Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed a new law requiring eating disorder treatment clinics like the Eating Recovery Center to follow new rules drafted by the Behavioral Health Administration.
The coming legislation, which will debut early next year when lawmakers reconvene, would require providers to follow specific requirements around weigh-ins, the use of feeding tubes and isolation, and to offer gender-appropriate accommodations.
Colorado legislators will propose new regulations for eating disorder treatment providers in the coming months, amid calls from advocates and patients to crack down on practices that one legislator labeled "barbaric."