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House approves bill to require public reporting of health‑care associated infections; effective date delayed
Summary
H.B. 55, requiring the state Department of Health to post verified rates of health‑care‑associated infections for hospitals, surgical centers and dialysis clinics, passed after sponsors agreed to delay the effective date and remove a one-time fiscal note.
The Utah House on Jan. 30 approved H.B. 55, a bill directing the Department of Health to post verified, user-friendly reports of health-care-associated infection (HAI) rates for hospitals, surgical centers and dialysis facilities.
Representative Draxler, sponsor of the measure, told members the bill is the product of a year of stakeholder work with the Utah Hospital Association, physician groups, consumer advocates and a…
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