SB 872 2005

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HAI _at_ DSHS
SB 872 2005
As directed by SB 872 in the 79th session of the
Texas Legislature, the Department of State Health
Services established a 14-member advisory panel
to study and make recommendations for the
collecting and reporting of health
care-associated infections (HAI). 
HAI Advisory Panel I
establishment of a mandatory HAI reporting
system for hospitals and ASCs
HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE CHAPTER 96 HEALTH CARE
ASSOCIATED INFECTION RATE AND PROCESS MEASURE
REPORTING
Creates the Texas Health Care Associated
Infection Reporting System Requires certain
health care facilities, at least quarterly, to
submit patient-level infection data to the
Department of State Health Services, and
aggregate infection rates to be disclosed
annually to the general public Retains
confidentiality standards for reporting
information and patient information Requires
the DSHS to conduct training and authorizes the
development of a permanent Health Care Associated
Infections Panel to guide the implementation,
development and evaluation of the public
reporting system.
SB 288 2007
HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE CHAPTER 98. REPORTING OF
HEALTH CARE-ASSOCIATED INFECTIONS
Advocating for funding standardization of
requirements
HAI Reporting
HAI Advisory Panel II
Proposed 2009 legislation
SB 7
Relating to nonpayment of hospitals under the
state Medicaid program for certain preventable
adverse events and to the reporting of
occurrences of those events at certain health
care facilities
HB 3233 SB 1535
Relating to the reporting of preventable adverse
events and the establishment of a patient safety
program in hospitals and ambulatory surgical
centers providing an administrative penalty
HB 3099
Relating to the reporting of health
care-associated infections at health care
facilities
HB 1386
Relating to making an appropriation to the
Department of State Health Services to be used in
connection with the reporting of health
care-associated infections at certain health care
facilities and the creation of an advisory panel.
SB 494
Created by Sky Newsome, CHES 3/26/2009