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2024 Colorado Revised Statutes
Title 10 - INSURANCE (§§ 10-1-101 — 10-23-110)
HEALTH CARE COVERAGE (§§ 10-16-101 — 10-16.5-101)
Article 16 - Health-care Coverage (§§ 10-16-101 — 10-16-1506)
Part 4 - HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS (§§ 10-16-401 — 10-16-429)
Section 10-16-409 - Complaint system

Universal Citation:
CO Rev Stat § 10-16-409 (2024)
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  • (1)
    • (a) Every health maintenance organization shall establish and maintain a complaint system that has been approved by the commissioner to provide reasonable procedures for the resolution of written complaints initiated by enrollees concerning health-care services.
    • (b) Each health maintenance organization shall maintain written records relating to its complaint system in a form prescribed by the commissioner, for examination by the commissioner, which form must include:
      • (I) A description of the procedures of such complaint system;
      • (II) The total number of complaints handled through such complaint system and a compilation of causes underlying the complaints filed;
      • (III) The number, amount, and disposition of malpractice claims settled during the year by the health maintenance organization and any of the providers used by it which involve services covered by the health maintenance organization.
  • (2) The health maintenance organization shall maintain records of written complaints filed with it concerning other than health-care services and shall submit to the commissioner a summary report at such times and in such format as the commissioner may require. Such complaints involving other persons shall be referred to such persons with a copy to the commissioner.
  • (3) The commissioner may examine the complaint system required by subsection (1) of this section, subject to the limitations concerning medical records of individuals set forth in section 10-16-416(3).

Amended by 2017 Ch. 283,§ 8, eff. 6/1/2017.

L. 92: Entire article R&RE, p. 1701, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2017: (1)(a), IP(1)(b), and (3) amended, (SB 17-249), ch. 283, p. 1545, § 8, effective June 1.

This section is similar to former § 10-17-112 as it existed prior to 1992.

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