Bill Text: AZ HB2157 | 2011 | Fiftieth Legislature 1st Regular | Engrossed
Bill Title: DHS; stroke care protocols
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-04-12 - Governor Signed [HB2157 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2011-HB2157-Engrossed.html
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House Engrossed |
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fiftieth Legislature First Regular Session 2011
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HOUSE BILL 2157 |
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AN ACT
Relating to stroke care.
(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Department of health services; stroke protocols
On or before January 1, 2014, the department of health services shall adopt rules relating to the coordination of stroke care services between emergency medical services providers and hospitals in this state that do the following:
1. Direct the Arizona emergency medical services council to establish emergency stroke care protocols within each of the four local emergency medical services coordinating regions for patient care and patient care procedures relating to the assessment, treatment and transport of stroke patients to the most appropriate acute care treatment facility, including facilities certified as primary stroke centers by national certifying organizations. These protocols shall be consistent with nationally recognized protocols established by national organizations that focus on heart disease and stroke care and prevention.
2. Use national standards for hospital-based and rehabilitative stroke care established by national organizations that focus on heart disease and stroke care and prevention. The department shall seek stakeholder, including health care providers, input in the development of these standards.
3. Use statewide stroke quality improvement databases that compile data on stroke care and that are consistent with the stroke consensus metrics prescribed by the centers for disease control and prevention, national organizations that focus on heart disease, stroke care and prevention, and the national department of transportation emergency medical services database.
Sec. 2. Exemption from rule making
For the purposes of this act, the department of health services is exempt from the rule making requirements of title 41, chapter 6, Arizona Revised Statutes, for two years after the effective date of this act.
