HB40: (New Title) relative to the reporting of hospital infections.

CHAPTER 225

HB 40 – FINAL VERSION

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2009 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL 40

AN ACT relative to the reporting of hospital infections.

SPONSORS: Rep. Hess, Merr 9; Rep. Batula, Hills 19; Rep. Charles McMahon, Rock 4; Rep. Pepino, Hills 11

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill requires the commissioner of the department of health and human services to adopt rules in accordance with RSA 541-A relative to the reporting of hospital infections.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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06/03/09 1872s

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nine

AN ACT relative to the reporting of hospital infections.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

225:1 Hospitals Required to Report. Amend RSA 151:33, IV and V to read as follows:

IV. The commissioner of the department shall [establish guidelines, definitions, criteria, standards, and coding] adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, for hospital identification, tracking, and reporting of infections which shall be consistent with the recommendations of recognized centers of expertise in the identification and prevention of infections including, but not limited to the National Health Care Safety Network and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or its successor, the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Hospital Quality Alliance, the National Quality Forum, and the New Hampshire health care quality assurance commission under RSA 151-G.

V. Each hospital shall regularly report to the department hospital acquired infections and the [hospital] infection data it has collected. Such reporting shall be done in the manner directed by the department in accordance with rules adopted pursuant to RSA 541-A. The commissioner shall establish data collection and analytical methodologies that meet accepted standards for validity and reliability. In no case shall the frequency of reporting be required to be more frequently than once every 3 months, and reports shall be submitted not more than 60 days after the close of the reporting period.

225:2 New Subparagraph; Hospital Infections; Rulemaking Added. Amend RSA 151:9, I by inserting after subparagraph (n) the following new subparagraph:

(o) The reporting by hospitals of hospital acquired infections and hospital infection data under RSA 151:33.

225:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2010.

Approved: July 16, 2009

Effective Date: January 1, 2010