C.R.S. Section 25-3-115
Stroke advisory board

  • creation
  • membership
  • duties
  • report
  • definition
  • repeal

(1)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a)

There is created in the department the stroke advisory board, the purpose of which is to evaluate potential strategies for stroke prevention and treatment and develop a statewide needs assessment identifying relevant resources. The governor shall appoint eighteen members to the stroke advisory board as follows:

(I)

Six physicians who are actively involved in stroke care and who satisfy the following criteria: One physician who is board-certified in primary care; one physician who is board-certified in vascular neurology; one physician who is privileged and actively practicing interventional neuroradiology; one physician who is board-certified in neurosurgery; one physician representing a statewide chapter of emergency physicians; and one physician who is a board-certified neurologist serving patients in a rural area of the state;

(II)

One member representing a statewide association of physicians;

(III)

One member representing a statewide hospital association;

(IV)

One member who is an emergency medical service provider, as defined in section 25-3.5-103 (8);

(V)

One member who is a registered nurse involved in stroke care;

(VI)

One hospital administrator from a hospital located in a rural area of the state;

(VII)

One hospital administrator from a hospital located in an urban area of the state;

(VIII)

One representative from a stroke rehabilitation facility;

(IX)

One member who is a Colorado resident representing a national association whose goal is to eliminate cardiovascular disease and stroke;

(X)

One member who is a Colorado resident representing a national stroke association;

(XI)

One member who is a physical or occupational therapist actively involved in stroke care;

(XII)

One member of the public who has suffered a stroke or is the caregiver of a person who has suffered a stroke; and

(XIII)

One member who is an expert in stroke database management.

(b)

The executive director of the department or the executive director’s designee shall serve as an ex officio member of the stroke advisory board.

(c)

Members of the stroke advisory board serve without compensation and are not entitled to reimbursement of expenses incurred in serving on or performing duties of the advisory board.

(2)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a)

The stroke advisory board shall study and make recommendations for developing a statewide plan to improve quality of care for stroke patients. In conducting the study, the stroke advisory board shall explore the following issues, without limitation:

(I)

Creation of a state database or registry consisting of data on stroke care that mirrors the data hospitals submit to nationally recognized organizations;

(II)

Access to aggregated stroke data, which must exclude any identifying or confidential information about the reporting hospital or patients treated by the hospital, from a state database that may be developed or from a nationally recognized organization by the advisory board, by any person who submits a written request for the data;

(III)

Evaluation of currently available stroke treatments and the development of recommendations, based on medical evidence, for ways to improve stroke prevention and treatment;

(IV)

A plan that would encourage rural and urban hospitals to coordinate services for the necessary referral or receipt of patients requiring stroke care in the state; and

(V)

The criteria used by nationally recognized bodies for designating a hospital in stroke care and whether a designation is appropriate or needed to assure access to the best quality care for Colorado residents with stroke events.

(b)

By January 31, 2014, and by each January 1 thereafter, the stroke advisory board shall submit a report specifying its findings and recommendations to the health and human services committee of the senate, the health, insurance, and environment committee of the house of representatives, or their successor committees, and the department. The stroke advisory board shall include in its report a recommendation on whether a designation of a hospital in stroke care is appropriate or needed to assure access to the best quality care for Colorado residents with stroke events.

(3)

The stroke advisory board may accept and expend, subject to appropriation by the general assembly, gifts, grants, and donations to pay the stroke advisory board’s direct expenses. The stroke advisory board shall transmit any monetary gifts, grants, or donations it receives to the state treasurer for deposit in the health facilities general licensure cash fund.

(3.5)

The department staff is not required to provide any financial support or perform any administrative duties related to the operation of the stroke advisory board.

(4)

As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires, “department” means the department of public health and environment.

(5)

This section is repealed, effective September 1, 2028. Prior to the repeal, the department of regulatory agencies shall review the functions of the stroke advisory board in accordance with section 2-3-1203, C.R.S.

Source: Section 25-3-115 — Stroke advisory board - creation - membership - duties - report - definition - repeal, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-25.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

25‑3‑100.5
Definitions
25‑3‑101
Hospitals - health facilities - licensed - definitions
25‑3‑102
License - application - issuance - certificate of compliance required - rules
25‑3‑102.1
Deemed status for certain facilities
25‑3‑102.5
Nursing facilities - consumer satisfaction survey - pilot survey
25‑3‑103
License denial or revocation - provisional license - rules
25‑3‑103.1
Health facilities general licensure cash fund
25‑3‑103.5
Nondiscrimination - hospital surgical privileges - hospital rules and regulations
25‑3‑103.7
Employment of physicians - when permissible - conditions - definitions - repeal
25‑3‑104
Reports
25‑3‑105
License - fee - rules - performance incentive system - penalty
25‑3‑106
Unincorporated associations
25‑3‑107
Disciplinary actions reported to Colorado medical board or podiatry board
25‑3‑108
Receivership
25‑3‑109
Quality management functions - confidentiality and immunity
25‑3‑110
Emergency contraception - definitions
25‑3‑111
Authentication of verbal orders - hospital policies or bylaws
25‑3‑113
Health-care facility stakeholder forum - creation - membership - duties
25‑3‑115
Stroke advisory board - creation - membership - duties - report - definition - repeal
25‑3‑116
Department recognition of national certification - suspension or revocation of recognition
25‑3‑117
Heart attack database - hospitals to report data on heart attack care
25‑3‑118
Hospital off-campus location - obtain and use unique NPI - definitions
25‑3‑119
Freestanding emergency departments - required notices - disclosures - rules - definitions
25‑3‑120
Regulation of surgical smoke - requirement to adopt a policy - definitions - applicability
25‑3‑121
Health-care facilities - emergency and nonemergency services - required disclosures - balance billing - deceptive trade practice - rules - definitions
25‑3‑122
Out-of-network facilities - emergency medical services - billing - payment - deceptive trade practice
25‑3‑123
Mental health facility pilot program - establishment - rules - definitions
25‑3‑124
Food donations to nonprofit organizations encouraged
25‑3‑125
Visitation rights - hospital patients - residents in nursing care facilities or assisted living residences - limitations - definitions - short title
25‑3‑126
Health facilities - requirements related to labor and childbirth - rules - definitions
25‑3‑127
Emergency room intake data - marijuana use - annual report
25‑3‑128
Hospitals - nurses, nurse aides, and EMS providers - staffing requirements - enforcement - waiver - rules - definitions
25‑3‑129
Office of saving people money on health care - study - report
25‑3‑130
Intimate examination of sedated or unconscious patient - informed consent required - rules - definitions
25‑3‑301
Establishment of public hospital
25‑3‑302
Board of trustees
25‑3‑303
Organization of trustees
25‑3‑304
Trustees - powers and duties
25‑3‑304.5
Hospital collaborative agreements - additional powers
25‑3‑305
Vacancies - removal for cause
25‑3‑306
Right of eminent domain
25‑3‑307
Building requirements
25‑3‑308
Improvements, operations, or enlargements
25‑3‑309
Hospital fees
25‑3‑310
Rules and regulations
25‑3‑311
Donations permitted
25‑3‑312
Training school for nurses
25‑3‑313
Lease of hospital
25‑3‑314
Charge for professional services
25‑3‑315
Records of hospital
25‑3‑401
Department to administer plan
25‑3‑403
Department to administer federal mental health construction funds
25‑3‑601
Definitions
25‑3‑602
Health facility reports - advisory committee - creation - duties
25‑3‑603
Department reports
25‑3‑604
Privacy
25‑3‑605
Confidentiality
25‑3‑606
Penalties
25‑3‑607
Regulatory oversight
25‑3‑701
Short title
25‑3‑703
Hospital report card - rules - exemption
25‑3‑704
Fees
25‑3‑705
Health-care charge transparency - hospital charge report - definitions
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Current through Fall 2024

§ 25-3-115’s source at colorado​.gov