Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25.5-1-601 – Legislative declaration. | Midpage

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Colorado Revised Statutes (C.R.S.)

§ 25.5-1-601

Colo. Rev. Stat. § 25.5-1-601

Legislative declaration.

Effective Aug 9, 2017L. 2017: Entire part added, (HB 17-1024), ch. 7, p. 19, § 1, effective August 9.

(1) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that:
1. (a) Physicians engaged in family medicine are in critically short supply in this state;
2. (b) Because of the distribution of such physicians, many rural and urban areas of the state are underserved;
3. (c) A significant portion of the state population is medically underserved because of indigency;
4. (d) Family physicians provide health care to all segments of the population;
5. (e) The provision of more competent family physicians is a public purpose of great importance; and
6. (f) The creation of the commission on family medicine is a desirable, necessary, and cost-effective means of addressing the needs described in this subsection (1).

Source: L. 2017: Entire part added, (HB 17-1024), ch. 7, p. 19, § 1, effective August 9.

Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 25-1-901 as it existed prior to 2017.