FL H0319

Hospitals must provide patients with written quality data upon admission or scheduling, including hospital-acquired infection rates, HCAHPS survey ratings, and 15-day readmission rates compared to statewide averages

Agency for Health Care Administration required to design annual patient safety culture surveys for hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers measuring adverse events, teamwork, error reporting comfort, and staff compliance

Surveys must be anonymous to encourage staff participation and will draw from nationally recognized models including federal AHRQ surveys and the University of Texas Safety Attitudes Questionnaire

Licensed facilities must submit patient safety culture survey data to the agency as part of required health care data reporting

Appropriates $74,173 in recurring funds and $87,474 in nonrecurring funds from the Health Care Trust Fund, plus one FTE position at $46,560 salary, effective July 1, 2019