Critical Access Hospital Licensure - SB24-121

 

To: CAHs and all stakeholders interested in SB24-121 From: HFEMSD You are invited to take part in the stakeholder process to create a new license category for critical access hospitals as required by SB24-121, a law passed by the Colorado Legislature in the 2024 session. Federally-designated critical access hospitals subject to 42 CFR 485, Subpart F, will no longer hold a general hospital license to operate, instead, they will be required to hold a new critical access hospital license type on July 1, 2026. Please note that federal requirements for critical access designation remain the same. As part of this stakeholder process, the Department will be creating a separate licensing chapter for critical access hospitals.  Stakeholder meetings will take place beginning July 24, 2024 and concluding in April 2025. Meetings will be on the fourth Wednesday of the month from 1:00 - 3:00 pm follows: All stakeholder meetings are open to the public and all are welcome to attend and participate. Meetings will be held in hybrid format with an option to attend either in-person, or remotely, via Zoom, to ensure equal access for participation, regardless of geographic location of the attendee.  Details regarding the stakeholder process, including meeting documents, agendas, proposed rule language, presentations, etc., will be available in the public meeting folder. Agendas and proposed rule language will be posted no later than a week in advance of each meeting.  If you would like to receive communication regarding the critical access licensure stakeholder process, please sign-up for the interested parties list to receive email notifications directly to your inbox. Updates and meeting notices will also be sent roughly two weeks in advance of each meeting through the Department’s health facility portal messaging system. 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.  .