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2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 25 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-59-106) › VITAL STATISTICS (§§ 25-2-101 — 25-2-122) › Article 2 - VITAL STATISTICS (§§ 25-2-101 — 25-2-122) › Section 25-2-120 - Reports of electroconvulsive treatment

(1)
Any person who performs electroconvulsive treatment in the state of Colorado shall file a report with the department of public health and environment setting forth the data required by subsection (2) of this section. An institution in which electroconvulsive treatment is performed shall be the reporting entity for all electroconvulsive treatments performed at that institution.
(2)
Such reports shall be made to the department of public health and environment on forms prescribed by the department within thirty days after January 1 and July 1 of each year on a semiannual basis and shall contain the following detailed information for each reporting period:
(a)
The total number, broken down by inpatient and outpatient and exclusive of substance abuse, of adult psychiatric admissions, minor children psychiatric admissions, and readmissions of both;
(b)
The number of patients within each category of paragraph (a) of this subsection (2) who received electroconvulsive treatment;
(c)
Statistical information on each patient receiving electroconvulsive treatment including, but not limited to, the following:
(I)
Diagnosis;
(II)
Number of electroconvulsive treatments;
(III)
Age;
(IV)
Sex;
(V)
Ethnicity;
(VI)
Whether such patient was voluntary or involuntary;
(VII)
Whether or not such patient was capable of giving his written informed consent;
(VIII)
Whether or not any complications resulted from such electroconvulsive treatment, such as cardiac arrest, fracture, apnea, memory loss, or death (including autopsy results with particular attention to the brain);
(IX)
The method of payment for such electroconvulsive treatment and, if applicable, the name of the insurance company making such payments.
(3)
The name of the patient receiving electroconvulsive treatment shall remain confidential information and shall not be disclosed to the department, any other agency or individual. The forms prescribed by subsection (2) of this section shall not require any information which would disclose, directly or indirectly, the identity of the patient.
L. 79: Entire section added, p. 613, § 2, effective June 22. L. 94: (1) and IP(2) amended, p. 2749, § 402, effective July 1.
For the legislative declaration contained in the 1994 act amending subsection (1) and the introductory portion to subsection (2), see section 1 of chapter 345, Session Laws of Colorado 1994.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 25 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-59-106) › HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3.5-1401) › Article 3 - HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3-801) › Part 1 - HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3-131) › Section 25-3-100.5 - Definitions

As used in this article 3, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
"Acute treatment unit" means a facility or a distinct part of a facility for short-term psychiatric care, which may include treatment for substance use disorders, that provides a total, twenty-four-hour, therapeutically planned and professionally staffed environment for persons who do not require inpatient hospitalization but need more intense and individual services than are available on an outpatient basis, such as crisis management and stabilization services.
(2)
"Department" means the department of public health and environment.
(3)
"Heart attack database" means a national registry designed for heart attack data.
(4)
"Joint commission" means an independent, nonprofit organization that accredits and certifies health-care organizations and programs in the United States, or its successor entity.
(5)
"PCI center" means a hospital that performs percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), commonly known as coronary angioplasty, for acute myocardial infarction.
(6)
"STEMI" means ST-elevation myocardial infarction.
Amended by 2017 Ch. 263,§ 188, eff. 5/25/2017.
Amended by 2017 Ch. 214,§ 1, eff. 5/18/2017.
L. 2006: Entire section added, p. 1391, § 22, effective August 7. L. 2017: IP amended and (2) to (6) added, (HB 17-1246), ch. 214, p. 834, § 1, effective May 18; entire section amended, (SB 17-242), ch. 263, p. 1324, § 188, effective May 25.
Amendments to this section by SB 17-242 and HB 17-1246 were harmonized.
For the legislative declaration in SB 17-242, see section 1 of chapter 263, Session Laws of Colorado 2017.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 25 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-59-106) › HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3.5-1401) › Article 3 - HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3-801) › Part 1 - HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3-131) › Section 25-3-103.1 - Health facilities general licensure cash fund

(1)
All fees collected pursuant to this article shall be transmitted to the state treasurer, who shall credit the same to the health facilities general licensure cash fund, which fund is hereby created.
(2)
The general assembly shall make annual appropriations from the health facilities general licensure cash fund to partially reimburse the department of public health and environment for the direct and indirect costs of the department incurred in the performance of its duties pursuant to this article 3. No appropriation shall be made out of the cash fund for expenditures incurred by the department pursuant to section
25-1.5-103(1)(a)(II)
in carrying out duties relating to health facilities wholly owned and operated by a governmental unit or agency.
Amended by 2022 Ch. 222,§56, eff. 7/1/2022.
L. 95: Entire section added, p. 1024, § 5, effective July 1. L. 2003: (2) amended, p. 709, § 37, effective July 1. L. 2008: (2) amended, p. 1948, § 2, effective June 2.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 25 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-59-106) › HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3.5-1401) › Article 3 - HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3-801) › Part 1 - HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3-131) › Section 25-3-104 - Reports

Any person, partnership, association, or corporation maintaining any hospital or other facility for the treatment or care of the sick or injured shall make a report to the department of public health and environment upon request but not more frequently than quarterly. The department of public health and environment shall have power to investigate and shall have free access to such facilities consistent with section
25-1.5-103(1)(a)
.
L. 09: p. 412, § 4. C.L. § 1056. CSA: C. 78, § 136. CRS 53: § 66-4-4. C.R.S. 1963: § 66-4-4. L. 71: p. 632, § 4. L. 94: Entire section amended, p. 2752, § 408, effective July 1. L. 95: Entire section amended, p. 1024, § 6, effective July 1. L. 2003: Entire section amended, p. 709, § 39, effective July 1.
For the legislative declaration contained in the 1994 act amending this section, see section 1 of chapter 345, Session Laws of Colorado 1994.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 25 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-59-106) › HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3.5-1401) › Article 3 - HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3-801) › Part 1 - HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3-131) › Section 25-3-106 - Unincorporated associations

An unincorporated association organized and existing for the purpose of providing hospital services for its members shall be governed, managed, and controlled by a board of trustees selected in accordance with the provisions of the state constitution and bylaws of such association. Such board of trustees shall have the right to acquire, own, and hold, in the name of such association or in the name of persons who hold title in trust for said association, real property devoted to or connected with hospital purposes and to operate and manage the same in accordance with the laws of this state, and such board of trustees shall have the power and right from time to time to sell, convey, lease, or otherwise dispose of such property, including any hospital building of such association, whenever acquired, and to direct the sale, conveyance, lease, or other disposition of the same by persons who hold the title to such property in trust for said association to such purchaser, lessee, or other person or entity for such price and upon such terms and conditions as may be determined by resolution of the board of trustees of the association adopted by two-thirds vote of the entire board of trustees of such association at any regular or special meeting of said board. The sale, conveyance, lease, or other disposition of such property may be made in the manner provided in this section to any person, corporation, county, municipality, or other entity.
L. 57: p. 416, § 1. CRS 53: § 66-4-6. C.R.S. 1963: § 66-4-6.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 25 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-59-106) › HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3.5-1401) › Article 3 - HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3-801) › Part 1 - HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3-131) › Section 25-3-107 - Disciplinary actions reported to Colorado medical board or podiatry board

(1)
Any disciplinary action to suspend, revoke, or otherwise limit the privileges of a licensed physician or podiatrist that is taken by the governing board of a hospital required to be licensed or certified pursuant to this part 1 or required to obtain a certificate of compliance pursuant to section
25-1.5-103(1)(a)(I) or (1)(a)(II)
shall be reported to the Colorado medical board or the Colorado podiatry board, whichever board is appropriate, in the form prescribed by said board.
(2)
Said hospital shall provide such additional information as is deemed necessary by the Colorado medical board or the Colorado podiatry board to conduct a further investigation and hearing.
L. 76: Entire section added, p. 421, § 7, effective July 1. L. 79: (1) amended, p. 523, § 28, effective July 1. L. 85: Entire section amended, p. 505, § 23, effective July 1. L. 88: (1) amended, p. 527, § 11, effective July 1. L. 2003: (1) amended, p. 710, § 40, effective July 1. L. 2010: Entire section amended, (HB 10-1260), ch. 403, p. 1990, §86, effective July 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 25 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-59-106) › HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3.5-1401) › Article 3 - HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3-801) › Part 1 - HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3-131) › Section 25-3-111 - Authentication of verbal orders - hospital policies or bylaws

(1)
A hospital licensed pursuant to part 3 of this article shall require that all verbal orders be authenticated by a physician or responsible individual who has the authority to issue verbal orders in accordance with hospital and medical staff policies or bylaws. The policies or bylaws shall require that:
(a)
Authentication of a verbal order occurs within forty-eight hours after the time the order is made unless a read-back and verify process pursuant to paragraph (b) of this subsection (1) is used. The individual receiving a verbal order shall record in writing the date and time of the verbal order, and sign the verbal order in accordance with hospital policies or medical staff bylaws.
(b)
A hospital policy may provide for a read-back and verify process for verbal orders. A read-back and verify process shall require that the individual receiving the order immediately read back the order to the physician or responsible individual, who shall immediately verify that the read-back order is correct. The individual receiving the verbal order shall record in writing that the order was read back and verified. If the read-back and verify process is followed, the verbal order shall be authenticated within thirty days after the date of the patient's discharge.
(2)
Verbal orders shall be used infrequently. Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to encourage the more frequent use of verbal orders by the medical staff at a hospital.
L. 2010: Entire section added, (HB 10-1229), ch. 199, p. 869, §1, effective May 5.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 25 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-59-106) › HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3.5-1401) › Article 3 - HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3-801) › Part 1 - HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3-131) › Section 25-3-112 - [Repealed]

Repealed by 2021 Ch. 435,§7, eff. 9/7/2021.
Amended by 2014 Ch. 269,§1, eff. 8/6/2014.
L. 2012: Entire section added, (SB 12-134), ch. 569, p. 569, § 1, effective August 8. L. 2014: (1)(d) amended and (3.5), (3.7), (4)(b), (7), (8), and (9) added, (SB 14-050), ch. 1080, p. 1080, § 1, effective August 6. L. 2021: Entire section repealed, (HB 21-1198), ch. 2885, p. 2885, § 7, effective September 7.
(1) Subsection (4)(b) was enacted as subsection (4)(c) in Senate Bill 14-050 but was relettered when the provisions within subsection (4) were relettered and renumbered on revision in 2014 to conform to statutory format.
(2) Subsection (7)(d) provided for the repeal of subsection (7), effective December 31, 2014. (See L. 2014, p. 1080.)
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 25 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-59-106) › HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3.5-1401) › Article 3 - HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3-801) › Part 1 - HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3-131) › Section 25-3-113 - Health-care facility stakeholder forum - creation - membership - duties

(1)
There is hereby created in the department of public health and environment the health care facility stakeholder forum, referred to in this section as the "stakeholder forum". The stakeholder forum must consist of representatives from various types of provider facilities licensed by the department, consumers, consumer advocates, ombudsmen, and other interested parties. The department shall meet at least four times each year with the stakeholder forum to discuss and take into consideration the concerns and issues of interest to the forum members and other attendees regarding the development and implementation of rules and other matters that affect all health-care facilities licensed by the department.
(2)
The members of the stakeholder forum serve on a voluntary basis without compensation and are responsible for noticing, staffing, recording, and reporting the notes from the stakeholder forum meetings. The department shall consider the attendance of its representatives at meetings with the stakeholder forum to be within the normal course of business, with no additional appropriation to or resources from the department required.
(3)
The stakeholder forum and the department shall work to coordinate with, and shall not duplicate the work being done by, established or statutorily authorized advisory committees or working groups on issues related to the development and implementation of rules.
(4)
For purposes of section
24-4-103 (2)
, C.R.S., as amended by House Bill 12-1008, enacted in 2012, the department may use the stakeholder forum described in this section, when appropriate, to serve as the representative group for the department of public health and environment.
L. 2012: Entire section added, (HB 12-1294), ch. 252, p. 1258, § 8, effective June 4.
For the legislative declaration in the 2012 act adding this section, see section 1 of chapter 252, Session Laws of Colorado 2012.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 25 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-59-106) › HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3.5-1401) › Article 3 - HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3-801) › Part 1 - HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3-131) › Section 25-3-114 - [Repealed]

Added by 2013 Ch. 277,§1, eff. 5/24/2013.
L. 2013: Entire section added, (SB 13-225), ch. 277, p. 1444, § 1, effective May 24.
Subsection (5) provided for the repeal of this section, effective August 1, 2015. (See L. 2013, p. 1444.)
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 25 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-59-106) › HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3.5-1401) › Article 3 - HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3-801) › Part 1 - HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3-131) › Section 25-3-116 - Department recognition of national certification - suspension or revocation of recognition

(1)
A hospital that has an accreditation, certification, or designation in stroke or STEMI care from a nationally recognized accrediting body, including a certification as a comprehensive stroke center or primary stroke center by the joint commission or an accreditation as a STEMI receiving center or STEMI referral center by the American College of Cardiology Accreditation Services or its successor organization, may send information and supporting documentation to the department. The department shall make a hospital's national accreditation, certification, or designation available to the public in a manner determined by the department.
(2)
The department shall deem a hospital that is currently accredited, certified, or designated by a nationally recognized accrediting body as satisfying the requirements for recognition and publication by the department. The department may suspend or revoke a recognition and publication of a hospital's accreditation, certification, or designation if the department determines, after notice and hearing in accordance with the "State Administrative Procedure Act", article
4
of title
24
, C.R.S., that the hospital no longer holds an active accreditation, certification, or designation from a nationally recognized certifying body.
(3)
Whether a hospital attains a national accreditation, certification, or designation in stroke or STEMI care has no bearing on, or connection with, the licensing or certification of the hospital by the department pursuant to section
25-1.5-103(1)(a)
.
(4)
Repealed.
Amended by 2017 Ch. 214,§ 2, eff. 5/18/2017.
Added by 2013 Ch. 277,§ 1, eff. 5/24/2013.
L. 2013: Entire section added, (SB 13-225), ch. 277, p. 1448, § 1, effective May 24. L. 2017: (1) amended and (4) repealed, (HB 17-1246), ch. 214, p. 834, § 2, effective May 18.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 25 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-59-106) › HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3.5-1401) › Article 3 - HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3-801) › Part 1 - HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3-131) › Section 25-3-117 - Heart attack database - hospitals to report data on heart attack care

(1)
(a)
A hospital that is accredited by the American College of Cardiology Accreditation Services or its successor organization or any nationally recognized accrediting body as a STEMI receiving center shall report to the heart attack database data that is consistent with nationally recognized guidelines on individuals with confirmed heart attacks within the state. Within thirty days after receiving a quarterly report of a hospital's heart attack data from the heart attack database, a hospital accredited as a STEMI receiving center shall submit the report to the department.
(b)
Hospitals that are recognized as STEMI referral centers pursuant to section
25-3-116
and PCI centers that are not accredited as heart attack receiving centers are encouraged to report data to the heart attack database and provide quarterly database reports to the department.
(2)
(a)
Reports obtained by the department pursuant to this section are:
(I)
Privileged and strictly confidential;
(II)
Not subject to civil subpoena, not discoverable, and not admissible in a civil, criminal, or administrative proceeding against a health-care facility or health-care professional; and
(III)
Not directly available to the public.
(b)
With regard to reports obtained pursuant to this section, the department shall protect the confidentiality of patient records in accordance with state and federal laws and shall not disclose publicly any identifying or proprietary information of any hospital, hospital administrator, health-care professional, or employee.
(3)
The department shall sign a letter of commitment with any nationally recognized body whose reports are provided to the department pursuant to subsection (1)(a) of this section to ensure compliance with the confidentiality requirements and, as part of the letter of commitment, request reporting measures and metrics at the national level for benchmarking purposes.
Added by 2017 Ch. 214,§ 3, eff. 5/18/2017.
L. 2017: Entire section added, (HB 17-1246), ch. 214, p. 835, § 3, effective May 18.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 25 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-59-106) › HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3.5-1401) › Article 3 - HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3-801) › Part 1 - HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3-131) › Section 25-3-118 - Hospital off-campus location - obtain and use unique NPI - definitions

(1)
An off-campus location of a hospital must apply for, obtain, and use on all claims for reimbursement or payment for health-care services provided at the off-campus location submitted on or after January 1, 2020, a unique NPI that is separate and distinct from the hospital's NPI. The off-campus location's unique NPI must be included on any claim for reimbursement or payment for health-care services provided at the off-campus location, regardless of whether the claim is filed or submitted by or through a central office of the hospital or a health-care clearinghouse.
(2)
As used in this section:
(a)
"Health-care clearinghouse" has the same meaning as set forth in
45 CFR 160.103
.
(b)
"NPI" or "national provider identifier" means the standard, unique health identifier for health-care providers that is issued by the national provider system in accordance with
45 CFR 162
.
(c)
"Off-campus location" means a facility:
(I)
Whose operations are directly or indirectly owned or controlled by, in whole or in part, or affiliated with a hospital, regardless of whether the operations are under the same governing body as the hospital;
(II)
That is located more than two hundred fifty yards from the hospital's main campus;
(III)
That provides services that are organizationally and functionally integrated with the hospital; and
(IV)
That is an outpatient facility providing preventive, diagnostic, treatment, or emergency services.
Added by 2018 Ch. 158, § 2, eff. 8/8/2018.
L. 2018: Entire section added, (HB 18-1282), ch. 158, p. 1108, § 2, effective August 8.
For the legislative declaration in HB 18-1282, see section 1 of chapter 158, Session Laws of Colorado 2018.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 25 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-59-106) › HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3.5-1401) › Article 3 - HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3-801) › Part 1 - HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3-131) › Section 25-3-120 - Regulation of surgical smoke - requirement to adopt a policy - definitions - applicability

(1)
On or before May 1, 2021, each hospital with surgical services and each ambulatory surgical center, licensed in accordance with this article 3, shall adopt and implement a policy that prevents human exposure to surgical smoke via the use of a surgical smoke evacuation system during any planned surgical procedure that is likely to generate surgical smoke.
(2)
As used in this section:
(a)
"Surgical smoke" means the gaseous by-product produced by energy-generating devices including surgical plume, smoke plume, bio-aerosols, laser-generated airborne contaminants, or lung-damaging dust.
(b)
"Surgical smoke evacuation system" means equipment designed to capture and neutralize surgical smoke at the point of origin and before the surgical smoke makes contact with the eyes or the respiratory tract of the occupants of a room.
Added by 2019 Ch. 62,§ 1, eff. 8/2/2019 and applicable to all surgical procedures in hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers performed on or after 5/1/2021.
L. 2019: Entire section added, (HB 19-1041), ch. 226, p. 226, § 1, effective August 2.
Section 2 of chapter 62 (HB 19-1041), Session Laws of Colorado 2019, provides that the act adding this section applies to all surgical procedures in hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers performed on or after May 1, 2021.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 25 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-59-106) › HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3.5-1401) › Article 3 - HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3-801) › Part 1 - HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3-131) › Section 25-3-124 - Food donations to nonprofit organizations encouraged

Each hospital is encouraged to donate apparently wholesome food to one or more local nonprofit organizations for distribution to needy or poor individuals.
Added by 2020 Ch. 127,§ 5, eff. 9/14/2020.
L. 2020: Entire section added, (SB 20-090), ch. 550, p. 550, § 5, effective September 14.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 25 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-59-106) › HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3.5-1401) › Article 3 - HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3-801) › Part 1 - HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3-131) › Section 25-3-127 - Emergency room intake data - marijuana use - annual report

The department of public health and environment shall create a de-identified report from hospital and emergency room discharge data of patients, including demographic information regarding patients' age, race, ethnicity, gender, and geographic location, presenting with conditions or a diagnosis that reflects marijuana use, including and identifying if the marijuana use was in conjunction with alcohol or other drugs, and provide that report at the department's presentations to the legislative committees of reference pursuant to section
2-7-203
in 2022, and annually each year thereafter. The report can be produced in conjunction with the report required pursuant to section
30-10-624(2)
.
Added by 2021 Ch. 313,§3, eff. 6/24/2021.
L. 2021: Entire section added, (HB 21-1317), ch. 1913, p. 1913, § 3, effective June 24.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 25 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-59-106) › HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3.5-1401) › Article 3 - HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3-801) › Part 1 - HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3-131) › Section 25-3-129 - Office of saving people money on health care - study - report

(1)
The office of saving people money on health care in the lieutenant governor's office shall study:
(a)
The level of preparedness of health facilities licensed pursuant to section
25-1.5-103
to respond to post-viral illness resulting from the COVID-19 virus;
(b)
The effects of post-viral illness resulting from the COVID-19 virus on the mental, behavioral, and physical health and the financial security of the people of Colorado; and
(c)
The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the cost of health care in Colorado and on the ability of Colorado's public health system to respond to emergencies.
(2)
On or before January 1, 2023, and on or before January 1 each year thereafter, the office of saving people money on health care shall report its findings to the governor.
(3)
The office of saving people money on health care shall coordinate, monitor, and support the efforts to improve the affordability of health care, health outcomes, and public health readiness in state programs and departments.
Added by 2022 Ch. 178,§1, eff. 5/18/2022.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 25 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-59-106) › HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3.5-1401) › Article 3 - HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3-801) › Part 1 - HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3-131) › Section 25-3-131 - Maternal health-care services - discontinuation - required notifications - definition - repeal

(1)
Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, at least ninety days before a hospital providing maternal health-care services or a birth center may discontinue such services, the facility shall provide notice to:
(a)
The department of public health and environment responsible for licensing health facilities pursuant to section 25-3-101;
(b)
The primary care office, created in section 25-1.5-403;
(c)
The governor;
(d)
All patients receiving maternal health-care services at the facility as of the date of the notice;
(e)
All health-care providers that provide maternal health-care services for the facility as of the date of the notice; and
(f)
The general public.
(2)
The notice required in subsection (1) of this section must include:
(a)
A description of the maternal health-care services being discontinued;
(b)
The rate the maternal health-care services had been provided at in the previous year;
(c)
The number and type of health-care providers impacted;
(d)
The proposed plan for transitioning patients to new health-care providers; and
(e)
The proposed plan for transitioning the health-care providers to new positions.
(3)
(a)
In the event of an emergency, a facility shall provide the notice required in subsection (1) of this section on the day a definitive plan for alternative patient care has been arranged or within seven days after the emergency has been identified, whichever is earlier.
(b)
This subsection (3) does not apply in the event of an emergency covered by rules promulgated by the department of public health and environment if such emergency affects the physical space of the facility and necessitates the removal of clients, employees, or contractors from the facility.
(4)
As used in this section:
(a)
"Emergency" means a sudden and unforeseen circumstance or financial impediment that would inhibit a hospital's ability to safely and effectively operate a maternal health-care service.
(b)
"Maternal health-care services" means health-care services provided to an individual regarding care related to the individual's pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum period.
(5)
This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2027.
Added by 2024 Ch. 393,§ 5, eff. 6/4/2024.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 25 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-59-106) › HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3.5-1401) › Article 3 - HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3-801) › Part 2 - MATERNITY HOSPITALS (§ 25-3-201) › Section 25-3-201 - to 25-3-207 - [Repealed]

L. 96: Entire part repealed, p. 561, § 23, effective April 24.
This part 2 was numbered as article 5 of chapter 66, C.R.S. 1963.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 25 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-59-106) › HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3.5-1401) › Article 3 - HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3-801) › Part 3 - COUNTY HOSPITALS - ESTABLISHMENT (§§ 25-3-301 — 25-3-315) › Section 25-3-301 - Establishment of public hospital

(1)
Whenever the board of county commissioners of any county which has a population of at least three thousand is presented with a petition signed by five hundred resident registered qualified electors, or by fifty percent of the resident registered qualified electors of such county, at least two hundred fifty of whom are residents of other than the county seat or town where it is proposed to locate such public hospital, asking that a public hospital board be appointed and that an annual tax be levied for the establishment and maintenance of a public hospital at a place in the county named therein, and which petition shall specify the maximum amount of money proposed to be expended in purchasing or building said hospital, such board of county commissioners shall have the power to create, by resolution, such public hospital board, to levy such tax, and to appropriate to such public hospital board the funds for purchasing or building such hospital and for maintaining the hospital, as well as the power to turn to the control and maintenance of such public hospital board any public or other hospital then being conducted by the board of county commissioners. Said tax shall not exceed three mills on the dollar for each year.
(2)
If it is proposed in such petition, or in a petition later filed with like number of resident registered qualified elector signers, to create an indebtedness of the county for purchasing, erecting, or enlarging of buildings or equipment for such public hospital, then the board of county commissioners shall submit such question in the manner provided by law for creating debt for erecting public buildings and, if the vote authorizes it, shall issue such bonds, so authorized, as the public hospital board requests. In those counties having a population of less than three thousand, a public hospital board may be created by the petition of not less than fifty-one percent of the resident registered qualified electors or two hundred such resident registered qualified electors, regardless of where they live in the county. In such counties, an annual levy of not to exceed five mills on the dollar shall be assessed to purchase, build, and maintain such a county hospital.
L. 43: p. 275, § 1. CSA: C. 78, § 151(1). L. 53: p. 342, § 1. CRS 53: § 66-7-1. C.R.S. 1963: § 66-7-1. L. 70: p. 140, § 9. L. 71: p. 634, § 1.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 25 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-59-106) › HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3.5-1401) › Article 3 - HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3-801) › Part 3 - COUNTY HOSPITALS - ESTABLISHMENT (§§ 25-3-301 — 25-3-315) › Section 25-3-303 - Organization of trustees

(1)
The members of the board of public hospital trustees within ten days after their appointment shall qualify by taking the oath of office. On the second Tuesday of each January, they shall organize and operate as follows:
(a)
Unless otherwise authorized under the provisions of paragraph (b) of this subsection (1), they shall elect one of their number as president, one as vice-president, and one as secretary. No bond shall be required of them. The county treasurer of the county shall be treasurer of the board of trustees and shall receive and pay out all moneys under the control of said board as ordered by it but shall receive no compensation from such board. No trustee shall receive any compensation for services performed but may receive reimbursement for any cash expenditures actually made for personal expenses incurred as such trustee. An itemized statement of all such expenses and money paid out shall be made under oath by such trustee and filed with the secretary and allowed only by the affirmative vote of all the trustees present at a meeting of the board.
(b)
If approved by resolution of the board of county commissioners, the board may organize and operate by electing one of their number as president, one as vice-president, and one as secretary-treasurer. The trustees may appoint an assistant secretary-treasurer from outside the membership of the board of trustees. No bond shall be required of the trustees, except of the secretary-treasurer and assistant secretary-treasurer who shall each file with the board of trustees, at the expense of the hospital, a corporate fidelity bond in an amount not less than ten thousand dollars, conditioned on the faithful performance of the duties of his office. The secretary-treasurer shall receive and pay out all the moneys under the control of the board of trustees as ordered by it. No trustee shall receive any compensation for services performed, but may receive reimbursement for any cash expenditures actually made for personal expenses incurred as such trustee. An itemized statement of all such expenses and money paid out shall be made under oath by such trustee and filed with the secretary-treasurer and allowed only by the affirmative vote of all the trustees present at a meeting of the board.
(2)
For purposes of part 4 of article
6
of title
24
, C.R.S., any board of public hospital trustees created pursuant to section
25-3-302
shall continue to be a local public body, as defined in section
24-6-402(1)(a)
, C.R.S., regardless of whether the hospital governed by such board of trustees is designated an enterprise pursuant to section
25-3-304(3)
.
L. 43: p. 276, § 3. CSA: C. 78, § 151(3). CRS 53: § 66-7-3. C.R.S. 1963: § 66-7-3. L. 73: p. 690, § 1. L. 93: (2) added, p. 1819, § 2, effective June 6.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 25 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-59-106) › HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3.5-1401) › Article 3 - HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3-801) › Part 3 - COUNTY HOSPITALS - ESTABLISHMENT (§§ 25-3-301 — 25-3-315) › Section 25-3-304.5 - Hospital collaborative agreements - additional powers

In addition to the powers specified in section
25-3-304
, the board of trustees of a county public hospital may enter into a collaborative agreement with another county public hospital, health service district, or hospital affiliate in accordance with section
25.5-1-1001
.
Added by 2023 Ch. 343,§ 2, eff. 8/7/2023.
2023 Ch. 343, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 25 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-59-106) › HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3.5-1401) › Article 3 - HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3-801) › Part 3 - COUNTY HOSPITALS - ESTABLISHMENT (§§ 25-3-301 — 25-3-315) › Section 25-3-305 - Vacancies - removal for cause

Vacancies in the board of trustees occasioned by removals, resignations, or otherwise shall be reported to the board of county commissioners and be filled in like manner as original appointments. Any trustee may be removed for cause by the board of county commissioners.
L. 43: p. 278, § 5. CSA: C. 78, § 151(5). CRS 53: § 66-7-5. C.R.S. 1963: § 66-7-5.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 25 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-59-106) › HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3.5-1401) › Article 3 - HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3-801) › Part 3 - COUNTY HOSPITALS - ESTABLISHMENT (§§ 25-3-301 — 25-3-315) › Section 25-3-306 - Right of eminent domain

If the board of public hospital trustees and the owners of any property desired by it for hospital purposes cannot agree as to the price to be paid therefor, said board shall report the facts to the board of county commissioners, and condemnation proceedings shall be instituted by the board of county commissioners and prosecuted in the name of the county wherein such public hospital is to be located.
L. 43: p. 278, § 6. CSA: C. 78, § 151(6). CRS 53: § 66-7-6. C.R.S. 1963: § 66-7-6.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 25 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-59-106) › HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3.5-1401) › Article 3 - HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3-801) › Part 3 - COUNTY HOSPITALS - ESTABLISHMENT (§§ 25-3-301 — 25-3-315) › Section 25-3-307 - Building requirements

No hospital buildings shall be erected or constructed until the plans and specifications have been made therefor and adopted by the board of public hospital trustees and bids advertised for according to law as for other county public buildings. Such hospital may be in more than one unit or set of buildings within the same town or city, or in separate towns or cities, or within adjacent counties, and, if in adjacent counties, upon approval of the respective boards of county commissioners.
L. 43: p. 278, § 7. CSA: C. 78, § 151(7). L. 51: p. 442, § 1. CRS 53: § 66-7-7. C.R.S. 1963: § 66-7-7. L. 73: p. 692, § 3.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 25 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-59-106) › HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3.5-1401) › Article 3 - HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3-801) › Part 3 - COUNTY HOSPITALS - ESTABLISHMENT (§§ 25-3-301 — 25-3-315) › Section 25-3-308 - Improvements, operations, or enlargements

In counties exercising the rights conferred by this part 3, the board of county commissioners may appropriate money from its general fund, in addition to the tax for the hospital fund provided for in section
25-3-301
, in an amount that the board of county commissioners deems appropriate for the improvement, operation, or enlargement of any public hospital so established.
Amended by 2023 Ch. 54, § 4, eff. 8/7/2023.
L. 43: p. 278, § 8. CSA: C. 78, § 151(8). CRS 53: § 66-7-8. C.R.S. 1963: § 66-7-8.
2023 Ch. 54, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 25 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-59-106) › HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3.5-1401) › Article 3 - HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3-801) › Part 3 - COUNTY HOSPITALS - ESTABLISHMENT (§§ 25-3-301 — 25-3-315) › Section 25-3-309 - Hospital fees

Every hospital established under this part 3 is for the benefit of the inhabitants of the county and of any person falling sick or who is injured or maimed within its limits. Every inhabitant or person who is not indigent shall pay to the board of public hospital trustees or to the officer it designates for the county public hospital reasonable compensation for occupancy, nursing, laboratories, care, medicine, or attendants according to rules prescribed by the board in order to render the use of the hospital of the greatest benefit to the greatest number.
Amended by 2018 Ch. 65,§ 3, eff. 8/8/2018.
L. 43: p. 278, § 9. CSA: C. 78, § 151(9). CRS 53: § 66-7-9. C.R.S. 1963: § 66-7-9. L. 2018: Entire section amended, (HB 18-1142), ch. 65, p. 618, § 3, effective August 8.
For the legislative declaration in HB 18-1142, see section 1 of chapter 65, Session Laws of Colorado 2018.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 25 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-59-106) › HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3.5-1401) › Article 3 - HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3-801) › Part 3 - COUNTY HOSPITALS - ESTABLISHMENT (§§ 25-3-301 — 25-3-315) › Section 25-3-310 - Rules and regulations

(1)
When such hospital is established, the physicians, nurses, attendants, persons sick therein, and persons approaching or coming within the limits of same and all buildings and grounds of such hospital and all furniture and other articles used or brought there shall be subject to such rules and regulations as said public hospital board may prescribe.
(2)
Said public hospital board may exclude from the use of such hospital any inhabitants and persons who willfully violate such rules and regulations. The board may extend the privileges and use of such hospital to persons residing outside of such county upon such terms and conditions as said board may from time to time by its rules and regulations prescribe.
L. 43: p. 279, § 10. CSA: C. 78, § 151(10). CRS 53: § 66-7-10. C.R.S. 1963: § 66-7-10.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 25 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-59-106) › HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3.5-1401) › Article 3 - HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3-801) › Part 3 - COUNTY HOSPITALS - ESTABLISHMENT (§§ 25-3-301 — 25-3-315) › Section 25-3-311 - Donations permitted

Any person, firm, organization, corporation, or society desiring to make donations of money, personal property, or real estate for the benefit of such public hospital shall have the right to vest title of the money, personal property, or real estate so donated in said county, to be controlled, when accepted, by the board of public hospital trustees according to the terms of the deed, gift, devise, or bequest of such property.
L. 43: p. 279, § 11. CSA: C. 78, § 151(11). CRS 53: § 66-7-11. C.R.S. 1963: § 66-7-11. L. 83: Entire section amended, p. 2050, § 16, effective October 14.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 25 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-59-106) › HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3.5-1401) › Article 3 - HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3-801) › Part 3 - COUNTY HOSPITALS - ESTABLISHMENT (§§ 25-3-301 — 25-3-315) › Section 25-3-312 - Training school for nurses

The board of trustees of such county public hospital may establish and maintain, in connection therewith and as a part of said public hospital, a training school for nurses.
L. 43: p. 279, § 12. CSA: C. 78, § 151(12). CRS 53: § 66-7-12. C.R.S. 1963: § 66-7-12.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 25 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-59-106) › HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3.5-1401) › Article 3 - HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3-801) › Part 3 - COUNTY HOSPITALS - ESTABLISHMENT (§§ 25-3-301 — 25-3-315) › Section 25-3-313 - Lease of hospital

The public hospital board having control of such hospital after its establishment and turning over to its management may in its discretion rent or lease the said hospital, for such rental and for such term as it deems reasonable and proper, to any corporation not for pecuniary profit duly organized under the laws of the state of Colorado for the purpose of conducting a hospital.
L. 43: p. 279, § 13. CSA: C. 78, § 151(13). CRS 53: § 66-7-13. C.R.S. 1963: § 66-7-13.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 25 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-59-106) › HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3.5-1401) › Article 3 - HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3-801) › Part 3 - COUNTY HOSPITALS - ESTABLISHMENT (§§ 25-3-301 — 25-3-315) › Section 25-3-314 - Charge for professional services

Any hospital which is owned by a county, or by a city and county, having a population in excess of two hundred fifty thousand persons and which is a teaching hospital duly accredited as such by the joint commission on accreditation of hospitals and by the council on medical education of the American medical association may employ physicians and surgeons licensed to practice medicine in the state of Colorado for the performance of professional services in such hospital or in any related outpatient facility which is owned by such county or city and county. Charges for the services so rendered by any such physician or surgeon, excluding professional trainees, may be collected through the medium of such hospital in the name of the physician or surgeon and, upon collection, may be placed in a medical practice fund to be established, maintained, and used by such hospital solely for the purpose of payment of compensation to the physicians and surgeons so employed and for the payment of consultation fees to other physicians and surgeons not so employed, or directly to physicians and surgeons who are directly engaged in medical research or medical education.
L. 67: p. 306, § 1. C.R.S. 1963: § 66-7-14. L. 94: Entire section amended, p. 671, § 4, effective April 19.
2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 25 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (§§ 25-1-101 — 25-59-106) › HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3.5-1401) › Article 3 - HOSPITALS (§§ 25-3-100.5 — 25-3-801) › Part 3 - COUNTY HOSPITALS - ESTABLISHMENT (§§ 25-3-301 — 25-3-315) › Section 25-3-315 - Records of hospital

For purposes of part 2 of article
72
of title
24
, C.R.S., the records of any hospital established pursuant to this part 3 shall continue to be public records, as defined in section
24-72-202(6)
, C.R.S., regardless of whether such hospital is designated as an enterprise pursuant to section
25-3-304(3)
.
L. 93: Entire section added, p. 1819, § 3, effective June 6.