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Policy and Regulation
Adverse Health Care Event Reporting Law
- Regulation establishing an adverse event reporting system for hospitals and
ambulatory surgical treatment centers was adopted in November 2009. Due to state
budget issues, the Act's implementation has been delayed until January 2011,
when IDPH plans to begin a six-month reporting pilot.
Ambulance Transport
- Required Notification of Patients Prior to Non-Emergency Ambulance
Transport
Legislation that became effective on January 1, 2007 requires notification
of patients prior to non-emergency transport by ambulance from the hospital
to another site. The notice must be either a Physician Certification
Statement or another form that alerts patients that they may be responsible
for the cost of the ambulance ride.
Facility Requirements
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Policy on Locked Bathroom Doors in Hospital
Patient Rooms
HB 5764 requires that hospitals have policies and procedures for readily
gaining access to a locked bathroom in a patient's room as of January 1,
2011.
Health Professionals Licensure Identification
- New Requirements for Health Care Professionals to Identify Licensure
Public Act 96-1340, effective July 27, 2010
requires health care professionals to properly identify their licensure in
their offices; on their person; and in any “advertisement” naming the health
care professional. The purpose of this
law is to clearly inform patients of
the qualifications of health care professionals and to protect the public
from potentially misleading and deceptive health care advertising.
Hospital Report Card Act (HRCA)
Nursing
- Nurse Practice Act
Governor Blagojevich signed the updated Nurse Practice Act into law on Oct.
5, 2007. The new law, due to sunset in 2018, recognizes nurses' larger role
in providing health care, and clarifies APN, RN and LPN responsibilities and
requirements.
- Nurse Staffing by Patient Acuity
In 2007, Governor Blagojevich signed
SB867 into law. The legislation
was strongly supported by IHA to address hospital staffing based on patient
acuity. The Nurse Staffing by Patient Acuity law addresses hospitals'
staffing plans based on each hospital's patient acuity model, incorporating
recommendations from a nursing care committee comprised of 50% direct care
nurses.
Perinatal Issues
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New Legislation Requires Hospitals to Give SIDS
Education; Focuses on Preventing Premature Births
Public Act 96-1116, effective January 1, 2011, amends the Hospital Licensing
Act to require hospitals to provide information and instructional materials
regarding sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) that emphasize measures that
may reduce the risk of SIDS. Public Act 96-1117 and House Joint Resolution
111 both focus on efforts to decrease premature deliveries.
- Proposed Perinatal Code Amendments
IHA has submitted
comments to the Department of Public Health on the proposed changes to the
Regionalized Perinatal Health Care Code published February 5, 2010.
Pharmacy Practice Act
- IHA worked with legislators and stakeholders in 2007 on legislation
updating the state's licensure of pharmacies and pharmacy personnel.
Sexual Assault Survivors
- Follow-up Care Vouchers - An Overview
Over 2 years ago, IHA participated in discussions with the Illinois Department
of Healthcare and Family Services, the Illinois Department of Public Health,
ISMS, and other stakeholders to develop a system whereby uninsured sexual
assault survivors can receive follow-up care that is paid for by the state. Many hospitals already participate in this program by generating online
vouchers at the time of the emergency department visit, for survivors to take to
providers of follow-up care.
STDs
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Partner Therapy for Certain Sexually Transmitted Diseases
IHA monitored the development of this law in 2009, to assure that hospital
pharmacy interests were incorporated, and that provision of expedited
partner therapy remained voluntary.
Stroke
- Emergent Stroke Response
The Illinois General Assembly in 2009 passed
HB 2244, allowing the
creation of stroke systems of care in Illinois. The law identifies hospitals
capable of providing emergent stroke care (Primary Stroke Centers and Emergent
Stroke Ready Hospitals), and directs EMS providers to transport possible acute
stroke patients to these hospitals.
IHA is working with the American Heart Association and the Illinois
Department of Public Health to create preliminary regulation that will enact the
landmark legislation. Following completion of the regulatory process, IDPH will
begin designating hospitals as Primary Stroke Centers and Emergent Stroke Ready
Hospitals.
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