Section 27-65-130 - Advisory board - created - service standards and rules(1)(a) An advisory board, referred to in this section as the "board", is established for the purpose of assisting and advising the commissioner in accordance with subsection (2) of this section in the development of service standards and rules. The board consists of no fewer than eleven but not more than fifteen members appointed by the governor, as follows: (I) One representative from the the department of human services;(II) One representative from the BHA;(III) One representative from the department of public health and environment;(IV) One representative from the university of Colorado health sciences center;(V) One representative from a leading professional association of psychiatrists in this state;(VI) One member representing proprietary skilled health-care facilities;(VII) One member representing nonprofit health-care facilities;(VIII) One member representing the Colorado bar association;(IX) One member representing consumers of services for persons with mental health disorders;(X) One member representing families of persons with mental health disorders;(XI) One member representing children's health-care facilities; and(XII) Other persons from both the private and the public sectors who are recognized or known to be interested and informed in the area of the board's purpose and function.(b) In making appointments to the board, the governor is encouraged to include representation by at least one member who is a person with a disability, as defined in section 24-34-301, a family member of a person with a disability, or a member of an advocacy group for persons with disabilities, provided that the other requirements of this section are met.(2) The advisory board is responsible for recommending standards and rules relevant to the provisions of this article 65 for the programs of mental health services to those patients in any health-care facility that has either separate facilities for the care, treatment, and rehabilitation of persons with mental health disorders or those health-care facilities that have as the health-care facility's only purpose the care and treatment of such persons.Amended by 2023 Ch. 269,§ 13, eff. 5/25/2023.Amended by 2022 Ch. 451, § 1, eff. 8/10/2022.Amended by 2022 Ch. 222, § 124, eff. 7/1/2022.Amended by 2022 Ch. 2, § 93, eff. 2/25/2022.Amended by 2017 Ch. 263, § 243, eff. 5/25/2017.L. 2010: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 10 -175), ch. 188, p. 700, § 2, effective April 29. L. 2017: Entire section amended, (SB 17-242), ch. 263, p. 1348, § 243, effective May 25.This section is similar to former § 27-10-128 as it existed prior to 2010.
2022 Ch. 451, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3). For the legislative declaration in SB 17-242, see section 1 of chapter 263, Session Laws of Colorado 2017.