§ 20-9-1201. Title
This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Health Facility Infection Disclosure Act of 2007”.
§ 20-9-1202. Definitions
As used in this subchapter: (1) (A) “Health facility” means any of the following facilities: (i) A hospital, outpatient surgery center, public health center, or recuperation center, as those facilities are defined in § 20-9-201; and (ii) Any other facility determined to be a source of healthcare-associated infections and designated as such by the Department […]
§ 20-9-1203. Health facility reports
(a) A health facility shall collect data on healthcare-associated infection rates for the following: (1) Central line-associated bloodstream infections in an intensive care unit; and (2) Other categories as provided under § 20-9-1204(e). (b) (1) (A) A health facility may voluntarily submit quarterly reports to the Department of Health on the health facility’s healthcare-associated infection […]
§ 20-9-1204. Advisory Committee on Healthcare Acquired Infections
(a) The Secretary of the Department of Health shall appoint an Advisory Committee on Healthcare Acquired Infections, including without limitation representatives of: (1) Public and private hospitals, including representatives of hospitals with fewer than fifty (50) beds and representatives of hospitals with more than fifty (50) beds; (2) Outpatient surgery centers; (3) Direct-care nursing staff; […]
§ 20-9-1205. Reports regarding healthcare-associated infections
(a) (1) (A) In consultation with the Advisory Committee on Healthcare Acquired Infections, the Department of Health shall submit annually a report summarizing the health facility quarterly reports required under this subchapter to the Chair of the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Chair of the Senate Committee on Public Health, […]
§ 20-9-1206. Legislative intent — Privacy and confidentiality
(a) It is the intent of the General Assembly that a patient’s right of confidentiality shall not be violated in any manner under this subchapter. (b) Social Security numbers and any other information that could be used to identify an individual patient shall not be released under this subchapter. (c) Except for the annual report […]
§ 20-9-1207. Rules
The State Board of Health shall promulgate rules to implement this subchapter.
§ 20-9-1208. Funding
This subchapter is contingent upon the appropriation and availability of funding necessary for the Department of Health to implement its provisions, and any requirements that actions be accomplished by a specific date shall be extended until the necessary funding is available.