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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the reporting of MRSA infection rates in hospitals. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 98.103(c), Health and Safety Code, as |
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added by Chapter 359 (S.B. 288), Acts of the 80th Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 2007, is amended to read as follows: |
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(c) A general hospital shall report the following to the |
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department: |
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(1) the incidence of laboratory-confirmed central |
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line-associated primary bloodstream infections occurring in any |
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special care setting in the hospital; [and] |
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(2) the incidence of respiratory syncytial virus |
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occurring in any pediatric inpatient unit in the hospital; and |
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(3) the incidence of methicillin-resistant |
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Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections in any unit in the |
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hospital. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |