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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 and |
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preventable adverse events at health care facilities. |
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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, is |
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amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to |
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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 each health |
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care-associated infection [the incidence of surgical site
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infections], including the causative pathogen if the infection is |
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laboratory-confirmed, that occurs [occurring] in the facility and |
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that the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services |
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requires a facility participating in the Medicare program to report |
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through the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's |
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National Healthcare Safety Network, or its successor [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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(a-1) A health care facility shall report each health |
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care-associated infection to the department under this section |
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regardless of the facility's participation in Medicare. |
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SECTION 2. The following provisions of the Health and |
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Safety Code are repealed: |
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(1) Section 98.001(10); |
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(2) Sections 98.103(b) and (c); and |
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(3) Section 98.105. |
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SECTION 3. (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, 2020. |
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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 a health care-associated |
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infection occurring on or after January 1, 2020. A report for a |
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health care-associated infection occurring before that date is |
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governed by the law as it existed on the date the infection |
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occurred, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. The Health and Human Services Commission is |
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required to implement a provision of this Act only if the |
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legislature appropriates money specifically for that purpose. If |
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the legislature does not appropriate money specifically for that |
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purpose, the commission may, but is not required to, implement a |
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provision of this Act using other appropriations available for that |
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purpose. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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