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- Jurisdiction
- Colorado
- Level
- State
- Authority
- C.R.S. § 24-33.5-704
- Issued
- 2020-11-23 Nov. 23, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-11-23
- End
- Thirty days; extended by D 2020 286 (Dec. 22, 2020), D 2021 020 (Jan. 20) and D 2021 046 (Feb. 18, 2021); reissued after the period as D 2021 135 (Oct. 31, 2021) (read as 2021-03-31)
- In force
- Nov. 23, 2020 to Mar. 31, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q42021 Q1
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Health care ordersSupply chain
- Addressees
- hospitals
- freestanding emergency departments
- CDPHE
- Division of Insurance and carriers
- Functions reached
- ED emergency department
- IP inpatient surge
- CB patients and payers
- Collection
- Colorado CO
Operative words
[Authorizes CDPHE to order hospitals and freestanding emergency departments to transfer patients or cease admissions to balance statewide capacity;] Hospitals and freestanding emergency departments shall not consider a patient's [insurance status in transfers]... [facilities that in good] faith comply completely with this Executive Order shall be immune from civil or [criminal liability]
Enforcement
CDPHE orders to facilities; State ESF 8 lead notification
Notes
The November 2020 surge instrument; hospital capacity was the trigger for the Level Red re-tightening