As used in this part 11, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) Clinical health professions graduate degree program means a program of study that prepares graduate students to become health-care professionals.
(2) Clinical health professions graduate student or student means a clinical health professions graduate student studying at a participating institution of higher education who is training as an advanced practice provider; dentist; nurse; occupational therapist; pharmacist; physical therapist; physician, including a medical doctor or doctor of osteopathy; psychologist; social worker; or speech-language therapist.
(3) Colorado multidisciplinary health-care provider access training program or program means the Colorado multidisciplinary health-care provider access training program created in section 23-21-1103.
(4) Colorado multidisciplinary health-care provider access training program advisory committee or committee means the Colorado multidisciplinary health-care provider access training program advisory committee created in section 23-21-1104.
(5) Participating Colorado institution of higher education means a private or public institution of higher education that offers clinical health professions graduate degree programs and participates in the Colorado multidisciplinary health-care provider access training program.
Source: L. 2023: Entire part added, (SB 23-031), ch. 344, p. 2062, � 1, effective June 5.
23-21-1103. Colorado multidisciplinary health-care provider access training program - created. (1) There is created the Colorado multidisciplinary health-care provider access training program located at the university of Colorado Anschutz medical campus. The purpose of the program is to develop, implement, and administer geriatric training opportunities that will attract clinical health professions graduate students from participating Colorado institutions of higher education who are studying in the graduate fields of advanced practice provider programs; dentistry; medicine, including osteopathic medicine; nursing; occupational therapy; pharmacy; physical therapy; psychology; social work; or speech-language therapy to geriatric training opportunities.
(2) (a) Beginning in state fiscal year 2024-25, the committee, program chair appointed pursuant to section 23-21-1104 (2)(a), or the program chair's designee, and participating institutions of higher education throughout Colorado shall select two clinical health professions graduate students per year from each field of study described in subsection (2)(b) of this section to participate in the program's geriatric clinical training opportunities. The committee, in collaboration with the participating institutions of higher education, shall place students in geriatric clinical settings for hands-on experiential training. The committee shall create a rotation schedule to allow students enrolled in participating institutions of higher education that offer the same clinical health professions graduate degree programs to participate in the program's clinical training opportunities.
(b) Two students from each of the following fields of study are included in the program:
(I) Advanced practice provider programs;
(II) Dentistry;
(III) Medicine;
(IV) Nursing;
(V) Occupational therapy;
(VI) Osteopathic medicine;
(VII) Pharmacy;
(VIII) Physical therapy;
(IX) Psychology;
(X) Social work; and
(XI) Speech-language therapy.
(3) The program is encouraged to provide updated training each year for students, geriatric-trained faculty, and health-care providers to review new patient-centered geriatric approaches, innovations, technologies, new clinical health-care processes to care for older adults, team training exercises, and leadership training.
(4) The program chair, or the program chair's designee, shall collaborate with participating institutions of higher education and health-care providers to place students in geriatric clinical settings for hands-on experiential training.
(5) The program chair, or the program chair's designee, shall award a certificate to a student who successfully completes the program. The program chair, or the program chair's designee, shall issue a letter to a student who successfully completes the program authorizing the student to become a trainer for the program in a clinic in the state.
(6) The program chair, or the program chair's designee, shall gather data on the following:
(a) The number of students participating in the program from each participating institution of higher education;
(b) The number of students who successfully complete the program;
(c) The subsequent locations and job placements of program graduates;
(d) The number of program graduates who become trainers; and
(e) The description of facilities where program graduates become trainers.
Source: L. 2023: Entire part added, (SB 23-031), ch. 344, p. 2063, � 1, effective June 5.
23-21-1104. Colorado multidisciplinary health-care provider access training program advisory committee - created - training. (1) (a) There is created the Colorado multidisciplinary health-care access training program advisory committee to ensure that training for the program is consistent and collaborative across university departments, participating institutions of higher education, and health-care communities.
(b) On or before July 1, 2023, the committee shall convene and consist of the program chair appointed pursuant to subsection (2)(a) of this section and members including but not limited to one representative from:
(I) An advanced practice provider program;
(II) A department of psychology;
(III) A nursing program;
(IV) An occupational therapy program;
(V) A physical therapy program;
(VI) A school of dental medicine;
(VII) A school of medicine;
(VIII) A school of osteopathic medicine;
(IX) A school of pharmacy;
(X) A social work program; and
(XI) A speech-language therapy program.
(2) (a) On or before December 1, 2023, the committee shall:
(I) Appoint a program chair;
(II) Set the program's standards for training and delivery of medical care to medically complex, costly, compromised, and vulnerable older Coloradans;
(III) Establish the requirements for the program; and
(IV) Identify and invite private or public institutions of higher education that offer appropriate clinical health professions graduate degree programs to become participating institutions of higher education.
(b) In addition to the duties set forth in subsection (2)(a) of this section, the committee shall:
(I) Collaborate with the program chair, or the program chair's designee, and participating institutions of higher education to select students who have an interest in geriatric care to participate in the program;
(II) Analyze the data collected in section 23-21-1103 (6);
(III) Build a multidisciplinary network of trained geriatric clinicians to collaborate and provide opportunities for clinicians to work together to better understand the roles of each health-care discipline in urban, rural, and underserved communities when treating older Coloradans;
(IV) Improve placement of clinical graduate students in experiential clinical training opportunities, prioritizing rural and underserved communities;
(V) Coordinate with graduates of the program to become trainers for future students; and
(VI) Increase the number of clinical training sites across Colorado, specifically in rural and underserved communities.
Source: L. 2023: Entire part added, (SB 23-031), ch. 344, p. 2064, � 1, effective June 5.