This document is in response to House Bill 1294 enacted by the General Assembly during the 2012 legislative session. By December 31, 2012, the Department of Public Health and Environment, the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing, and the Department of Human Services shall develop an implementation plan, in consultation with industry representatives, to resolve differing requirements and to eliminate obsolete, redundant rules and reporting, monitoring, compliance, auditing certification, licensing, and work processes pertaining to the regulation of community residential homes.
This document defines the elements of a quality school-based health center. Those who participated in its development value the approach of locating the delivery of health care to children and adolescents in schools, and intend for these quality standards to foster a healthy, sustainable future for this approach.
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has agreed to the following guidelines to conduct inspections to minimize biosecurity risks to the animals in housed commercial swine feeding operations. These guidelines are necessary because state and local inspectors present an element of disease risk due to their other professional duties that may involve livestock. These guidelines are meant to reduce risk and yet allow inspectors to accomplish a meaningful inspection of a housed commercial swine feeding operation. These guidelines apply if the inspector enters the operation, not if the inspector remains outside of the property boundary of the operation.
Recent years have presented many significant changes and opportunities for population health. Although Colorado has had great success in protecting environmental quality and population health, not all residents have the same opportunities to reach their best health or live in the healthiest environment. This plan elevates a shared vision and shared strategies on several key issues. It focuses in two flagship priority areas: obesity and mental health/substance abuse, issues that have been identified as public health priorities in most communities across the state. It also is intended to guide efforts to address the critical issues of health care access and coverage, marijuana and public health infrastructure and capacity. The priorities and objectives outlined in this plan are intended to provide support, guidance, and focus for public health activities throughout the state. Reaching these targets requires a statewide initiative, and success is possible only through strategic and coordinated state, regional and local efforts.
The Colorado SIM Operational Plan charts a path to achieving Colorado SIM's overarching goal: to improve the health of Coloradans by providing access to integrated physical and behavioral health care services in coordinated community systems, with value-based payment structures, for 80 percent of Colorado residents by 2019. The SIM Operational Plan outlines Colorado's four-pillar approach to innovation: 1) providing access to integrated primary care and behavioral health services in coordinated community systems; 2) applying value-based payment structures; 3) expanding information technology efforts, including telehealth; and 4) finalizing a statewide plan to improve population health. The plan leverages practice transformation, payment reform, health information technology (HIT), and public health efforts to build upon the success of existing initiatives like the Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative (CPCI) and the Medicaid Accountable Care Collaborative (ACC).
This manual provides detailed methodology for the three most common sampling approaches used by the Agricultural Chemicals & Groundwater Protection Program for its monitoring responsibilities: monitoring well sampling with either a peristaltic pump or pneumatic bladder pump, and sampling of domestic or irrigation wells. It is expected that all field personnel have reviewed and learned the methodology contained within this manual before attempting to conduct sampling events in the field.
The State of Colorado is rapidly emerging as a leader in the electric vehicle (EV) market. According to the ZEV Sales Dashboard, as of August 2017 there were 11,238 EVs in Colorado. Over the first eight months of 2017, EV sales were up 73% over the same period in 2016. Battery electric vehicles (BEV) comprised 70% of total EV sales with plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) making up the remainder. With increased adoption, the State of Colorado stands to reap significant air quality benefits. Under the Colorado EV Market Implementation Study's high growth rate projection, by 2030 Colorado could have close to one million EVs on the road.7 By achieving this growth rate, Colorado could experience an annual reduction of ozone forming pollutants estimated at 800 tons of nitrogen oxide (NOx), 800 tons of volatile organic compounds (VOC), and up to 3 million tons of GHG.
Certain types of algae blooms can produce toxins that can be harmful to humans and animals. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) designed this toolkit to assist recreational water managers in assessing their water bodies for potential health impacts of toxic algae. This algae bloom risk-management toolkit is not a standard or regulation, nor does it create new legal obligations. The toolkit was created as a supplement to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s revised recommended recreational guidelines for 2019 (US EPA, 2019). The toolkit is advisory in nature, informational in content, and contains specific response steps intended to assist in the management of recreational waters to protect public health.
