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.