3.0.0 3380 2022-02-08T23:15:32Z 2022-02-08T23:15:32Z Senate S 2020-03-03 116 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-03-03T20:20:46Z 2020-03-03 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2020-03-03 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI N Health Administrative law and regulatory procedures Advisory bodies Child health Congressional oversight Department of Health and Human Services Drug therapy Executive agency funding and structure Government studies and investigations Health care quality Health facilities and institutions Health information and medical records Health personnel Health programs administration and funding Health promotion and preventive care Home and outpatient care Hospital care Infectious and parasitic diseases Licensing and registrations Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Medicaid Medical education Medicare Prescription drugs State and local government operations Surgery and anesthesia Health 00 2020-03-03 Introduced in Senate 2020-05-28T19:00:02Z Patient Safety Improvement Act of 2020

This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to undertake actions related to (1) health care-associated infections (HAI), (2) antimicrobial stewardship, and (3) patient safety.

With respect to HAI, HHS must award grants for state and regional infection control programs and must establish a pilot program related to HAI data reporting by long-term care facilities and others. HHS must also award grants to eligible entities for infection control during patient care transitions, and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) must develop guidance regarding transfers or discharges of patients with HAI diagnoses. The Government Accountability Office must evaluate the adequacy of oversight and validation of specified HAI data reporting.

With respect to antimicrobial stewardship, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must award grants to states to implement antimicrobial stewardship plans and must otherwise take steps to address antibiotic prescribing.

With respect to patient safety, the HHS must incentivize state medical boards to require education on patient safety topics as a condition of licensure, and the CMS must harmonize quality measure reporting requirements through a collaborative that includes representatives from, among other groups, insurers and patient groups. In addition, as a condition of a hospital's participation in Medicare, members of the hospital's board must periodically receive training on relevant patient safety topics.

]]> Patient Safety Improvement Act of 2020 Display Title Patient Safety Improvement Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Introduced Patient Safety Improvement Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to improve patient safety by supporting State-based quality improvement efforts and through enhanced data collection and reporting, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3380is/xml/BILLS-116s3380is.xml 2020-03-03 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. 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.