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It’s now illegal to post public health workers’ personal information
WebThe Denver Post: Posting public health officials’ personal information online that threatens their safety, a practice often referred to as doxxing, is now illegal in Colorado.It’s a response to the targeting that arose during the COVID-19 pandemic. HB21-1107, which Gov. Jared Polis signed Tuesday, makes it a misdemeanor to publish that …
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Judge: Only ‘enumerated’ records of the Denver Health and …
WebBefore the enactment of Senate Bill 18-149, the statute cited by Scoville declared that CORA governs the release of Denver Health records.But the bill deleted that sentence, replacing it with a list of records — including resolutions, minutes, annual reports, financial statements, and employee salaries — that are deemed “public” under CORA.
State lawmakers advance bill to protect Denver Health records …
WebUpdate: Gov. John Hickenlooper signed SB 18-149 into law on Apr. 23, 2018. By Jeffrey A. Roberts CFOIC Executive Director. Legislation that limits public access to the records of the Denver Health and Hospital Authority won the support of a committee of state lawmakers Wednesday.
Justices question Denver hospital's desire to suppress public …
WebColorado Politics: Although the state’s health department released confidential hospital documents inadvertently in response to an open records request, Colorado’s Supreme Court justices appeared hesitant on Wednesday to overturn a Denver judge’s order that prevented the facility from blocking former patients from using them in …
A new Colorado anti-doxxing law protects health care, child …
WebThe Denver Post: Health care workers, child protection workers, code enforcement officers and other public-facing, but unelected, workers can now get another layer of protection under a new law signed by Gov. Jared Polis last week. House Bill 1041 allows those workers to withhold their full name and home address from the internet if …
Doctor’s lawsuit tests scope of 2018 state law on disclosure of …
WebIt also declared that the authority’s electronic medical record system is not public and that other records concerning health care programs and initiatives also are off limits to the public “if premature disclosure … would give an unfair competitive or bargaining advantage to any person or entity.”
Public Data Online
WebPublic Safety Research & Statistics: Charts and tabular data on crime, arrest and incarceration rates, downloadable in PDF and Excel formats. Criminal History Checks: Search the Colorado Bureau of Investigation’s arrest-record database. The fee for each name searched is $6.85. Sex Offender Registry: Searchable database maintained by the
Lawsuit by ‘Jane Doe, M.D.’ seeks to prevent public disclosure of
WebBecause OAC proceedings are public, the doctor’s “reputation and professional career will be irreparably harmed,” her request for an injunction contends. Her lawyers also claim that public disclosure of the allegations would jeopardize her liability insurance and privileges at multiple health care facilities as well as her board …
CFOIC research: ‘What Colorado Needs to Do to Preserve the …
WebThe state health department could dispose of a former high-ranking employee’s emails because the records retention schedule for state agencies gives officials the discretion to decide which emails are important enough to keep. The Colorado Open Records Act also doesn’t provide any meaningful guidance about the retention of public …
Data makes it tough to say whether nonprofit hospitals are …
WebFrom Health Elevations: First, the good news.Thanks to the Affordable Care Act and regulatory changes made in recent years by the Internal Revenue Service, a greater wealth of information is available to the public than ever before about how nonprofit hospitals are meeting their obligations to the communities surrounding them.
UPDATE: State releases data on virus spread model
WebThe CDPHE released the modeling data that the expert team had provided. According to a release, they modeled the pandemic using approaches tailored to Colorado, updating the modeling as the disease continues to spread in the state. The team uses a fundamental approach: the SEIR model.
Guide to Colorado’s Open Records and Open Meetings Laws
WebThe open meetings law states: “No adoption of any proposed policy, position, resolution, rule, regulation, or formal action (except the approval of executive session minutes) shall occur at any executive session that is not open to the public.”. C.R.S. § 24-6-402 (3) (a) and C.R.S. § 24-6-402 (4) .
State gets ‘F’ for lack of public info on medical care
WebConnecticut is one of 41 states to earn a failing grade from health advocates for lacking public information about the quality of care provided by doctors. "Consumers should be able to find out if their local primary care physician is delivering good quality care without having to go through hoops," said Francois de Brantes, executive…
Eight months into pandemic, blind Coloradans still cannot access …
WebColorado News Collaborative: County and state public health agencies in Colorado have posted coronavirus data, public health orders and testing locations on their websites.But many of those documents, forms and graphics are inaccessible for people with vision impairments. Curtis Chong, a blind person from Aurora who has worked with the …
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Wieland: The importance of investigative reporting during the
WebDigging deeper, analyzing data, questioning public officials and holding leaders accountable is what they do every day. But now they are doing it to protect the health and safety of our front-line health care workers, essential employees, neighbors, friends and family.
Judge applies Colorado’s anti-SLAPP law to dismiss defamation …
WebBy Jeffrey A. Roberts CFOIC Executive Director. A judge last week applied Colorado’s four-year-old anti-SLAPP law in tossing out defamation allegations made by a health care staffing company against reporters for Denver7 and Denver Newsbreak.
Complete Colorado lawsuit challenges HCPF's denial of records …
WebHCPF did not adequately explain why each document was withheld under the privilege and why disclosure of the records would harm the public interest, Peif’s June 30 amended complaint alleges. “HCPF’s withholding of this large number of documents flies the face of the intent of the Colorado Open Records Act and the public’s need for …
Supreme Court takes up healthcare price transparency
WebEveryone from President Obama, to GOP presidential hopefuls, to people with high-deductible health insurance have said the more transparency in the pricing of healthcare, the better. But Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to take up a case that could make it harder to know how much the nation’s largest employers are paying hospitals …
Colorado stops publicly reporting COVID outbreaks at K-12 …
WebThe Denver Post: Colorado’s health department stopped publicly sharing data on COVID-19 outbreaks at K-12 schools this week, roughly a month before many students and teachers return to the classroom. The move, which caught at least some metro-area districts by surprise, is part of a broader rollback in what outbreak data will be posted …
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