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IN SB0388
Bill
Status
1/10/2017
Primary Sponsor
Jean Breaux
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AI Summary
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Establishes a public statewide health facility investigation disclosure registry to be implemented and maintained by the Indiana State Department of Health.
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Requires law enforcement agencies, adult protective services, the state department, and other investigating entities to report substantiated complaints against health facilities to the state department for registry inclusion.
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Registry must include complaint type, severity, whether actions resulted in fall/injury/death, facility name and location, investigating entity, and complaint status.
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Health facilities must disclose substantiated complaint information to individuals and their health care representatives before they become patients.
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State department shall publish the registry on its website, generate annual aggregated complaint reports beginning July 1, 2018, and may fine facilities that fail to disclose complaint information; effective July 1, 2017.
Legislative Description
Data base of health facility investigations. Establishes the public statewide health facility investigation disclosure registry (registry) to be implemented and maintained by the state department of health (state department). Sets forth requirements of the registry. Requires certain investigating entities to report substantiated complaints concerning a health facility to the state department for inclusion in the registry. Requires a health facility to disclose to certain individuals information concerning a substantiated complaint in the registry. Requires the state department to generate an annual report that aggregates the number of substantiated complaints in the registry. Allows the state department to fine a health
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services
1/10/2017