March 26th, 2024 Stakeholder meeting in regards to “Patients’ Right to Know” Act, or HB23-1218

 

To: All Stakeholders interested in regulations related to “Patients’ Right to Know” Act, or HB23-1218 From: HFEMSD You are invited to participate in the stakeholder process regarding The “Patients’ Right to Know” Act, or HB23-1218, a law passed by the Colorado Legislature in the 2023 session. This new law requires hospitals, rehabilitation hospitals, freestanding emergency departments, licensed hospital units, and community clinics to make publicly available a list of the health care services which are generally available or subject to significant restriction specifically relating to health care in three areas: Reproductive health-care services; LGBTQ health-care services; and End-of-life health-care services. In response to the new law the Division will develop, in collaboration with stakeholders, a “Service Availability Form.” Now that the form is complete, the Division is creating rule language for all the impacted facility chapters. Once the form is finalized and published, the affected health facilities will be required to provide this form to patients, members of the public, and the Department for public display. For more information, please see the whitepaper. Our seventh monthly meeting will be Tuesday, March 26th, 2024, from 12:30 pm to 3:30 pm. Our last meeting will be held on April 23rd, 2024. Please note that this meeting, and the final April meeting, will be held in hybrid format with an option to attend either in-person or remotely, via Zoom. The in-person meeting will be at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment main campus, 4300 Cherry Creek S Drive, Denver, CO 80246, in Building A, Room Snow. This meeting room is located on the first floor of Building A, down the hall from the main entrance.   Zoom Meeting Link Meeting ID: 849 4747 4990 Passcode: 002226 Notice of each meeting will be provided to facilities through the Division’s portal messaging system roughly two weeks in advance of each meeting. Notice will also be emailed directly to all individuals who sign up to receive such messages. Please sign up here. Please feel free to share this link with other interested parties. All who are interested are welcome to attend and participate. Meeting documents, including agendas, proposed rule language, presentations, etc., will be posted to the public meeting drive no later than a week before each meeting.  If you have any questions or comments prior to the meeting, feel free to contact Ash Jackson at ash.jackson@state.co.us, or Alexandra Haas, at alexandra.haas@state.co.us. .