House of Representatives
State of Utah
UTAH STATE CAPITOL COMPLEX . 350 STATE CAPITOL
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P.O. BOX 145030 . SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84114-5030 . (801) 538-1029 January 24, 2012
Madam Speaker:
The Health and Human Services Committee reports a favorable recommendation on H.B. 55,
HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATED INFECTIONS, by Representative J. Draxler, with the following
amendments:
Paul Ray
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. requires an ambulatory surgical facility, a general acute hospital,
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. states that the report
shall
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may
not be used as evidence in a
criminal, civil, or
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administrative proceeding; and
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[(5)] (6)
(7)
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(7)
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(8)
"General acute hospital" is as defined in Section
26-21-2
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[(6)]
(8)
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(9)
"Incubation period" means the time interval between
exposure to an infectious
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[(7)]
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(10)
"Infected individual" means an individual who harbors an
infectious agent and
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[(8)]
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(11)
"Infection" means the entry and development or
multiplication of an
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[(9)]
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(12)
"Infectious agent" means an organism such as a virus,
rickettsia, bacteria,
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(13)
"Infectious disease" means a disease of man or animals
resulting from an
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infection.
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(14)
"Isolation" means the separation, for the period of
communicability, of
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[(12)]
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(15)
"Quarantine" means the restriction of the activities of
well individuals or
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[(13)]
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(16)
"School" means a public, private, or parochial nursery
school, licensed or
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[(14)]
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(17)
"Sexually transmitted disease" means those diseases
transmitted through
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(17)
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(18)
"Specialty hospital" is as defined in Section
26-21-
2.
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(1) An ambulatory surgical facility, a general acute hospital,
and
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a specialty
hospital
, an end stage renal disease facility, and other facilities as required by rules
of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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shall give the department access to the facility's data on the incidence and rate of health
care
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associated infections that the facility submits to the National Healthcare Safety Network
in the
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Center for Disease Control pursuant to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services
rules for
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infection reporting
under the Inpatient Prospective Payment System
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. Access
to data under this
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Subsection (1) may include data sharing through the National Healthcare Safety Network.
Respectfully,
Committee Chair
Voting: 8-0-1
3 HB0055.HC1.wpd 1/24/12 3:32 pm /MDA CJD/MDA
Bill Number
*HB0055*
HB0055