Current Rulemaking Activities

The Health Disparities and Community Grant Program is holding a stakeholder process to engage and notify stakeholders about proposed changes to the Colorado State Board of Health Rules 6 CCR 1014-5 titled "Office of Health Equity Rules for the Health Disparities and Community Grant Program". 

This rulemaking proposes to make multiple changes for consistency with the format that the Health Disparities and Community Grant Program is following. The proposed changes are as follows:

• Revision to section 1.2(1)(a)(ii)(A)(2)(b)(iii)
  • Current Language: “Technical training and assistance within the community organization;”
    Proposed Change: “Technical training and assistance within the community organizations;”
    Justification: This is to correct a typo and align with the language in the statute, page 3 - Senate Bill 21-181, C.R.S. 25-4-2203(2)(d)(III). 
• Additional revision to section 1.2(1)(a)(ii)(A)(2)(b)(iii)
  • Current Language: “Technical training and assistance within the community organization;”.
    Additional Proposed Change: Include a bullet point that states “This could include a single applicant working with multiple, eligible community organizations”.
    Justification: This is to clarify the process to procure a training and technical assistance provider to support all Senate Bill 181 and Amendment 35 grantees.
• Revision to section 1.5(1)
  • Current Language: “The Office of Health Equity and the State Board shall determine the criteria for evaluating the effectiveness of the programs that receive grants.”
    Additional Proposed Change: “The Office of Health Equity and the State Board shall determine the criteria for evaluating the effectiveness of the programs that receive grants to be submitted by each grantee at the end of each grant cycle.
    Justification: This change serves to clarify that Grantee led-evaluations are to be submitted once per grant cycle and not per year.

To have a better understanding of the changes being proposed, interested parties are encouraged to review all of the documents on this page, including:

• Current Board of Health (BOH) Rules (6 CCR 1014-5) adopted by the Board of Health on December 15, 2021, effective February 14, 2022.
• Draft proposed rule changes (May 2023)

Comment Period

The comment period for the proposed Board of Health Rules 6 CCR 1014-5 changes begins on May 25, 2023 and ends on August 31, 2023. You are invited to provide written comments on the proposed rule changes by taking the following survey: Help shape Colorado’s Health Disparities and Community Grant Program Rule.

For questions or technical assistance related to the survey, please write to the Office of Health Equity - cdphe_healthequity@state.co.us