HB 1107 CO Became Law
Health Care in Regulated Facilities
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Summary
The bill requires the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to create a standardized information disclosure form for dementia care facilities by July 1, 2027. The form must disclose information about staff training requirements, restraint guidelines, security procedures, and criteria for resident placement or discharge. Starting October 1, 2027, dementia care facilities must complete the form accurately, provide it to individuals seeking care, keep it current, publish it on their website, and maintain a physical copy for inspection. Facilities that fail to maintain or produce the form upon request during inspections are subject to citations.
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Official abstract
The act establishes information disclosure requirements for a licensed facility that offers on-site and residential services for individuals with dementia and dementia-related conditions, including Alzheimer's disease ('dementia care facility' or 'facility'). The act requires the department of public health and environment (department), in consultation with the state long-term care ombudsman or the ombudsman's designee, to create a dementia care services information form (form) by July 1, 2027. The form must include certain specified fields for the disclosure of information regarding a dementia care facility's dementia care services, including the facility's:Dementia training requirements for staff that are in addition to statutory training requirements;Guidelines for using restraints;Security features and procedures for addressing the needs of residents with dementia; andCriteria and processes to determine placement, transfer, or discharge of residents living with dementia. The department may review and update the form to ensure that it facilitates the disclosure of the required information. After creating or updating the form, the department must provide the form to every dementia care facility in the state. A dementia care facility must complete the form with responsive, accurate, and complete information regarding the facility's dementia care services. Beginning October 1, 2027, every dementia care facility shall:Provide its completed form to every individual who contacts the facility seeking dementia care services;Review and update the form when the facility's information changes to ensure the information on the form is current, complete, and correct;Publish the facility's current completed form on the facility's website; andMaintain on the facility's premises and have available for inspection a copy of the facility's current completed form, and produce the form upon request by the department during a survey or inspection of the facility. The act requires the department to issue a citation to a facility that fails to maintain on its premises and have available for inspection its completed form or that fails to produce the form upon request by the department during a survey or inspection. The department may adopt rules, as necessary, to implement the act's requirements concerning the form; except that the rules adopted by the department must not exceed applicable national standards. The department may use money from the assisted living residence improvement cash fund for the purposes of creating the form and adopting related rules.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Sponsors (3)
- L. Feret Democratic · sponsor
- A. Paschal Democratic · sponsor
- L. Cutter Democratic · sponsor
17 coauthors / cosponsors
- J. Bacon Democratic · cosponsor
- A. Boesenecker Democratic · cosponsor
- K. Brown Democratic · cosponsor
- M. Duran Democratic · cosponsor
- E. Hamrick Democratic · cosponsor
- M. Lindsay Democratic · cosponsor
- B. Marshall Democratic · cosponsor
- J. McCluskie Democratic · cosponsor
- K. Nguyen Democratic · cosponsor
- G. Rydin Democratic · cosponsor
- E. Sirota Democratic · cosponsor
- T. Story Democratic · cosponsor
- S. Woodrow Democratic · cosponsor
- J. Coleman Democratic · cosponsor
- I. Jodeh Democratic · cosponsor
- C. Kipp Democratic · cosponsor
- W. Lindstedt Democratic · cosponsor
Action history (14)
- May 4, 2026 Governor Signed · executive
- May 1, 2026 Sent to the Governor · executive
- May 1, 2026 Signed by the President of the Senate · upper
- May 1, 2026 Signed by the Speaker of the House · lower
- Apr 7, 2026 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · upper
- Feb 18, 2026 House Committee on Health & Human Services Lay Over Amended · lower
- Apr 6, 2026 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments · upper
- Apr 1, 2026 Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole · upper
- Mar 17, 2026 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services · upper
- Mar 12, 2026 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · lower
- Mar 11, 2026 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee, Floor · lower
- Mar 9, 2026 House Committee on Finance Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole · lower
- Feb 25, 2026 House Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Finance · lower
- Feb 3, 2026 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Human Services · lower
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