SB19-234 Summary

• Extends the sunset date for professional review committee functions from September 1, 2019 to September 1, 2030, requiring a Department of Regulatory Agencies review before repeal.

• Defines "original source documents" as business records not created as part of professional review activities, making them discoverable only from original sources rather than from professional review files.

• Encourages hospitals to appoint consumers as nonvoting members of professional review committees, provided they comply with conflict of interest policies and confidentiality agreements.

• Requires governing boards to register annually with the division, disclosing whether they are currently engaged or intend to engage in professional review activities, and report de-identified investigation data.

• Allows patients in civil actions to subpoena original source documents identified in a professional review committee log only if those documents were not previously produced in response to discovery requests to the original source.