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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the reporting of health care associated infections. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 98.103, Health and Safety Code, as added |
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by Chapter 359 (S.B. 288), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 2007, is amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as |
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follows: |
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(f) A report made under this section must specify whether |
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the infection resulted in the death of the patient. |
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SECTION 2. Section 98.104, Health and Safety Code, as added |
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by Chapter 359 (S.B. 288), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 2007, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 98.104. ALTERNATIVE FOR REPORTABLE SURGICAL SITE |
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INFECTIONS. A health care facility that does not perform at least |
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an average of 50 procedures per month of the procedures listed in |
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Section 98.103(a) or (b), as modified under Section 98.105, is not |
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required to comply with the reporting requirements of Section |
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98.103 but instead shall report to the department the surgical site |
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infections relating to the three surgical procedures most |
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frequently performed at the facility, based on the list of surgical |
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procedures promulgated by the federal Centers for Disease Control |
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and Prevention's National Healthcare Safety Network or its |
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successor. A report made under this section must specify whether |
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the infection resulted in the death of the patient. |
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SECTION 3. Section 98.106(a), 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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(a) The department shall compile and make available to the |
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public a summary, by health care facility, of: |
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(1) the infections reported by facilities under |
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Sections 98.103 and 98.104 and, of those infections, the infections |
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that resulted in the death of the patient; and |
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(2) the preventable adverse events reported by |
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facilities under Section 98.1045. |
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SECTION 4. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human |
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Services Commission shall adopt the rules and procedures necessary |
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to implement the changes made by this Act to Chapter 98, Health and |
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Safety Code, as added by Chapter 359 (S.B. 288), Acts of the 80th |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 2007. |
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SECTION 5. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies to |
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a report required under Section 98.103 or 98.104, Health and Safety |
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Code, as added by Chapter 359 (S.B. 288), Acts of the 80th |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, that is made in a reporting |
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period beginning on or after March 1, 2012. A report made under |
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Section 98.103 or 98.104, Health and Safety Code, as added by |
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Chapter 359 (S.B. 288), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 2007, during a reporting period that begins before March |
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1, 2012, is covered by the law in existence on the date the |
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reporting period began, and the former law is continued in effect |
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for that purpose. |
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(b) The change in law made by this Act applies to a |
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departmental summary published under Section 98.106, Health and |
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Safety Code, as added by Chapter 359 (S.B. 288), Acts of the 80th |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, that covers a reporting period |
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beginning on or after March 1, 2012. A departmental summary that |
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covers a reporting period that begins before March 1, 2012, is |
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covered by the law in existence on the date the reporting period |
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began, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |