C.R.S. Section 25-3-123
Mental health facility pilot program

  • establishment
  • rules
  • definitions

(1)

As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a)

“Mental health facility” means a facility approved to participate in the pilot program pursuant to subsection (2) of this section.

(b)

“Pilot program” means the mental health facility pilot program established pursuant to this section.

(2)

There is established in the department the mental health facility pilot program to authorize not more than two entities to participate in a three-year pilot program to allow individuals with either a physical health diagnosis or significant mental health diagnosis to reside in a facility that treats both the physical and mental health issues and provides additional services to help the individual transition to independent living.

(3)

On or before October 1, 2019, the department shall develop an application for interested entities to apply to be authorized as a mental health facility. The application must require the applicant to show, at a minimum, that it:

(a)

Is serving individuals with physical or mental or both physical and mental health diagnoses;

(b)

Offers staff secure environments rather than physically secure spaces;

(c)

Has the capability to provide integrated services with community medical and behavioral health providers;

(d)

Has sufficient staffing levels of licensed nurses, nursing assistants, and occupational and recreational professionals;

(e)

Has a partnership with either an acute care hospital or psychiatric hospital and with a skilled nursing facility, so it has the ability to transfer an individual in need of a higher level of care;

(f)

Demonstrates a collaborative relationship with the hospital, including consultation and treatment plan support, one-on-one staffing support, and ongoing training for staff at the mental health facility;

(g)

Is in a community that has resources to support community engagement to move an individual to less restrictive environments as an individual progresses;

(h)

Demonstrates cost savings or cost neutrality for the state medical assistance program;

(i)

Is willing and able to contribute at least one-third of the increased costs that the applicant will incur due to the pilot program and has identified sources for the other two-thirds; and

(j)

Is willing to prepare reports on the pilot program.

(4)

On or before February 1, 2020, the department shall select up to two applicants to become mental health facilities under the pilot program; except that, if more than one applicant is selected:

(a)

One selected applicant must be in a community with a population of over one hundred thousand and one selected applicant must be in a community with a population of under one hundred thousand unless there is no qualified applicant from such a community;

(b)

Both selected applicants must not be located in the same city unless the only qualified applicants are from a single city; and

(c)

Both selected applicants must not be assisted living facilities.

(5)

The department is authorized to adopt rules to implement the pilot program.

(6)

The state long-term care ombudsman office, established pursuant to section 26-11.5-104, has access to the premises and residents of a mental health facility during reasonable hours for the purposes set out in the federal “Older Americans Act of 1965”.

Source: Section 25-3-123 — Mental health facility pilot program - establishment - rules - definitions, 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
Green check means up to date. Up to date

Current through Fall 2024

§ 25-3-123’s source at colorado​.gov