Bill Text: HI HCR140 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Sepsis; Septicemia; Department of Health; Baseline; Report

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-28 - The committee(s) on HLT recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. [HCR140 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2016-HCR140-Introduced.html

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.C.R. NO.

140

TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE, 2016

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

HOUSE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

 

 

Requesting THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH to conduct a study to gather baseline information on the incidence of sepsis in hawaii and the sepsis mortality rate.

 

 

 


     WHEREAS, sepsis is a serious medical condition caused by an overwhelming immune response to bacterial infection, whereby immune chemicals released into the blood to combat infection trigger widespread inflammation; and

 

     WHEREAS, sepsis can lead to shock, organ failure, and death; and

 

     WHEREAS, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicates that sepsis kills more than 258,000 Americans each year and leaves thousands of survivors with life-changing after effects; and

 

WHEREAS, there are over 1,000,000 cases of sepsis in the United States each year, with sepsis being the ninth-leading cause of disease-related death in the nation; and

 

     WHEREAS, patients hospitalized for sepsis or septicemia had longer lengths of stay and more than an eight-fold increase in in-hospital mortality than patients hospitalized for other diagnoses; and

 

     WHEREAS, there is currently no database of mortality rates by sepsis or incidence of sepsis-related infection across the State; and

 

     WHEREAS, in 2014, the Legislature recognized the seriousness of sepsis and requested the convening of a task force to recommend ways to reduce incidents of sepsis and sepsis-related deaths in the State; and

 

WHEREAS, in its January 2015 report to the Legislature, the State of Hawaii Sepsis Task Force wrote "[i]t would also be valuable to establish a baseline for Hawaii for future evaluations of the impact of interventions", and recommended that efforts should be put in place to "work towards defining a more representative sepsis incidence baseline in the [S]tate, either through the use of administrative or clinical data"; and

 

     WHEREAS, the current outbreak of dengue fever in Hawaii County further necessitates heightened attention to sepsis, as dengue shock syndrome is a type of sepsis; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-eighth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2016, the Senate concurring, that the Department of Health is requested to conduct a study to gather baseline information on the incidence of sepsis in Hawaii and the sepsis mortality rate; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the study:

 

     (1)  Examine and identify barriers to quality care for patients with sepsis;

 

     (2)  Compile data about the mortality rate from sepsis throughout the entire State;

 

     (3)  Examine any potential links between septic shock and dengue shock syndromes and any correlation with higher rates of patients contracting sepsis in Hawaii County;

 

     (4)  Review and assess national models, best practices, and guidelines in relation to Hawaii's needs;

 

     (5)  Consider options for improving early recognition, identification, and treatment of sepsis and septic shock in Hawaii's hospitals;

 

     (6)  Provide recommendations to improve the collection, use, and reporting of quality measures by medical staff related to the recognition and treatment of sepsis;

 

     (7)  Provide recommendations to improve public education about sepsis, including its symptoms, diagnoses, treatment, and preventive measures;

 

     (8)  Identify barriers and make recommendations to address the costs of sepsis and costs necessary to combat sepsis; and

 

     (9)  Provide any other recommendation deemed relevant by the Department of Health to further the purpose of this measure; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the findings and recommendations of the study be considered, and incorporated as feasible, as part of a comprehensive plan to be developed by the Department of Health to combat sepsis in the State; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Department of Health is requested to submit a report of its findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2017; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Director of Health.

 

 

 

 

OFFERED BY:

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Report Title: 

Sepsis; Septicemia; Department of Health; Baseline; Report

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