HB 12-1203 Summary

• Reenacts statutes authorizing grants from the Primary Care Fund to qualified providers offering comprehensive primary care services to underserved populations.

• Defines "comprehensive primary care" as basic outpatient health care including primary health care, maternity care, preventive services, emergency care for minor trauma, pharmaceutical services, and hospital care coordination.

• Establishes that the State Department annually allocates Primary Care Fund appropriations to eligible qualified providers based on the number of uninsured or medically indigent patients served, with 3% reserved for administrative costs.

• Requires qualified providers to be community health centers or organizations serving at least 50% uninsured, medically indigent, or Medicaid/CHIP-enrolled patients, and to submit annual reports on patient numbers and quality assurance programs.

• Mandates the State Department consult at least annually with federally qualified health centers, school-based health centers, rural health clinics, and consumer advocates on fund allocation implementation.