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HCPF proposes clarifying 'legally responsible person' to explicitly include common-law marriage
Summary
HCPF presented a redline to include common-law marriage in the definition of "legally responsible person" for adult members; staff said the change is clarifying and not intended to expand who may be designated LRP.
The Colorado Department of Health Care Policy & Financing (HCPF) proposed updating the department’s definition of “legally responsible person” to explicitly include an adult member’s spouse “by marriage or common law marriage.” The proposal would be distributed in a policy memo while HCPF updates regulatory language.
HCPF staff said the edit is intended as a clarity change rather than a policy expansion. Danny (HCPF staff) told attendees that common-law marriage is already treated as…
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