Rule making - Designation and Maintaining Psychiatric & Residential Treatment Facilities December 14, 2018

November 6, 2018

The Department of Health Care Policy and Financing - Medical Services will be holding a rulemaking hearing on Friday, December 14th, 2018, 9:00 am on rules regarding Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facili. The hearing will be held at: 303 East 17th Avenue, 11th Floor, Denver CO 80203.

The purpose of this rulemaking is: 

The Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility (PRTF) and Residential Child Care Facility 
(RCCF) rule section at 10 C.C.R. 2505-10, Section 8.765, requires an update to reflect the 
most current diagnostic manual, agency names, statutory references, State Plan 
Amendments, assessment tools, and federal requirements concerning restraint and 
seclusion. To align the rule with current practice, the update also identifies the Colorado 
Department of Human Services' (CDHS) Office of Behavioral Health (OBH) as the agency 
responsible for designating and licensing RCCFs and the requirement that PRTFs be certified 
by CDHS has been removed. Finally, the update includes a provision conerning RCCFs' ability 
to enroll as a separate provider type to render medically necessary services not included in 
the RCCF benefit. While this has always been the case, it is not specified in the current rule.

If you believe there will be a significant negative impact on small business, job creation or economic competitiveness, you may request that the Department of Regulatory Agencies require the rulemaking agency to prepare a cost-benefit analysis of a proposed rule or amendment. This request must be made to the Department of Regulatory Agencies by Thursday, November 15th, 2018.

You may also submit comments directly to the rulemaking agency for the agency's consideration during the upcoming rulemaking hearing.