general fund to the fund.
(5) As used in this section, "rural hospital" means a hospital licensed or certified pursuant to section 25-1.5-103 (1)(a) or an affiliate owned or controlled, as defined in section 25.5-4-402.8 (1)(c), by a hospital, and that is located in a county with a population of fewer than fifty thousand residents or in a municipality with a population of fewer than twenty-five thousand residents if the municipality is not contiguous to a municipality with a population of twenty-five thousand or more residents.
Source: L. 2024: Entire section added, (SB 24-221), ch. 457, p. 3159, § 3, effective June 6.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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