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SCS/SB 10 - Under current law, the Department of Health and Senior Services is required to disseminate reports to the public based on data compiled showing for hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers infection incidence rate for certain infections. This act adds certain other infections to be reported including specified surgical site infections, central line-related bloodstream infections, and all infections specified by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. This act requires the infection control advisory panel to make recommendations to the Department and the General Assembly regarding the appropriateness of using the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' reporting requirements by January 1, 2016. Additionally, those hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers participating in the National Healthcare Safety Network program or its successor, as a condition of licensure, must permit the program to disclose facility-specific data. Those facilities not participating in the program shall submit facility-specific data to the Department. The advisory panel must recommend and the Department to adopt a minimum of 4 surgical procedures for hospitals and a minimum of 2 surgical procedures for ambulatory surgical centers that meet specified criteria for reporting. This act also provides that no later than January 15, 2016, each hospital and ambulatory surgical center, excluding mental health facilities, shall establish an antibiotic stewardship program for evaluating the judicious use of antibiotics, especially antibiotics that are the last line of defense against resistant infections. The stewardship program procedures shall be made available upon inspection to the Department. This act is similar to SB 910 (2014). SARAH HASKINS
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