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2013 House Bill 1471: Updating and aligning with federal requirements hospital health care-associated infection rate reporting
Introduced by Rep. Marcus Riccelli (Spokane) (D) on January 28, 2013
Modifies current law to conform with federal law regarding hospital health care-associated infection rate reporting. This act requires the state Department of Health to delete, add or modify categories for reporting, when necessary to comply with federal law. (SB 5415). Official Text and Analysis.
Referred to the House Health Care & Wellness Committee on January 28, 2013
Referred to the House Rules Committee on February 20, 2013
Updates hospital reporting requirements for health care-associated infections
to align state requirements with federal standards.
Grants the Department of Health rulemaking authority to add, delete, or
modify reporting requirements to maintain alignment with federal standards.
Received in the Senate on March 13, 2013
Referred to the Senate Health Care Committee on March 13, 2013
Amendment offered in the Senate on March 26, 2013
Reinstates a requirement that hospitals collect data related to health care-associated infections on deep sternal wound for cardiac surgery, including coronary artery bypass graft and total hip and knee replacement surgery; and requires the Department to report to the appropriate committees of the legislature by December 1, 2016 with an update on the categories of reporting required under this act, any plans for federal reporting requirements on the categories, and recommendations for an expiration of the reporting requirements.
The amendment passed by voice vote in the Senate on April 12, 2013
Referred to the Senate Rules Committee on March 27, 2013
Updates hospital reporting requirements for health care-associated infections to align state requirements with federal standards. Grants the Department of Health rulemaking authority to add, delete, or modify reporting requirements to maintain alignment with federal standards.
Received in the House on April 22, 2013
Motion in the House on April 22, 2013
To concur in Senate amendment(s).
The motion failed by voice vote in the House on April 22, 2013
Received in the Senate on April 24, 2013
Motion in the Senate on April 24, 2013
To recede from amendment(s).
The motion passed by voice vote in the Senate on April 24, 2013
Amendment offered by Sen. Randi Becker (Eatonville) (R) on April 24, 2013
Inserts an expiration date for the reporting of infections related to cardiac, hip, and knee surgeries of July 1, 2017 (Follows the Department of Health report due December 2016 on any
federal reporting changes relative to these infections).
The amendment passed by voice vote in the Senate on April 24, 2013
Received in the House on April 26, 2013
Motion in the House on April 26, 2013
To concur in Senate amendment(s).
The motion passed by voice vote in the House on April 26, 2013
Requires the Department of Health to update hospital reporting requirements
for health care-associated infections to align state requirements with federal
standards.
Signed with partial veto by Gov. Jay Inslee on May 21, 2013
To remove a section that would have made Section 1 of the bill expire in 2017. Section 1 makes substantive changes that the Governor does not believe should expire, nor that this
was the intent of the legislature.