Bill Text: TX HB3285 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled

Texas House Bill 3285 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relating to the reporting of health care associated infections.

Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/13 [HB3285 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB3285-Enrolled.html



	H.B. No. 3285




	AN ACT
	relating to the reporting of health care associated infections.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 98.103, Health and Safety Code, is
	amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
	(e) A report made under this section must specify whether
	the infection resulted in the death of the patient while
	hospitalized.
	SECTION 2. Section 98.106(a), Health and Safety Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(a) The department shall compile and make available to the
	public a summary, by health care facility, of:
	(1) the infections reported by facilities under
	Section 98.103, including whether the infections resulted in the
	death of the patient while hospitalized; and
	(2) the preventable adverse events reported by
	facilities under Section 98.1045.
	SECTION 3. As soon as practicable after the effective date
	of this Act, the executive commissioner of the Health and Human
	Services Commission shall adopt the rules and procedures necessary
	to implement the changes made by this Act to Subchapter C, Chapter
	98, Health and Safety Code.
	SECTION 4. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies to
	a report required under Section 98.103, Health and Safety Code,
	that is made in a reporting period beginning on or after March 1,
	2014. A report made under Section 98.103, Health and Safety Code,
	during a reporting period that begins before March 1, 2014, is
	covered by the law in existence on the date the reporting period
	began, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
	(b) The change in law made by this Act applies to a
	departmental summary published under Section 98.106, Health and
	Safety Code, that covers a reporting period beginning on or after
	March 1, 2014. A departmental summary that covers a reporting
	period that begins before March 1, 2014, is covered by the law in
	existence on the date the reporting period began, and the former law
	is continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.


	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House


	I certify that H.B. No. 3285 was passed by the House on May 7,
	2013, by the following vote: Yeas 133, Nays 0, 2 present, not
	voting.

	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House


	I certify that H.B. No. 3285 was passed by the Senate on May
	20, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED: _____________________
	Date

	_____________________
	Governor