US HB2937 | 2009-2010 | 111th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-1)
Status: Introduced on June 18 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-06-19 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on June 18 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-06-19 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
MRSA Infection Prevention and Patient Protection Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to promulgate regulations relating to MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus), including regulations that provide a list of best practices for preventing MRSA infections and such other antibiotic resistant pathogens as the Secretary determines appropriate. Requires each acute care hospital to screen each patient entering an intensive care unit or other high-risk hospital department. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish a process and a timetable for extending the screening requirements to patients admitted to all hospitals by January 1, 2014; and (2) report to Congress on whether payment adjustments should be made under Medicare to assist certain hospitals in defraying the cost of screening for, and the subsequent treatment of, MRSA or other infections. Requires all hospitals to: (1) comply with specified MRSA best practices, including contact precautions and patient notification; and (2) report hospital-acquired MRSA and other infections that occur in the facility. Requires the Secretary to: (1) establish systems for identifying infected transferred patients and for promptly informing any facility that has transferred an infected patient; and (2) publish the names of providers who fail to take steps to reduce the incidence of MRSA infections. Permits a hospital to apply to the Secretary for a one-year increase in the amount of the capital-related costs payment made to the hospital under the prospective payment system to provide for the rapid implementation of MRSA screening programs and initiatives. Requires the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to award a grant for a pilot program to develop a rapid, cost-effective method for testing for MRSA using a molecular testing method. .
Title
MRSA Infection Prevention and Patient Protection Act
Sponsors
Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA] | Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA] | Rep. Dale Kildee [D-MI] | Rep. Mary Kilroy [D-OH] |
Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA] | Rep. James Moran [D-VA] | Rep. Steven Rothman [D-NJ] | Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL] |
Rep. Joe Sestak [D-PA] | Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA] | Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2009-06-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | |
2009-06-18 | Referred to House Ways and Means | |
2009-06-18 | Referred to House Energy and Commerce | |
2009-06-18 | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. |
Same As/Similar To
SB1305 (Same As) 2009-06-18 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Subjects
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug and radiation therapy
Health
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Hospital care
Immunology
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug and radiation therapy
Health
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Hospital care
Immunology
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/2937/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr2937/BILLS-111hr2937ih.pdf |