Chapter 4, Hospitals Rule Revision Stakeholder Meeting Information – October 18, 2022

 

To: All Stakeholders From: HFEMSD The Department has begun the stakeholder process for the 6 CCR 1011-1 Chapter 4, Hospitals rule revision pertaining to House Bill 22-1401. This new law was passed in Colorado’s latest legislative session and seeks to ensure hospitals are prepared for a public health emergency or staffing shortage through the implementation of a robust nurse staffing committee and plan, comprehensive emergency management, and reporting on staffed-bed capacity data to the Department. This new law required the Board of Health to promulgate rules by September 1, 2022, therefore emergency rules were adopted by the Board of Health and became effective on August 17, 2022, and will remain in effect for 120 days. The stakeholder engagement process allows all stakeholders to provide meaningful input on the emergency rules. This month’s meeting topics include a review of the emergency rule language in Part 9, Personnel; Part 2, Definitions; and Part 7, Emergency Preparedness. The Department encourages those who wish to provide ideas or examples on defining “staffed-bed capacity” and collect data from hospitals to send us written input before the October meeting. Please send input to Monica Billig at monica.billig@state.co.us and Anne Strawbridge at anne.strawbridge@state.co.us. Meetings are open to the public. This meeting will be held remotely via Zoom only. When: Tuesday, October 18, 2022 from 12:30 – 3:30 p.m. Remote access through Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87863385446 Audio line: 1-719-359-4580 Meeting ID: 878 6338 5446 The stakeholder meeting schedule and detailed information regarding the rule revision process can be accessed at this link. We recommend that you return to this site on the day of the meeting to check for additional or revised meeting materials. To sign up to receive email communications regarding this rule revision, please add your contact information to the interested stakeholder list. Please submit any questions related to House Bill 22-1401 and subsequent rulemaking(s) here.