00                            SENATE BILL NO. 208                                                                         
01 "An Act requiring hospitals to collect data and disclose reports of hospital-acquired                                   
02 infections; and providing for an effective date."                                                                       
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 18.20 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                  
05            Sec. 18.20.076. Hospital data collection and reporting. (a) A hospital shall                               
06       collect data on all hospital-acquired infection rates for                                                         
07                 (1)  surgical site infections;                                                                          
08                 (2)  ventilator-associated pneumonia;                                                                   
09                 (3)  central-line-related bloodstream infections;                                                       
10                 (4)  urinary tract infections; and                                                                      
11                 (5)  other categories of infections as adopted by the department by                                     
12       regulation.                                                                                                       
13            (b)  A hospital shall, after collecting data required under (a) of this section,                             
14       prepare and disclose quarterly reports to the public in a format required by the                                  

01       department by regulation. Data included in a quarterly report                                                     
02                 (1)  must cover a period ending not earlier than one month before                                       
03       submission of the report;                                                                                         
04                 (2)  may not contain confidential patient information; and                                              
05                 (3)  must disclose information in a way that does not identify an                                       
06       individual who was involved in an incident of infection.                                                          
07            (c)  A quarterly report prepared under (b) of this section is a public record. The                           
08       department shall cause each quarterly report to be posted at the hospital that submitted                          
09       the report and to be available upon request.                                                                      
10            (d)  If a hospital is a division or subsidiary of another entity that owns or                                
11       operates other hospitals or related organizations, the quarterly report required under                            
12       this section shall be prepared separately for each division or subsidiary.                                        
13            (e)  In this section, "hospital-acquired infection" means a localized or systemic                            
14       condition that results from an adverse reaction to the presence of an infectious agent or                         
15       agents or its or their toxin or toxins that were not present or incubating at the time of                         
16       admission to the hospital.                                                                                        
17    * Sec. 2. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                          
18 read:                                                                                                                   
19       TRANSITION: REGULATIONS. The Department of Health and Social Services may                                         
20 proceed to adopt regulations necessary to implement sec. 1 of this Act. The regulations take                            
21 effect under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act), but not before the effective date of the                          
22 statutory change.                                                                                                       
23    * Sec. 3. Section 1 of this Act takes effect July 1, 2007.