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91_HB4346

 
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Hospital Licensing Act.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The Hospital  Licensing  Act  is  amended  by
 5    adding Section 12.1 as follows:

 6        (210 ILCS 85/12.1 new)
 7        Sec. 12.1.  Report of adverse events.
 8        (a)  In  addition  to  any other requirements of law, the
 9    Hospital Licensing Board shall adopt rules by  July  1,  2000
10    that  develop  standardized  criteria, standards, procedures,
11    and forms by which a hospital must report an adverse event.
12        (b)  Reports must be submitted  in  a  timely  manner  as
13    determined by the Department.
14        (c)  The  Department  must  review  the  reports  and may
15    conduct on-site visits for the purpose  of  verification  and
16    classification.
17        (d)  The  Department  may  develop and maintain a central
18    information  system  of  adverse  events   to   support   its
19    regulatory  and  public  health  functions  and  for research
20    purposes.
21        (e)  The Department may consider other  reports  required
22    by law to be satisfactory for compliance with this Section.
23        (f)  Information contained in a report under this Section
24    may  be  disclosed  only  if  the  information is included in
25    reports or information subject to disclosure  under  Sections
26    6.14a, 6.14b, 6.14c, 6.14d, and 9 of this Act.
27        (g)  The  Department must submit a report to the Governor
28    and General Assembly that contains a statistical  summary  of
29    the  data  on  the adverse events by April 1 of each calendar
30    year.
31        (h)  For the purposes of this  Section,  "adverse  event"
 
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 1    means  an  event that seriously compromises quality assurance
 2    or patient safety.  "Adverse event" includes an injury  to  a
 3    patient,  an employee, or a visitor that is life-threatening,
 4    results  in  death,  or  requires  the  person   to   undergo
 5    significant  additional  diagnostic  or  treatment  measures;
 6    medication errors; major biomedical device or other equipment
 7    failure  resulting  in serious injury or having potential for
 8    serious injury; surgical errors involving the wrong  patient,
 9    the wrong side of the body, the wrong organ, or the retention
10    of  a  foreign  object;  blood transfusion errors; a maternal
11    death within 90 days of delivery or termination of pregnancy;
12    death of a person by suicide; infant abduction  or  discharge
13    to  the  wrong  family;  unlicensed  practice  of a regulated
14    profession;   occurrences   such   as   epidemic   outbreaks,
15    poisonings, fires,  major  accidents,  death  from  unnatural
16    causes,  or  other  catastrophes and unusual occurrences that
17    threaten  the  welfare,  safety,  or  health   of   patients,
18    personnel,   or   visitors.  "Adverse  event"  also  includes
19    interruptions of  service  at  the  hospital;  prevalence  of
20    commmunicable  disease;  infestation by parasites or vectors;
21    disappearance or loss of a patient; rape or other sexual acts
22    involving patients who are minors, nonconsenting  adults,  or
23    persons  incapable of consent; physical assaults on patients,
24    employees, or visitors; and all suspected  criminal  activity
25    involving patients, employees, or visitors.

26        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
27    becoming law.

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