Chapter 2 Update and Fee Update Reminder

 

To: All facilities and agencies From: HFEMSD Thank you to those of you who participated in the stakeholder process to implement updates to 6 CCR 1011-1, Chapter 2 - General Licensure Standards. As communicated during our final meeting of the 1294 forum on March 6, the department is moving forward with a request for rulemaking on April 16, 2025 at 10:00am at the Board of Health. A copy of the proposed changes, including changes made since the last meeting on March 6, can be found in the 1294 public meeting folder. Separately at the April 16 meeting, the Board of Health will be considering an update to Chapter 2 as part of the HB24-1417 fee update to several rule chapters of 6 CCR 1011-1.  You may provide your comments regarding the fee update to the Board in advance of the April rulemaking hearing for their consideration. To submit written comments to the Board, please email cdphe.bohrequests@state.co.us. The Board also welcomes oral testimony regarding rulemakings and the stakeholder process at the hearing. To provide oral testimony, you must sign up before 5:00 pm on April 15, 2024. The time for giving oral testimony may be limited to 3 minutes or less. For further details about providing feedback at the Board of Health meeting, please visit Participate in the Board of Health.  The agenda for the public meeting and other meeting documents can be accessed at Board of Health meetings. To access the Zoom link on the day of the meeting, please visit Board of Health meetings. Official meeting minutes are available from the department upon request. Attendees may use artificial intelligence (AI) note-taking tools; however, notes taken in this manner do not constitute the official record of the meeting.   This is a kind reminder that from March 1 through June 30, 2025, two fee schedules will be in effect: the current fees and the new fees that start on July 1, 2025. This Fee Transition Period Guidance document will help you determine which fee schedule applies to your application. The new fees apply to licenses expiring on or after July 1, 2025, as well as to initial applications, change of ownership applications, and change of information applications submitted on or after July 1, 2025. As a reminder, these changes are a result of HB24-1417, which automates health facility licensing fee increases and removes the Board of Health’s authority to set fees. As a result, impacted fee amounts will no longer be listed in rule and will not go through future consumer price index rulemaking processes.  Future fee updates will be available on the facility fees website, which includes a link to the required fee schedule. Facility-and agency-specific fee schedules with additional details will also be provided.  For questions about rulemakings, please email alexandra.haas@state.co.us. For questions about fees and licensing, please email cdphe.healthfacilities@state.co.us.

Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) Annual Report 04/15 reporting deadline

 

To: Acute Care Hospitals, Ambulatory Surgery Centers, Critical Access Hospitals, Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities, Long-Term Acute Care Hospitals, Outpatient Dialysis Centers, Pediatric Hospitals From: Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) and Antimicrobial Resistance (AR) Program The reporting deadline for NHSN healthcare-associated infections (HAI) data is April 15, 2025. Please be sure to finish all HAI data reporting by April 15th to be included in the annual report. The HAI/AR Program pulls reportable HAI data from the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) on April 16 for publication in the Annual Report on July 15. Here is a list of reportable conditions. NHSN includes data quality checks that can be found in the data quality folder within the supplemental reports. Please run these reports to ensure the quality of your data before submitting. Here is more information on data quality. The deadline for completion of the annual health facility survey has passed. If you have not completed the survey, please do so now. The survey helps us to ensure that your facility is accurately represented in the HAI Annual Report, and should only take a few minutes to complete. If you did not receive the survey, reach out to Amy Fitzgibbons, amy.fitzgibbons@state.co.us. For further information: Contact Amy Fitzgibbons, amy.fitzgibbons@state.co.us.