3.0.0 3596 2023-01-11T13:21:43Z 2023-01-11T13:21:43Z Senate S S 2010-07-15 111 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2010-07-15T19:43:43Z 2010-07-15 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2010-07-15 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5968-5969) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2010-07-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001049 Sen. Hagan, Kay R. [D-NC] Kay Hagan D NC R. N Health Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Health care quality Health facilities and institutions Health information and medical records Health programs administration and funding Medicare Health 00 2010-07-15 Introduced in Senate 2010-09-03T15:16:45Z Culture of Safety Hospital Accountability Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of Heatlh and Human Services (HHS) to study for a report made available on the Internet website of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: (1) existing activities and programs in hospitals for quality assurance, patient safety, and performance improvement; and (2) any best practices that should be replicated in hospitals to improve patient safety and quality of care, consistent with the quality assessment and performance improvement program, as required by the conditions of participation for hospitals under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act.

Directs the Secretary to establish the Culture of Safety Hospital Accountability demonstration program to support establishing partnerships and other cooperative approaches among hospitals, state health care agencies, and HHS to promote and implement the best practices.

]]> Culture of Safety Hospital Accountability Act of 2010 Display Title Culture of Safety Hospital Accountability Act of 2010 Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish the Culture of Safety Hospital Accountability Study and Demonstration Program. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Culture of Safety Hospital Accountability Act of 2010 Introduced in Senate 2010-07-15T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s3596is/xml/BILLS-111s3596is.xml 2010-07-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.