November 19, 2025 Board of Health Rulemaking Hearing Regarding 6 CCR 1011-1, Chapter 21 - Hospices

 

To: Hospices  From: HFEMSD Thank you to those of you who participated in the stakeholder process to modernize and update 6 CCR 1011-1, Chapter 21 - Hospices. Through stakeholder meetings held from January - June 2025, critical updates to the licensing chapter were made. As discussed at our last meeting, the Department went forward with a request for rulemaking in September. The Board of Health has granted our request and will be holding a public rulemaking hearing on November 19, 2025 at 10:00 am to consider the proposed updates to Chapter 21 - Hospices.  You may provide your comments to the Board in advance of the November 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 November 18, 2025. 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.

June 18, 2025 Board of Health Rulemaking Hearing Regarding Labor and Childbirth Policy

 

To: General Hospitals, FSEDs, Community Clinics and Community Clinics with Emergency Centers, Birth Centers, and all parties interested in SB21-193 and HB24-1459 From: HFEMSD Thank you to those of you who participated in the stakeholder process to implement statutory standards in Section 25-3-126, C.R.S. that require certain health facilities to have policies in place to protect pregnant people’s rights in the perinatal period.  The Board of Health has granted our request for rulemaking for 6 CCR 1011-1, Chapters 4 (General Hospital), 9 (Community Clinics), 13 (Free Standing Emergency Departments) and 22 (Birth Centers) for updates related to this statutory change. A public rulemaking hearing on Jun 18, 2025 at 10:00am to consider the proposed changes. Notice of the hearing is hereby given pursuant to the provisions of Section 24-4-103, C.R.S. You may provide your comments to the Board in advance of the June 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 Jun 17, 2025. 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.

May 21, 2025 Board of Health Rulemaking Hearing Regarding SB24-121 - CAH Licensure

 

To: Critical Access Hospitals and all parties interested in SB24-121 From: HFEMSD Thank you to those of you who participated in the stakeholder process to implement SB24-121, concerning the creation of a separate health facility license for critical access hospitals. Through meetings held from July 2024 through September 2024, the Department created a draft critical access hospital licensing chapter, 6 CCR 1011-1, Chapter 16, in conjunction with stakeholders. After our last meeting in September 2024, the Department continued to receive feedback from stakeholders via written comment only. Written comments indicated that no changes were necessary to the proposed language, so the Department went forward with a request for rulemaking in March, as discussed at our last meeting. The Board of Health has granted our request for rulemaking and will be holding a public rulemaking hearing on May 21, 2025 at 10:00am to consider the proposed Chapter 16 - Critical Access Hospitals. Notice of the hearing is hereby given pursuant to the provisions of Section 24-4-103, C.R.S. You may provide your comments to the Board in advance of the May 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 May 20, 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.

April 16, 2025 Board of Health Rulemaking Hearing Regarding HB24-1417 Fee Updates

 

To: Birth Center General Rule Updates Stakeholder Group and all stakeholders interested in 6 CCR 1011-1, Chapter 22 - Birth Centers From: HFEMSD Thank you to those of you who participated in the stakeholder process to implement HB24-1417, concerning fees payable to health-care cash funds. As communicated during our last stakeholder meeting, the Department went forward with a request for rulemaking in February. The statutorily-required fee schedule was made available on February 28, 2025 on the Division of Health Facilities and Emergency Medical Services Facility Fee website alongside guidance documents. The Board of Health has granted our request for rulemaking and will be holding a public rulemaking hearing on April 16, 2025 at 10:00am to consider the proposed revisions. Notice of the hearing is hereby given pursuant to the provisions of Section 24-4-103, C.R.S. You may provide your comments 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.

January 15, 2024 Board of Health Rulemaking Hearing Regarding ALR Portable Training Rulemaking

 

To: ALR Portable Training Stakeholder Group and all stakeholders interested in 6 CCR 1011-1, Chapter 7 - Assisted Living Residences and Chapter 24 - Medication Administration Regulations From: HFEMSD Thank you to those of you who participated in the stakeholder process to add portable training requirements (from Senate Bill 24-167,) to 6 CCR 1011-1, Chapter 7 - Assisted Living Residences and Chapter 24 - Medication Administration Regulations. As communicated during our last stakeholder meeting, the Department went forward with a request for rulemaking in November. The Board of Health has granted our request and will be holding a public rulemaking hearing on January 15, 2025, at 10:00am to consider the proposed revisions to Chapter 7 and Chapter 24. Notice of the hearing is hereby given pursuant to the provisions of Section 24-4-103, C.R.S. You may provide your comments to the Board in advance of the January 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 January 14, 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.

CPI Fee Increase Board of Health Rulemaking Hearing—April 17, 2024

 

To: All licensed facilities From: HFEMSD The Board of Health will be holding a rulemaking hearing related to changes to the following rule chapters on April 17, 2024:  Chapter 2 -  General Licensure Standards Chapter 4 -  General Hospitals Chapter 5 -  Nursing Care Facilities Chapter 7 -  Assisted Living Residences Chapter 8 -  Facilities for Persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Chapter 9 -  Community Clinics and Community Clinics and Emergency Centers Chapter 10 - Rehabilitation Hospitals Chapter 13 – Freestanding Emergency Departments Chapter 15 - Dialysis Treatment Clinics Chapter 18 - Psychiatric Hospitals Chapter 19 - Hospital Units Chapter 20 – Ambulatory Surgical Center and Ambulatory Surgical Center with a   Convalescent Center Chapter 21 – Hospices Chapter 26 – Home Care Agencies This change will increase all license-related facility fees. Under Sections 25-3-103(1)(c), 25-3-105(1)(a)(I)(B), and 25-27-107(1.5), C.R.S., the Board of Health may only raise fees by the annual percentage change of the consumer price index for Denver-Aurora-Lakewood (CPI). CPI-based facility fee increases were adopted in 2019 and 2020 with the intent to continue such increases. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and stress on health facilities, the Division suspended requesting increases. With a return to more regular business, the Division is now requesting an increase of 8.01%, the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood percentage change as calculated by the federal Bureau of Labor and Statistics and published by the Colorado Department of Local Affairs, Division of Local Government. To review how this change will affect individual fees in Chapters 6 CCR 1011-1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21, and 26, please see the CPI fee table. If approved by the Board of Health, fee increases are expected to be effective July 1, 2024.  The period for submitting comments to the Division has passed. If you wish to provide written comments, you may submit them to cdphe.bohrequests@state.co.us. If you wish to give oral testimony, please visit the Board of Health’s Participate in Board of Health to access the sign-up link.  .