Colorado Legislature (healthcare bills) · May 4, 2026 · Primary source
CO HB 1305: Licensing of Behavioral Health Facilities
Summary
Colorado enacted HB 1305, signed by the Governor, allowing psychiatric inpatient healthcare facilities to operate under a main hospital's license if specified conditions are met. The main hospital must demonstrate that the required conditions are satisfied in its licensing application. The law applies to psychiatric inpatient facilities seeking to operate under a hospital's umbrella license rather than obtaining a standalone facility license.
What this may mean
Colorado hospitals that wish to license affiliated psychiatric inpatient facilities under their main hospital license now have a statutory pathway to do so, subject to demonstrating compliance with enumerated conditions in the licensing application. The law creates a new licensing structure for behavioral health inpatient capacity that did not previously exist in Colorado, affecting hospitals and their affiliated psychiatric facilities.
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