81R1044 ALB-D
By: Shapleigh S.B. No. 203
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the reporting of MRSA infection rates in hospitals.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 98.103(c), Health and Safety Code, as
added by Chapter 359 (S.B. 288), Acts of the 80th Legislature,
Regular Session, 2007, is amended to read as follows:
(c) A general hospital shall report the following to the
department:
(1) the incidence of laboratory-confirmed central
line-associated primary bloodstream infections occurring in any
special care setting in the hospital; [and]
(2) the incidence of respiratory syncytial virus
occurring in any pediatric inpatient unit in the hospital; and
(3) the incidence of methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections in any unit in the
hospital.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.