HF 724

as introduced - 86th Legislature (2009 - 2010) Posted on 02/09/2010 01:41am

A bill for an act
relating to health; requiring hospital-acquired infections to be reported as adverse
health care events; amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 144.7065,
subdivision 5.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 144.7065, subdivision 5, is amended to
read:

Subd. 5.

Care management events.

Events reportable under this subdivision are:

(1) patient death or serious disability associated with a medication error, including,
but not limited to, errors involving the wrong drug, the wrong dose, the wrong patient, the
wrong time, the wrong rate, the wrong preparation, or the wrong route of administration,
excluding reasonable differences in clinical judgment on drug selection and dose;

(2) patient death or serious disability associated with a hemolytic reaction due to the
administration of ABO/HLA-incompatible blood or blood products;

(3) maternal death or serious disability associated with labor or delivery in a low-risk
pregnancy while being cared for in a facility, including events that occur within 42 days
postdelivery and excluding deaths from pulmonary or amniotic fluid embolism, acute
fatty liver of pregnancy, or cardiomyopathy;

(4) patient death or serious disability directly related to hypoglycemia, the onset of
which occurs while the patient is being cared for in a facility;

(5) death or serious disability, including kernicterus, associated with failure
to identify and treat hyperbilirubinemia in neonates during the first 28 days of life.
"Hyperbilirubinemia" means bilirubin levels greater than 30 milligrams per deciliter;

(6) stage 3 or 4 ulcers acquired after admission to a facility, excluding progression
from stage 2 to stage 3 if stage 2 was recognized upon admission;

(7) patient death or serious disability due to spinal manipulative therapy; deleted text begin and
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(8) artificial insemination with the wrong donor sperm or wrong egg new text begin ; and
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new text begin (9) patient illness from hospital-acquired infections, including infections due to
methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) new text end .