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262 b. Certified by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to participate in the Medicare program; and c. Owned by a Medicare participating hospital. 20. Community Health Worker/Community Health Representative means a frontline public health worker who serves as a liaison between health-care providers or social service providers and community members in order to facilitate access to physical, behavioral, or dental health-related services, or services to address social determinants of health, and who improves the quality and cultural responsiveness of health-related service delivery. Community Health Worker is meant to be an umbrella term for individuals who meet this definition but may go by many names, such as health promoters, community outreach workers, promotores de salud, health navigators, and patient navigators. 21. Community Mental Health Center (CMHC) means an entity licensed by the Behavioral Health Administration (BHA) as a Behavioral Health Entity (BHE) that has program approval to operate as a CMHC from the BHA. a. If the Community Mental Health Center (CMHC) delivers substance use disorder services, it shall have an endorsement on its Behavioral Health Entity (BHE) license from the Behavioral Health Administration (BHA) for those services. 22. Community Support Services Provider means an agency that provides community support services and has at least one affiliated licensed practitioner enrolled in the Colorado Medical Assistance Program. a. Any agency providing peer services must be licensed by the Behavioral Health Administration (BHA) as a Recovery Support Services Organization. b. Any agency that provides supportive housing must have a Colorado Department of Local Affairs (DOLA) Division of Housing (DOH)