S.F. No. 0113

Medical safety event reporting.

Sponsored By: Senator(s) Massie and Representative(s) Iekel and Osborn

AN ACT relating to health care facilities; providing for mandatory reporting of safety events by health care facilities to the department of health as specified; requiring an annual report of safety events by the department of health; providing definitions; providing a sunset date; providing an appropriation; and providing for an effective date.

1/12/2005 Bill Number Assigned

1/14/2005 S Received for Introduction

1/14/2005 S Introduced and Referred to S10

1/26/2005 S10 Recommended Amend and Do Pass

ROLL CALL

Ayes: Senator(s) Aullman, Barrasso, Decaria, Massie and Scott

Ayes 5 Nays 0 Excused 0 Absent 0 Conflicts 0

1/26/2005 S Rereferred to S02

2/1/2005 S02 Recommended Do Pass

ROLL CALL

Ayes: Senator(s) Anderson, J., Case, Hines, Job and Nicholas

Ayes 5 Nays 0 Excused 0 Absent 0 Conflicts 0

2/1/2005 S Placed on General File

SF0113SS001/ADOPTED

Page 6-line 15 Before "ulcers" insert "pressure".

Page 10-line 17 Before "admissible" insert "discoverable or".

Page 13-line 1 After "3." delete balance of line and insert: "There is appropriated from the general fund to the department of health thirty-four thousand dollars ($34,000.00) and there is authorized one (1) full time position to the department of health for the period beginning July 1, 2005 and ending June 30, 2006 to implement the purposes of this act. The department of health shall include these funds and this position in its standard budget request for the 2007-2008 biennium. There is appropriated a one (1) time appropriation of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) from the budget reserve account to the department of health to retain a consultant to develop the electronic reporting capability specified in this act.".

Page 13-lines 2 thru 8 Delete. SCOTT, CHAIRMAN

2/4/2005 S Passed CoW

2/7/2005 S Passed 2nd Reading

2/8/2005 S Passed 3rd Reading

ROLL CALL

Ayes: Senator(s) Anderson, J., Aullman, Barrasso, Boggs, Burns, Case, Coe, Cooper, Decaria, Geis, Hanes, Hawks, Hines, Jennings, Job, Johnson, Larson, Massie, Meier, Mockler, Nicholas, Northrup, Peck, Ross, Schiffer, Scott, Sessions, Townsend, Vasey and Von Flatern.

Ayes 30 Nays 0 Excused 0 Absent 0 Conflicts 0

2/9/2005 H Received for Introduction

2/9/2005 H Introduced and Referred to H10

2/24/2005 H10 Recommended Do Pass

ROLL CALL

Ayes: Representative(s) Barnard, Brechtel, Harvey, Hastert, Iekel, Jackson, Martin, Morgan and Osborn

Ayes 9 Nays 0 Excused 0 Absent 0 Conflicts 0

2/24/2005 H Placed on General File

2/24/2005 H Rereferred to H02

2/24/2005 H02 Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 8-5

ROLL CALL

Ayes: Representative(s) Berger, Meuli, Petersen, Philp, Simpson and Warren

Excused: Representative(s) Jones and Jorgensen

Ayes 6 Nays 0 Excused 2 Absent 0 Conflicts 0

2/24/2005 H Placed on General File

SF0113HW001/ADOPTED (TO ENGROSSED COPY)

Page 1-line 5 After "health;" insert "providing for confidentiality; providing immunity;".

Page 10-line 19 After "." insert "No contractor, employee or other member of the department who receives any notice, report, document or any other information compiled or disseminated pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be permitted or required to testify in any civil action as to any evidence or any other matters presented to the department or as to any findings, recommendations, evaluations, opinions or other actions of the department or any contractors, employees or other members thereof. However, information, documents or other records otherwise available from original sources are not to be construed as immune from discovery or use in any civil action merely because they were submitted to the department, nor shall any person who provides information to the department under this section be prevented from testifying as to matters within his knowledge, but that person shall not be asked about his testimony or communications with the department.".

Page 12-After line 2 Insert:

"(j)  The state of Wyoming elects to be covered as of April 1, 2005, by the immunity granted by the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986, P.L. 99-660, Title IV adopted by Congress in 1986, to the extent authorized, for the department with respect to its duties and responsibilities under this section.".

Page 12-line 4 Delete "(j)" insert "(k)". LUBNAU

SF0113HW002/ADOPTED (TO ENGROSSED COPY)

Page 8-line 20 After "." insert "The department shall compile information received from a licensed health care facility under this section within any of its divisions at its discretion, except it shall not compile the information within, nor provide the information to, the office of health care licensing and survey or its successor within the department.". HASTERT

2/25/2005 H Passed CoW

2/28/2005 H Passed 2nd Reading

3/1/2005 H Passed 3rd Reading

ROLL CALL

Ayes: Representative(s) Alden, Anderson, R., Bagby, Barnard, Berger, Brechtel, Brown, Buchanan, Bucholz, Childers, Cohee, Davison, Diercks, Edwards, Esquibel, Gay, Gilmore, Gingery, Goggles, Hageman, Hammons, Harshman, Harvey, Hastert, Hinckley, Iekel, Illoway, Jackson, Jones, Landon, Lockhart, Lubnau, Luthi, Martin, McOmie, Miller, Morgan, Olsen, Osborn, Pedersen, Petersen, Philp, Powers, Quarberg, Robinson, Samuelson, Semlek, Simpson, Slater, Thompson, Walsh, Warren, Wasserburger, Watt, White and Zwonitzer.

Nays: Representative(s) Meuli

Excused: Representative(s) Jorgensen, Latta and Reese.

Ayes 56 Nays 1 Excused 3 Absent 0 Conflicts 0

3/1/2005 S Did Concur

ROLL CALL

Ayes: Senator(s) Anderson, J., Aullman, Barrasso, Boggs, Burns, Case, Coe, Cooper, Decaria, Geis, Hanes, Hawks, Hines, Jennings, Job, Johnson, Larson, Massie, Meier, Mockler, Nicholas, Northrup, Peck, Ross, Schiffer, Sessions, Townsend, Vasey and Von Flatern.

Nays: Senator(s) Scott

Ayes 29 Nays 1 Excused 0 Absent 0 Conflicts 0

3/1/2005 Assigned Number SEA No. 0104

3/2/2005 S President Signed SEA No. 0104

3/2/2005 H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0104

3/15/2005 Governor Signed SEA No. 0104

3/15/2005 Assigned Chapter Number

Chapter No. 0243 Session Laws of Wyoming 2005.