Bill Text: NH SB226 | 2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Relative to reporting of health care associated infections.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2014-05-15 - Signed by the Governor on 05/14/2014; Chapter 0008; Effective 05/14/2014 [SB226 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2014-SB226-Chaptered.html

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CHAPTER 8

SB 226 – FINAL VERSION

2014 SESSION

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SENATE BILL 226

AN ACT relative to reporting of health care associated infections.

SPONSORS: Sen. Stiles, Dist 24; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17; Sen. Kelly, Dist 10; Sen. Gilmour, Dist 12; Sen. Odell, Dist 8; Rep. Rosenwald, Hills 30; Rep. Sherman, Rock 24; Rep. McMahon, Rock 7; Rep. Kotowski, Merr 24; Rep. Copeland, Rock 19

COMMITTEE: Health, Education and Human Services

ANALYSIS

This bill clarifies the limitations to collecting data for reporting of health care associated infections.

This bill is a request of the department of health and human services.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fourteen

AN ACT relative to reporting of health care associated infections.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

8:1 Hospitals and Sanitaria; Residential Care and Health Facility Licensing; Reporting of Health Care Associated Infections; Limitations. RSA 151:35 is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:

151:35 Limitation. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, hospitals or ambulatory surgical facilities may provide, and the department may collect under this subdivision, any data or patient identifiers as set forth in the protocols and specifications published and periodically amended by the National Healthcare Safety Network; provided that an individual patient’s name, street address, city or town, telephone number, and social security number shall not be included in any data collected.

8:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved: May 14, 2014

Effective Date: May 14, 2014