Colorado Code
Part 1 - General Provisions
§ 25.5-1-103. Definitions

As used in this title 25.5, unless the context otherwise requires:




(5.5) "Medical home" means an appropriately qualified medical specialty, developmental, therapeutic, or mental health-care practice that verifiably ensures continuous, accessible, and comprehensive access to and coordination of community-based medical care, mental health care, oral health care, and related services for a child. A medical home may also be referred to as a health-care home. If a child's medical home is not a primary medical care provider, the child must have a primary medical care provider to ensure that a child's primary medical care needs are appropriately addressed. All medical homes shall ensure, at a minimum, the following:










(9) [ Editor's note: This version of subsection (9) is effective July 1, 2024. ] "State designated agency" means an agency designated to perform specified functions that would otherwise be performed by the county departments, including case management agencies, as defined in section 25.5-6-1702, and medical assistance sites.

Source: L. 93: Entire title added, p. 1098, § 15, effective July 1, 1994. L. 95: (2.5) added, p. 903, § 2, effective May 25. L. 96: (1) repealed, p. 1473, § 25, effective June 1. L. 2006: Entire part amended, p. 1782, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2007: (5.5) added, p. 1487, § 1, effective May 31. L. 2018: IP and (1) to (3) amended, (SB 18-092), ch. 38, p. 443, § 106, effective August 8. L. 2021: (9) amended, (HB 21-1187), ch. 83, p. 331, § 21, effective July 1, 2024.
Cross references: For the legislative declaration in SB 18-092, see section 1 of chapter 38, Session Laws of Colorado 2018.

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