§ 25-1.5-404 — Primary care office - powers and duties - rules

Colorado § 25-1.5-404

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 25: Public
• Art.: Powers and Duties of the Department

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(1) The primary
care office has, at a minimum, the following powers and duties:

(a) To assess the health-care professional, geriatric advanced practice
provider, and behavioral health-care professional needs of areas throughout the
state and create and administer state-designated health professional shortage
areas in accordance with state board rules adopted under this subsection (1)(a)
establishing state-specific methodologies for designating areas experiencing a
shortage of health-care professionals, geriatric advanced practice providers, or
behavioral health-care providers. The primary care office shall coordinate with the
department of health care policy and financing in developing the health
professional shortage area designation methodologies and in drafting rules under
this subsection (1)(a).

(b) To apply to the United States department of health and human services,
when appropriate, for designation of communities in the state as medically
underserved areas, medically underserved populations, or health professional
shortage areas or as any other designations necessary to participate in a federal
program to address health-care professional shortages;

(c) To maximize the placement of health-care professionals who serve
communities designated as medically underserved areas, medically underserved
populations, or health professional shortage areas, or any other communities
eligible for participation in a federal, state, or private program to address health-care professional shortages, for the purpose of qualifying said communities for
increased reimbursements, grants, and health-care professional placements;

(d) To administer the Colorado health service corps pursuant to part 5 of this
article;

(e) To administer or provide technical assistance to participants in applicable
federal programs intended to address health-care professional shortages, including
the Conrad 30 J-1 visa waiver program, the national interest waiver program, and
the national health service corps. The state board may promulgate rules as
necessary for the administration of these programs and shall establish by rule
application fees for the Conrad 30 J-1 visa waiver program and the national interest
waiver program. The primary care office shall transfer the fee amounts collected to
the state treasurer for crediting to the visa waiver program fund established in
section 25-1.5-405.

(f) To seek and accept public or private gifts, grants, or donations to apply to
the costs incurred in fulfilling the duties specified in this section and otherwise
administering the programs within the office;

(g) To administer nursing and health-care professional faculty loan
repayment pursuant to part 5 of this article;

(h) To develop and administer the practice-based health education grant
program as described in section 25-1.5-407; and

(i) With the governor's office of information technology, to work through the
government data advisory board, created in section 24-37.5-702, to determine
data-sharing agreements that integrate data collected by the state under existing
authorities that may inform the analysis of need, allocation of resources, and
evaluation of performance of state-administered or state-financed health
workforce planning or development initiatives.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2013: Entire part added with relocations, (HB 13-1074), ch. 150, p. 481, � 1, effective August 7. L. 2018: (1)(a) amended, (SB 18-024), ch. 222, p. 1411, � 3, effective July 1. L. 2021: (1)(a) amended, (SB 21-158), ch. 427, p. 2832, � 7, effective September 7. L. 2022: (1)(f) amended and (1)(h) and (1)(i) added, (SB 22-226), ch. 179, p. 1186, � 3, effective May 18.