(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.
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.
The stakeholder forum and the department shall work to coordinate with, and shallnot 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.
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.
Source: L. 2012: Entire section added, (HB 12-1294), ch. 252, p. 1258, § 8, effective June 4.
Cross references: For the legislative declaration in the 2012 act adding this section, see section 1 of chapter 252, Session Laws of Colorado 2012.