Last update 9/10/2009
Hospital-acquired infection public
reporting and MRSA related bills under consideration by states in 2009
Click on bill numbers to access bill text.
New Law Alabama
Bill Status: Passed
New law 5/15/09
Bill Sponsor: Sen. Bobby Denton
Bill Information: Requires hospital infection public reporting.
Arizona
Bill Status: Introduced 1/28, read by Senate.
Bill Sponsor: Senator Meg Burton
Cahill, Representatives Edward Ableser; Phil Lopes
Bill Information: Prescription
marketing costs; gift disclosure
New Law Colorado
Bill Status:
Signed by Governor on 3/20/09.
Bill Sponsor: House: Riesberg, Frangas, Green, Massey; Senate: Boyd, Kopp, Morse
Bill Information: National certification for infection
control for individuals responsible for collecting hospital-acquired infection
data.
Session
Over-All bills failed
Bill Status: SB 1049: Passed Joint Committee on Public Health; HB
5887: Introduced 1/23, referred to Joint Committee on Public Health; HB 6192:
1/27: referred to Joint Committee on Labor and Public Employees; 3/9: referred
to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis.
Bill Sponsor: HB 5887: Reps. Mary Fritz, Jeffrey Berger; HB
6192: Labor and Public Employees Committee; SB1049 sponsored by Public Health
Committee.
Bill Information: HB 5887: civil penalty for hospital
that do not comply with infection reporting law; SB1049: pharmaceutical company
gift ban to doctors.
Session over- All bills Failed Hawaii
Bill Status: HB 1689: Introduced 1/28 and passed first reading;
1/30: Referred to Committees on Health/Human Services, Committees on Consumer
Protection & Commerce/Judiciary, Committee on Finance, referral sheet 5; SB
1261: Introduced 1/28 and passed first reading 1/30, referred to Committees on
Health, Ways and Means; SB 170: Introduced 1/23; Referred to Committee on
Health on 1/26; Re-referred to Committees on Health, Ways and Means; 2/11:
Public hearing; SB 361: Introduced 1/23; 1/26: Passed first reading; 1/28: Referred
to Committees on Health, Commerce and Consumer Protection on 1/28, 2/11: Committee
on Health public hearing; HR 73: Introduced 2/25/09; 3/6/09: Referred to health
committee
Bill Sponsor: HB 1689: Takumi, Thielen; SB 1261: Gabbard, Chun
Oakland, Hooser, Ige, Kidani, Sakamoto, Tsutsui; SB 170:
Green, Baker, Chun Oakland, Ige; SB 361: Slom; HR 73: M. LEE, BROWER, RHOADS, Har
Bill Information: HB 1689: Prescription record privacy; SB 1261: Hospital infection reporting; SB 170: Reporting of staph infections; SB 361: Single use medical devices; HR 73: Requesting the Department of Health to establish reporting requirements for hospitals and medical facilities regarding hospital-acquired infections. Companion is HCR 93
Bill Status: HB 185: Passed House and Senate, sent to Governor
on 6/17/09, SB 105: Did not pass.
Bill Sponsor: HB 185: Reps. Patricia Bellock,
Sidney Mathias, Sandy Cole, Rosemary Mulligan; SB 105: Sen. Christine Radogno
Bill Information: HB 185: State residential facility MRSA
screening; SB 105: State facility MRSA screening
Session
Over- Bill Failed- Indiana -- HB 1539
Bill Status: Introduced 1/16, referred to House
Committee on Public Health
Bill Sponsor: Rep. Noe
Bill Information: annual report on the number of MRSA
infections at the hospital
New Law -
Bill Status: SF 389: Signed by Governor on 5/19/09.
Bill Sponsor: Hatch
Bill Information: Establishes insurance exchange; prohibits
gifts to health care practitioners. No reimbursement of providers for an
otherwise covered service if the service is required solely on account of the
providers avoidable medical error.
Session
Over- Bill Failed-Kentucky HB 67 (BR 236)
Bill Status: Did not pass
Bill Sponsor: Rep. Melvin Henley
Bill Information: Hospital-acquired and multi-drug resistant infections reporting bill
New Law -
Bill Status: Passed House and Senate 6/4/09; signed by Governor 6/10/09.
Bill Sponsor: Rep. Adam Goode
Bill Information: MRSA screening of high risk patients
Session Over- Bill Failed
Bill Status: Died in Finance Committee
Bill Sponsor: Senator Gladden
Bill Information: MRSA and VRE reporting bill
Bill Status: Filed 1/14
Bill Sponsor: Denise Provost, John W. Scibak, Carl Sciortino, Jr., et. al
Bill Information: MRSA screening of high risk patients and reporting back to the health department and patient safety center.
Bill Status: Introduced 1/22, referred to House Committee on Health Policy
Bill Sponsor: Rep. Lessia Liss
Bill Information: Hospital infection reporting
Bill Status: Introduced 2/12, referred to Health Care and Human Services
Policy and Oversight
Bill Sponsor: Kahn; Huntley; Thissen,
Murphy, E; Clark
Bill Information: Hospital-acquired infections, including MRSA, required to be reported as adverse events.
Session
Over-Bill Failed
Bill Status: Died in Committee 2/3/09.
Bill Sponsor: Lane, Evans, Scott
Bill information: Pharma must disclose gifts/fee
Session
over Bill Failed
Bill Status: Passed House; died in Senate Committee
Bill Sponsor: Reps. Robert Schaaf,
Sander, Cooper
Bill information: Changes infection control law; MRSA control
programs
New
Law
Bill Status: Signed by Governor on 5/26/09.
Bill Sponsor: Sen. Cegavske
Bill information: Weak MRSA bill.
Screening, isolating and reporting bill amended to encourage instead of require
hospitals develop a program. Reporting
MRSA has been stripped from the bill.
New
Law
Bill Status: HB 592, HB433 and HB40 all passed into law.
Bill Sponsor: HB 433: Rep. Pepeno; HB 40: Reps. David Hess, Peter Batula, Charles McMahon, Leo Pepino; HB 592: Reps. Peter Batula, David Hess, Anne-Marie Irwin, Kathleen Sgambati, Robert Letourneau, Cindy Rosenwald, Joy Tilton, Sheila Roberge; HB 433: Reps. Pepino, Batula, C. McMahon, Hess, Welch, Sens. Gatsas, Roberge
Bill Information: HB 40: administrative fine of up to
$1,000 for each day of noncompliance upon any hospital required to report
infection rates; HB 592: adverse events
reporting. HB 433: appropriation to fund the reporting of hospital
infections.
New
Law
Bill Status: S2471/A1264: Passed
both houses on 6/18/09. Signed by Governor on 9/1/09.
Bill Sponsor: Sen. Vitale
Bill Information: Hospital Errors Accountability Law-prohibits
hospitals for charging for certain medical errors and requires the state
to release data identifying the hospitals responsible for making certain mistakes;
prohibits hospitals for charging for some medical errors.
Study
Bill Passed
Bill Status: Passed Senate and
House; signed by Governor on 4/7/09.
Bill Sponsor: Sen. Dede Feldman
Bill Information: Creates hospital
infection advisory committee
Bill Status: A 294: 1/7:
Referred to Health; A 886: Prefiled 1/7, referred to
Health; A 2987: 1/22: Referred to Health; A 3977: 1/29: Referred to Health; S
496: 1/7/09: Referred to Health; S 2189: 2/13/09: Referred to Aging
Bill Sponsor: A 294: Magnarelli; Lancman, Eddington, Galef, Benedetto, Millman, Brook-Krasny,
Bill Information: A 294: Establishes standards and programs related to the prevention and/or reduction of hospital acquired infections; A 886: Enacts the "hospital infections disclosure act"; A 2987: notifying hospital patients about hospital infections in the facility they are entering; A3977: Prohibits coverage plans, including Medicaid, from reimbursing hospital infection related costs; S 496: same as A 2987; S 2189: Establishes a coordinated statewide policy, investigation, and reporting requirements with respect to infections, including certain staphylococcus infections.
Bill Status: SB 202: Sent to
Governor 8/5/09; HB 296: Introduced 2/26; passed favorably by Health Committee;
referred to Appropriations Committee on 3/9. SB 330: referred to
Appropriations/Base Budget Committee
Bill Sponsor: HB 296: Rep. M.
Alexander, Allen; SB 330: Purcell; SB 202: Sen. Garrou
Bill Information: HB 296/SB 330: provides
for funding of hospital infection reporting; SB202: Budget bill that includes: The Department of Health and Human Services shall apply for
federal funds that are available through the American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act of 2009, P.L. 111-5, to implement a mandatory statewide hospital-acquired
infections surveillance and reporting system,
as recommended by the Joint Study Committee on Hospital Infection Control and Disclosure.
Session Over-Bill Failed
Bill Status: Died in
Committee
Bill Sponsor: Senator C
Levesque
Bill Information: hospital infection reporting
Session Over- All Bills Failed
Bill Status: SB 629:
Died in Committee; SB 619: Died in Committee
Bill Sponsor: SB 629: Senator Reese;
SB 619: Senator Anderson
Bill Information: SB 629: MRSA screening and isolation for high risk
patients; SB 619: Allows the Department of Health and Environmental Control to
combine data pursuant to the Hospital Infections Disclosure Act and to require
the Board of Health and Environmental Control rather than the commissioner of
the Department to appoint a hospital infection advisory committee, makes
compliance with this act a condition of hospital licensure, and permits
monetary penalties for noncompliance.
New Law Texas SB
7; HB 344;
SB
203; SB
151; SB
553; HB
1386; SB
1535; SB
1816 (HB
1362);
Bill Status: HB 1362 Passed-Signed by Governor on
6/19/09. SB 203: Passed-signed by Governor 6/19/09. SB 7: Did not pass but
sections were amended to other bills; HB 334: Did not pass SB 151: Did not
pass. SB 553: Did not pass. HB 1386: Did not pass. SB 1535: Did not pass.
Bill Sponsor: SB 7: Nelson; HB 344: Leibowitz;
SB 203: Shapleigh; SB 151: Ellis; SB 553: Lucio, Carona, Wendy Davis, Duell,
Ellis, Wentworth; HB 1386: Yvonne Davis; SB 1535: Hinojosa; SB1816: Van DePutte; HB1362: Gutierrez.
Bill Information: HB
1362: establish
a pilot program to research and implement procedures for reporting cases of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
(MRSA) infection. SB 203: the incidence of methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections in any unit
in the hospital; SB 7: Medicare nonpayment rules for TX Medical assistance program; medical error
reporting; HB 344: Prohibits state Medicaid reimbursement for all 27 never
events; SB 151: physician gift
disclosure; SB 553: physician gift disclosure; HB 1386: reporting of deaths due
to hospital infections; SB 1535: Medicaid nonpayment of certain preventable
adverse events and reporting of hospital infections.
New
Law
Bill Status: SB
48: Passed both Houses on 5/9; enacted 6/8/09. H 212: Died in Committee
Bill Sponsor: SB 48: Sens.
Peter Sumlin, Kevn Mullin,
Matthew Choate, Timothy Ashe; H 212: Rep. Donna Sweaney
Bill Information: SB
48: eliminating most Pharma gifts to physicians and
disclosing others; H 212: Health care commissioner, in consultation with representatives
from the public oversight commission, hospitals, etc. shall adopt rules
establishing a standard format for the content of reports, including measures
of hospital-acquired infections.
New Law
Bill Status: Signed by Governor 4/28; Chapter No. 244; HB 1123:
Introduced 1/14, House Health Care and Wellness Committee; 1/27: hearing; 2/13:
Scheduled for executive session in the House Committee on Health Care
& Wellness; substituted and recommended to be passed; 3/11: referred to Senate
Health & Long-Term Care; hearing schedules for 3/25. SB 5500: Introduced
1/23, referred to Health & Long-Term Care; 2/4: Public hearing; 2/5:
Executive action taken; 2/6: HEA-Majority: do pass. Passed to
Rules Committee for second reading; HB 2375 introduced and referred to House
Health Care and Wellness on 4/16.
Bill Sponsor: HB 1123: Campbell, Morrell, Hunter, Pedersen, Chase,
Ormsby, Simpson, Wood, Conway; SB 5500: Sens. Keiser, Pflug,
Bill Information: HB 1123:
Reducing spread of multi-drug resistant organisms; SB 5500: MRSA screening of
ICU patients
Link to 2008
bills:
http://www.consumersunion.org/campaigns/2008%20state%20legislative%20web%20chart.pdf