6 CCR 1011-1, Chapter 18 - Psychiatric Hospitals Stakeholder Process Announcement

 

To: All Hospitals, All Hospital Units, All Psychiatric Facilities, All Rural Health Facilities, All Critical Access Hospitals, All Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities, All Community Mental Health Centers, All Behavioral Health Entities, All Health Facilities From: HFEMSD The Department will be convening a stakeholder engagement process to review, reorganize, and update 6 CCR 1011-1, Chapter 18 - Psychiatric Hospitals. The first stakeholder meeting will be held on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, from 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m., and the first Tuesday of each following month beginning October 2026 and continuing through February 2028. This update of Chapter 18 will incorporate recent hospital-related statutory changes, and coincide with the planned update to 6 CCR 1011-1 Chapter 4 – General Hospitals, and 6 CCR 1015-4 – Statewide Emergency Medical and Trauma Care System.  All interested parties are invited to attend meetings either in-person at the Department or online via Zoom. If you are interested in the stakeholder process to update Chapter 18, please sign-up to receive notice of each meeting and meeting details. Please feel free to share this link with other interested parties. Notice of each meeting will be emailed directly to interested parties and sent via the Division’s portal messaging system roughly one to two weeks before each meeting. Meeting details, including agendas and proposed rule language, will be available before each meeting in the public Google folder dedicated to this rulemaking. Meeting details for Tuesday, November 3, 2026 — 1:00 p.m. In-person meeting location: Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment 4300 Cherry Creek Drive South Denver, CO 80234 Building A, Room A2A (there will be signs and someone at the doors to let you into the area)  Remote meeting information: Join Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 838 9979 8218  Passcode: 455980  Find your local number Stakeholder engagement is integral to the Department’s effort to align Chapter 18 with hospital facility care and requirements in Colorado and to protect the health, safety, and welfare of patients. If you have any questions or comments prior to the first meeting, please contact Ash Jackson at ash.jackson@state.co.us or Alexandra Haas at alexandra.haas@state.co.us