CO SB130

Facilities must provide emergency medical services to anyone who requests them or appears to need them, and cannot delay care to inquire about ability to pay

Facilities must maintain a central log documenting whether each emergency patient refused treatment, was denied treatment, required no treatment, or was transferred, admitted, stabilized, or discharged

Patients with unstabilized emergency conditions cannot be transferred unless specific conditions are met, including patient consent or physician certification that transfer benefits outweigh risks, and the receiving facility has agreed to accept the patient

Emergency medical services explicitly include abortion and sterilization procedures when necessary to stabilize a patient's emergency condition, including labor, ectopic pregnancy, pregnancy complications, and emergent hypertensive disorders

Appropriates $82,768 from the health facilities general licensure cash fund for FY 2025-26 to the Department of Public Health and Environment for enforcement, including 0.7 FTE