| Passed by the Senate April 21, 2009 YEAS 46 BRAD OWEN ________________________________________ President of the Senate Passed by the House April 25, 2009 YEAS 95 FRANK CHOPP ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives | I, Thomas Hoemann, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 6002 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. THOMAS HOEMANN ________________________________________ Secretary | |
| Approved May 14, 2009, 11:58 a.m. CHRISTINE GREGOIRE ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | May 18, 2009 Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 61st Legislature | 2009 Regular Session |
Read first time 02/12/09. Referred to Committee on Health & Long-Term Care.
AN ACT Relating to the Washington state quality forum; amending RCW 70.56.030; and repealing RCW 41.05.029.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1 RCW 70.56.030 and 2007 c 259 s 13 are each amended to read
as follows:
(1) The department shall:
(a) Receive and investigate, where necessary, notifications and
reports of adverse events, including root cause analyses and corrective
action plans submitted as part of reports, and communicate to
individual facilities the department's conclusions, if any, regarding
an adverse event reported by a facility; and
(b) ((Provide to the Washington state quality forum established in
RCW 41.05.029 such information from the adverse health events and
incidents reports made under this chapter as the department and the
Washington state quality forum determine will assist in the Washington
state quality forum's research regarding health care quality, evidence-based medicine, and patient safety. Any shared information must be
aggregated and not identify an individual medical facility. As
determined by the department and the Washington state quality forum,
selected shared information may be disseminated on the Washington state
quality forum's web site and through other appropriate means; and)) Adopt rules as necessary to implement this chapter.
(c)
(2) The department may enforce the reporting requirements of RCW
70.56.020 using its existing enforcement authority provided in chapter
18.46 RCW for childbirth centers, chapter 70.41 RCW for hospitals, and
chapter 71.12 RCW for psychiatric hospitals.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2 RCW 41.05.029 (Washington state quality
forum -- Established -- Duties) and 2007 c 259 s 9 are each repealed.