Colorado § 6-20-201 Definitions

Colorado Statutes

§ 6-20-201 — Definitions

Colorado·Title 06 Consumer·Art. Hospital Disclosures to Consumers

For the purposes of this part 2, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1)Collection activity means only those activities provided or performed by a licensed collection agency, using a business name other than the name of the health-care provider, for purposes of collecting a debt. The term does not include any standard billing procedures used by the health-care provider or its agent in the normal course of business on current, nondelinquent accounts.

(2)Collection agency shall have the same meaning as in section 5-16-103

(3).

(3)Health-care provider includes a health-care facility licensed pursuant to article 3 of title 25, C.R.S., and any other health-care provider.

(4)Hospital services means health-care services, as defined in section 10-16-102 (33), provided by a health

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For the purposes of this part 2, unless the context
otherwise requires:

(1) Collection activity means only those activities provided or performed by
a licensed collection agency, using a business name other than the name of the
health-care provider, for purposes of collecting a debt. The term does not include
any standard billing procedures used by the health-care provider or its agent in the
normal course of business on current, nondelinquent accounts.

(2) Collection agency shall have the same meaning as in section 5-16-103
(3).

(3) Health-care provider includes a health-care facility licensed pursuant
to article 3 of title 25, C.R.S., and any other health-care provider.

(4) Hospital services means health-care services, as defined in section 10-16-102 (33), provided by a health-care facility, as defined in section 25.5-3-501 (1),
or a licensed health-care professional, as defined in section 25.5-3-501 (3).

(5) Impermissible extraordinary collection action means initiating
foreclosure on an individual's primary residence or homestead, including a mobile
home, as defined in section 38-12-201.5 (5).

(6) Medical creditor means an entity that attempts to collect on a medical
debt, including:

(a) A health-care provider or health-care provider's billing office;

(b) A collection agency, as defined in section 5-16-103 (3);

(c) A debt buyer, as defined in section 5-16-103 (8.5); and

(d) A debt collector, as defined in 15 U.S.C. sec. 1692a (6).

(7) Permissible extraordinary collection action means an action other than
an impermissible extraordinary collection action that requires a legal or judicial
process, including but not limited to placing a lien on an individual's real property,
attaching or seizing an individual's bank account or any other personal property, or
garnishing an individual's wages. A permissible extraordinary collection action does
not include the assertion of a hospital lien pursuant to section 38-27-101.

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Legislative History

Source: L. 2004: Entire part added, p. 458, � 1, effective August 4. L. 2005: Entire section amended, p. 124, � 1, effective August 8. L. 2017: (2) amended, (HB 17-1238), ch. 260, p. 1171, � 12, effective August 9. L. 2021: (4), (5), (6), and (7) added, (HB 21-1198), ch. 435, p. 2881, � 3, effective September 7.