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San Francisco committee pauses health-code ordinance on hospital reporting after advocates urge broader data
Summary
The Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee heard testimony Feb. 10 on a proposed Health Code ordinance that would require hospitals to report out-of-county transfers and data on patients who qualify for subacute skilled nursing care; the item was continued to the call of the chair for further refinement after public comment and sponsor requests for more consultation with the Department of Public Health.
San Francisco — The Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee on Feb. 10 considered an ordinance that would require general acute care hospitals in San Francisco to report annually to the Department of Public Health the number of patients transferred out of county for subacute skilled nursing care and demographic information about patients who qualify for such care but are not transferred.
Supervisor Gordon Marr, the committee chair, opened the meeting and introduced the agenda item. Supervisor Safaie, who sponsored the draft ordinance, said it responds to a long-standing shortage of in-hospital subacute beds in the city and cited a contract provision tied to CPMC that…
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