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House Bill 3285 |
House Author: Davis, Yvonne |
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Effective: 9-1-13 |
Senate Sponsor: Nelson |
House Bill 3285 amends the Health and Safety Code to require that a report of certain health care-associated infections submitted to the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) by a health care facility, a pediatric and adolescent hospital, or a general hospital specify whether the infection resulted in the death of the patient while hospitalized and specifies that the summary of reported infections DSHS is required to make available to the public includes infections that resulted in the death of the patient while hospitalized. The bill requires the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission to adopt rules and procedures necessary to implement the bill's changes. The bill's provisions apply to a report that is made in or a DSHS summary that covers a reporting period beginning on or after March 1, 2014.