Directs the commissioner of health to require each licensed home care service agency to submit an infection control plan and periodic reports detailing measures taken to protect clients from infection.
Directs the commissioner of health to require each licensed home care service agency to submit an infection control plan and periodic reports detailing measures taken to protect clients from infection.
Provides for the designation by a general hospital of persons to identify infectious disease processes, conduct surveillance and epidemiologic investigations, and develop plans to prevent and control the transmission of infectious agents within general hospitals.
Provides that the department of health shall make available to licensed home care services agencies all platforms, applications, software, forms and other documents necessary for the licensed home care services agency to submit statistical reports associated with required registration materials.
Urges and requests the Healthcare-Acquired Infections Advisory Group to identify the most significant healthcare-acquired infections, provide strategies for the reduction of health care-acquired infections, and determine a cost-effective method for health care providers to report these infections so that the public may access this data
Ensures language assistance services by state agencies; requires state agencies to maintain records of the primary language spoken by any individual seeking such assistance; requires state agency to submit an annual report on language services.