KY HB467 | 2012 | Regular Session

Kentucky House Bill 467 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Passed on April 11 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-04-11 - signed by Governor (Acts ch. 106)
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #3) [MS Word]

Summary

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to require the Department for Public Health to establish and implement a plan to achieve continuous quality improvement in the quality of care provided under a statewide system for stroke response and treatment; require the Department for Public Health to maintain a statewide stroke database; require the database to align with nationally approved stroke consensus measures; require the Department for Public Health to utilize the "Get with the Guidelines-Stroke" quality improvement program or a similar program; require primary stroke centers to report each case of stroke seen at the facility to the statewide database; require the department to coordinate with national voluntary organizations involved in stroke quality improvement, to encourage and facilitate information sharing and communication among stroke health care providers, to apply evidence based treatment guidelines for transitioning stroke patients to community-based care, and to establish a data oversight process; require that all data reported to the statewide database be made available to the department and all government agencies or contractors responsible for managing and administering emergency services; require the department to provide a report of its data and related findings and recommendations to the Governor and the Legislative Research Commission annually by June 1 and to make the report available on the department's Web site; prohibit any disclosure of information in violation of federal confidentiality requirements and standards.

Title

AN ACT relating to stroke response and treatment.

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-04-11		signed by Governor (Acts ch. 106)
2012-03-30		delivered to Governor
2012-03-30		enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
2012-03-29		enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
2012-03-29		passed 94-0
2012-03-29		House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title)
2012-03-29		posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title)
2012-03-28		to Rules (H)
2012-03-28		received in House
2012-03-28		3rd reading, passed 37-0 with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title)
2012-03-28		posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 28, 2012
2012-03-27		reported favorably, to Rules with Committee Substitute, committee amendment (1-title) as a Consent Bill
2012-03-26		returned to Health & Welfare (S)
2012-03-26		2nd reading
2012-03-26		taken from Health & Welfare (S)
2012-03-23		returned to Health & Welfare (S)
2012-03-23		1st reading
2012-03-23		taken from Health & Welfare (S)
2012-03-21		to Health & Welfare (S)
2012-03-19		received in Senate
2012-03-16		3rd reading, passed 92-1
2012-03-14		posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, March 16, 2012
2012-03-14		2nd reading, to Rules
2012-03-13		reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
2012-02-28		posted in committee
2012-02-27		to Health & Welfare (H)
2012-02-24		introduced in House