|
Senate Bill 384 |
Senate Author: Nelson |
|
Effective: 9-1-19 |
House Sponsor: Sheffield |
Current law requires a general hospital or an ambulatory surgical center, other than a pediatric and adolescent hospital, to report to the Department of State Health Services the incidence of surgical site infections following certain procedures. Senate Bill 384 amends the Health and Safety Code to require instead that all general hospitals or ambulatory surgical centers report each health care‑associated infection that occurs in the facility that a facility participating in Medicare is required to report, regardless of the facility's participation in Medicare. Implementation of a provision of this bill by the Health and Human Services Commission is mandatory only if a specific appropriation is made for that purpose.