Bill Text: NY A07465 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to the collection of hospital sepsis data.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-06-18 - substituted by s4874 [A07465 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A07465-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7465 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y May 12, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GOTTFRIED -- (at request of the Department of Health) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to hospital sepsis data THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Section 2805-m of the public health law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 4 to read as follows: 3 4. (A) HOSPITAL SEPSIS DATA SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT, SHALL FOR THE 4 INITIAL PHASE OF DATA COLLECTION BE CONSIDERED A "PILOT PHASE", THE 5 PURPOSE OF WHICH IS TO ENSURE THE COMPLETENESS AND ACCURACY OF REPORTING 6 BY HOSPITALS. 7 (B) FOR DATA REPORTED DURING THE PILOT PHASE, HOSPITAL IDENTIFIERS 8 SHALL BE ENCRYPTED BY THE DEPARTMENT IN ANY AND ALL PUBLIC DATABASES AND 9 REPORTS. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROVIDE EACH HOSPITAL WITH AN ENCRYPTION 10 KEY FOR THAT HOSPITAL ONLY TO PERMIT ACCESS TO ITS OWN PERFORMANCE DATA 11 FOR INTERNAL QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PURPOSES. HOSPITAL SPECIFIC PUBLIC 12 REPORTING OF SEPSIS DATA INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO RISK ADJUSTED 13 SEPSIS MORTALITY RATES, MAY REQUIRE UP TO, BUT NO MORE THAN, TWO YEARS 14 OF "PILOT PHASE" COLLECTION DEPENDING ON THE VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY 15 OUTCOMES OF THE DATA COLLECTED. 16 (C) AS DESCRIBED IN THE REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO THE SUBMISSION OF 17 DATA ON SEPSIS TO THE DEPARTMENT, CONSULTATION WITH APPROPRIATE 18 NATIONAL, HOSPITAL AND EXPERT STAKEHOLDERS WILL ASSIST IN DETERMINING 19 THE APPROPRIATE PUBLIC RELEASE OF HOSPITAL PERFORMANCE. 20 (D) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ISSUE REGULAR REPORTS AS NEEDED TO HOSPITALS 21 ASSESSING THE ACCURACY OF THE DATA SUBMITTED DURING THE PILOT PHASE AND 22 PROVIDE GUIDANCE FOR IMPROVING THE ACCURACY OF DATA REPORTING. 23 (E) AFTER THE PILOT PHASE IS COMPLETED, ALL DATA SUBMITTED UNDER THIS 24 SECTION AND COMPILED IN THE DATABASE ESTABLISHED HEREIN AND ALL PUBLIC 25 REPORTS DERIVED THEREFROM SHALL INCLUDE HOSPITAL IDENTIFIERS. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09589-01-5 A. 7465 2 1 (F) CLINICAL PERFORMANCE DATA, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO INDIVIDUAL 2 HOSPITAL MORTALITY RATES ADJUSTED FOR POTENTIAL DIFFERENCES IN RISK 3 FACTORS AND COMPARISONS WITH STATE (OR NATIONAL, IF AVAILABLE) AVERAGES, 4 SHALL BE DEVELOPED AND POSTED ON THE DEPARTMENT'S WEB SITE. 5 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.