SENATE BILL 837

Sponsored By:

Senator Gladden

Entitled:

Hospitals and Nursing Facilities - Health Care-Associated Infections Prevention and Control Program

Synopsis:

Requiring hospitals and nursing facilities to establish a health care associated infection prevention and control program; requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in consultation with specified groups and stakeholders, to develop a system regarding the reporting of specified health care-associated infections; requiring the Department to make a specified report to specified committees of the General Assembly on or before December 1, 2007; etc.

History by Legislative and Calendar Date

Senate Action

2/19

First Reading Senate Rules

2/21

Re-referred Finance

3/6

Hearing 3/16 at 1:00 p.m.

3/21

Unfavorable Report by Finance

House Action

No Action

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

Diseases -see also- AIDS; Rabies

Health -see also- Mental Health

Health and Mental Hygiene, Department of

Hospitals -see also- Clinics; State Hospitals

Nursing Homes -see also- Continuing Care; Long Term Care

Patients

Reports

Bill affects the following Statute:

Health - General

( 19-308.9 )

Documents:

Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format): First Reading, Third Reading, Enrolled

Fiscal and Policy Note (Displayed in PDF Format): Available

Amendments: None offered