NOTE: The governor signed this measure on 3/22/2013.
      
      
      SENATE BILL 13-046
      
      
      BY SENATOR(S) Kefalas;
      also REPRESENTATIVE(S) Primavera, Fields, Ginal, Labuda, McLachlan,
      Peniston, Rosenthal, Salazar, Schafer, Vigil, Williams, Young.
      
      
      Concerning the authorization of dialysis treatment clinics to
           provide outpatient hemodialysis treatment to patients with
           acute kidney failure.
       
      
      Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
      
           SECTION 1.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, 25-1.5-108, amend (1)
      (a); and add (5.5) as follows:
      
           25-1.5-108.  Regulation of dialysis treatment clinics - training for
      hemodialysis technicians - state board of health rules - definitions -
      repeal. (1)  As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:
      
           (a)  "Dialysis treatment clinic" means a health facility or a
      department or unit of a licensed hospital that is planned, organized,
      operated, and maintained to provide outpatient hemodialysis treatment to,
      or hemodialysis training for home use of hemodialysis equipment. by,
      end-stage renal disease patients.
      
           (5.5)  A dialysis treatment clinic shall not provide
      outpatient hemodialysis treatment to a non-end-stage renal
      disease patient without a referral for treatment from a
      board-certified or board-eligible nephrologist licensed as a
      physician in Colorado. When making the referral, the
      nephrologist and other licensed physicians who cared for the
      patient in the hospital shall use their professional judgment to
      determine when the patient no longer requires hospitalization and
      may receive outpatient dialysis.
      
           SECTION 2.  Safety clause. The general assembly hereby finds,
      determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate
      preservation of the public peace, health, and safety.
      
      
      
      
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      John P. Morse                         Mark Ferrandino
      PRESIDENT OF                     SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
      THE SENATE                         OF REPRESENTATIVES
      
      
      
      
      
      
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      Cindi L. Markwell                      Marilyn Eddins
      SECRETARY OF                 CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE
      THE SENATE                         OF REPRESENTATIVES
      
      
      
      
                  APPROVED________________________________________
      
      
      
      
      
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                                    John W. Hickenlooper
                                    GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO