Bill Text: VA HB2425 | 2019 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Health, Virginia Department of; monitoring of health care-associated infections.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-08 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0293) [HB2425 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2019-HB2425-Chaptered.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §32.1-35.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§32.1-35.1. Information on health care-associated infections.
Acute care hospitals shall Health care facilities
that are required to report information about nosocomial health
care-associated infections to the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention's National Healthcare Safety Network. Such hospitals
(NHSN) pursuant to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services reporting
requirements shall release their infection such data to the
Board of Health through the NHSN. The specific infections to
be reported, the hospitals required to report, and patient populations to be
included shall be prescribed by Board regulation. Such hospital infection rate
data may be released to the public by the Board, upon request.
