§ 25-3-704 — Fees

Colorado § 25-3-704

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 25: Public
• Art.: Hospitals

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(1) The executive director shall annually determine the
costs incurred by the department and the Colorado commission for hospital
statistics in completing the requirements of this part 7.

(2) The executive director shall apportion, according to net patient service
revenues, the costs annually among the hospitals who pay the annual registration
fee required by this section and report the same to the state board of health. The
state board of health by rule or as otherwise provided by law may increase the
amount of the annual fee imposed by this section. At no time shall the fee be higher
than what is necessary to implement the report required pursuant to this part 7.

(3) All fees collected pursuant to this part 7 shall be transmitted to the state
treasurer, who shall credit the same to the health facilities general licensure cash
fund created in section 25-3-103.1.

(4) Notwithstanding the amount specified for the fee in this section, the
state board of health by rule or as otherwise provided by law may reduce the
amount of the fee if necessary pursuant to section 24-75-402 (3), C.R.S., to reduce
the uncommitted reserves of the fund to which all or any portion of the fee is
credited. After the uncommitted reserves of the fund are sufficiently reduced, the
state board of health by rule or as otherwise provided by law may increase the
amount of the fee as provided in section 24-75-402 (4), C.R.S.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2006: Entire part added, p. 1579, � 1, effective August 7.