The department shall develop and implement admission criteria that ensures individuals, prior to being admitted, have been evaluated for the least restrictive level of care and that geographic location, current health-care provider, and payer type are not the primary determining factor in whether an individual has access to a civil inpatient bed.Added by 2019 Ch. 226,§ 4, eff. 5/20/2019.L. 2019: Entire section added, (SB 19-222), ch. 2266, p. 2266, § 4, effective May 20. For the legislative declaration in SB 19-222, see section 1 of chapter 226, Session Laws of Colorado 2019.
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