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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 at |
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health care facilities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 98.103(a), (b), and (c), Health and |
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Safety Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A health care facility[, other than a pediatric and
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adolescent hospital,] shall report to the department the incidence |
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of surgical site infections, including the causative pathogen if |
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the infection is laboratory-confirmed, occurring in the following |
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procedures: |
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(1) colon surgeries; |
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(2) hip arthroplasties; |
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(3) knee arthroplasties; |
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(4) abdominal hysterectomies; |
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(5) vaginal hysterectomies; |
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(6) coronary artery bypass grafts; [and] |
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(7) vascular procedures; [.] |
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(8) [(b)
A pediatric and adolescent hospital shall
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report the incidence of surgical site infections, including the
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causative pathogen if the infection is laboratory-confirmed,
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occurring in the following procedures to the department:
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[(1)] cardiac procedures, excluding thoracic cardiac |
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procedures; |
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(9) [(2)] ventricular shunt procedures; and |
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(10) [(3)] spinal surgery with instrumentation. |
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(b) [(c)] A [general] hospital shall report the following |
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to the department: |
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(1) the incidence of laboratory-confirmed central |
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line-associated primary bloodstream infections, including the |
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causative pathogen, occurring in any special care setting in the |
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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 specific infections designated by |
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executive commissioner rule. |
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SECTION 2. (a) The executive commissioner of the Health and |
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Human Services Commission shall adopt rules as necessary to |
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implement Section 98.103, Health and Safety Code, as amended by |
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this Act, not later than January 1, 2014. |
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(b) Section 98.103, Health and Safety Code, as amended by |
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this Act, applies only to a report for an infection occurring on or |
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after the effective date of this Act. A report for an infection |
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occurring before the effective date of this Act is governed by the |
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law as it existed on the date the infection occurred, and that law |
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is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |