August 20, 2024 Stakeholder Meeting: General Rule Updates to 6 CCR 1011-1, Chapter 22 -Birth Centers

 

To: All Stakeholders interested in General Rule Updates to 6 CCR 1011-1, Chapter 22 - Birth Centers  From: HFEMSD You are invited to participate in the stakeholder process to address general updates to 6 CCR 1011-1, Chapter 22 - Birth Centers. The last general update to Chapter 22 was in 2017, and there have been several statutory and regulatory changes since that time, as well as lessons learned and changes in the general healthcare landscape. As a general update, this stakeholder process will include modifications related to Senate Bill 21-101 and Senate Bill 23-167, regarding direct-entry midwives and certified nurse midwives, respectively, and a full review of the rule chapter to bring it into compliance with existing statutory requirements and ensure its consistency with other rule chapters regarding newborn screening and newborn hearing screening. It may additionally include changes made to staff qualifications and authority, general standards of operation, terminology, and organization.  Stakeholder meetings for the Chapter 22 general rule updates are being held on the third Tuesday of the month from February 2024 through October 2024. Though the original stakeholdering schedule would have ended in August 2024, at stakeholder request, we will be having 2 additional meetings on the fourth Tuesday of the month in September and October 2024. This will push the request for rulemaking hearing to November with a hearing in January. All stakeholder meetings are open to the public, and all interested parties are welcome to attend and provide input. Additionally, all stakeholders may provide input and are welcome to submit written comments to the Department at any time throughout the stakeholder process. The Department is considering additional ways to foster discussion and collaboration during meetings. If you have any ideas, recommendations, requests, or suggestions for our next meeting, please do not hesitate to contact Department staff.  The seventh stakeholder meeting will take place on August 20, 2024, from 1:00 - 4:00 pm. This meeting will be a hybrid meeting, 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.  Tentative topics for this month’s meeting include Sections on Physical Plant Standards, Interior and Exterior Environment, and Waste Storage and Disposal. To review a tentative topic schedule, please select the Stakeholder Information Letter in the public folder. 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 B, Room B1F. This room is located on the first floor of Building B. For instructions to access the building on the day of the meeting, please select the room access instructions located in the public meeting folder. If you are planning to attend in-person, please send an email to nicola.koepnick@state.co.us. When- Tuesday, August 20, 2024, from 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.  Where- This meeting will be held in hybrid format.  Colorado Department of Public Health Main Campus. 4300 Cherry Creek S Drive, Denver, CO 80246.  Building B Room B1F. Or Join Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 853 1729 7494 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 folder no later than a week before each meeting.  Notice of each meeting is 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. If you have any questions or comments prior to the August meeting of the Birth Center General Rule Updates Stakeholder Group,  please contact Francile Beights at francile.beights@state.co.us.  .