Colorado § 25.5-2.5-102 Legislative declaration

Colorado Statutes

§ 25.5-2.5-102 — Legislative declaration

Colorado § 25.5-2.5-102

Title 25.5Health

Art.Prescription Drugs

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Bluebook

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25.5-2.5-102 (2026).

Text

(1)The general assembly finds that:

(a)Uninsured, underinsured, and older Coloradans pay a disproportionately greater share of their income for prescription drugs. In many cases, current drug prices have the effect of denying residents access to necessary medical care, thereby threatening their health and safety.

(b)Prescription drugs play an increasingly important role in improving or stabilizing a person's health and in reducing overall health-care costs;

(c)Additionally, the new medicare prescription drug benefit restricts persons from purchasing insurance in order to fully cover their prescription drug needs. This restriction on a person's ability to purchase adequate coverage may threaten the person's health and safety.

(d)Currently, there is no limit on the amount tha

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(1) The general assembly finds that:

(a) Uninsured, underinsured, and older Coloradans pay a disproportionately
greater share of their income for prescription drugs. In many cases, current drug
prices have the effect of denying residents access to necessary medical care,
thereby threatening their health and safety.

(b) Prescription drugs play an increasingly important role in improving or
stabilizing a person's health and in reducing overall health-care costs;

(c) Additionally, the new medicare prescription drug benefit restricts
persons from purchasing insurance in order to fully cover their prescription drug
needs. This restriction on a person's ability to purchase adequate coverage may
threaten the person's health and safety.

(d) Currently, there is no limit on the amount that a pharmacy may charge for
a generic or nonpatented drug, and, although some retail pharmacies are offering
some generic and nonpatented drugs at discounted prices, there are no guarantees
that the pharmacies will continue to do so.

(2) The general assembly, therefore, declares that it is important to make
information available to the public concerning ways to purchase lower-cost generic
and nonpatented prescription drugs through the Colorado Cares Rx Act in order
to protect the health of uninsured, underinsured, and older Coloradans. The general
assembly further declares that the state should continue to actively research cost-effective mechanisms or programs that may provide additional options to address
this need in Colorado.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2007: Entire article added, p. 1, � 1, effective February 5. L. 2009: Entire section amended, (SB 09-132), ch. 224, p. 1011, � 1, effective May 4.