Healthy Hospitals Act of 2007

3.0.0 1174 2023-01-11T20:02:10Z 2023-01-11T20:02:10Z House H HR 2007-02-16 110 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2007-02-27T20:25:53Z Referred to 2007-02-16T13:11:15Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing hswm02 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2007-02-27T17:45:54Z Referred to 2007-02-16T13:11:10Z 2007-07-19 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8124) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-06-05 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5984-5985) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-03-07 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2276) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-02-27 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2007-02-27 hswm02 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2007-02-16 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2007-02-16 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2007-02-16 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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. 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00 2007-02-16 Introduced in House 2007-02-27T20:51:57Z Healthy Hospitals Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require public reporting of health care-associated infections data by hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers.

Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a pilot program under Medicare to provide financial incentives or grants to hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers that demonstrate a satisfactory reduction in the rate of occurrence (or elimination) of health care-associated infections in the applicable hospital or ambulatory surgical center.

Expresses the sense of Congress that health care providers and facilities should take measures to reduce the rate of occurrence of health care-associated infections to zero, with respect to patients to whom such providers and facilities furnish services.

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Healthy Hospitals Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require public reporting of health care-associated infections data by hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers and to permit the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a pilot program to provide incentives to hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to eliminate the rate of occurrence of such infections. Introduced in House IH Display Title Healthy Hospitals Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Healthy Hospitals Act of 2007 Introduced in House 2007-02-16T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr1174ih/xml/BILLS-110hr1174ih.xml 2007-07-19 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8124) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.