2013 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 11 - Public Health, Housing, Environment
Chapter 442 - Health Planning
Section 442.851 - Limit on amounts collected to fund Oregon Patient Safety Reporting Program.

(1) Amounts collected by the Oregon Patient Safety Commission under ORS 442.850 may not exceed $1.5 million for the fiscal year beginning on July 1, 2007, and ending on June 30, 2008.

(2) The dollar amount specified in subsection (1) of this section shall be adjusted annually by the commission based upon the change in the Consumer Price Index as defined in ORS 327.006 for every fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 2008. [2007 c.476 §3]

Note: See note under 442.819.

Note: Sections 1 to 4, 6 and 12, chapter 838, Oregon Laws 2007, provide:

Sec. 1. The Legislative Assembly finds that Oregonians should be free from infections acquired during the delivery of health care. Action taken in this state to prevent health care acquired infections should be trustworthy, effective, transparent and reliable. [2007 c.838 §1]

Sec. 2. As used in sections 1 to 6 of this 2007 Act:

(1) "Health care facility" has the meaning given that term in ORS 442.015.

(2) "Health care acquired infection" means a localized or systemic condition that:

(a) Results from an adverse reaction to the presence of an infectious agent or its toxin; and

(b) Was not present or incubating at the time of admission to the health care facility.

(3) "Risk-adjusted methodology" means a standardized method used to ensure that intrinsic and extrinsic risk factors for a health care acquired infection are considered in the calculation of health care acquired infection rates. [2007 c.838 §2]

Sec. 3. (1) There is established in the Oregon Health Authority the Oregon Health Care Acquired Infection Reporting Program. The program shall:

(a) Provide useful and credible infection measures, specific to each health care facility, to consumers;

(b) Promote quality improvement in health care facilities; and

(c) Utilize existing quality improvement efforts to the extent practicable.

(2) The authority shall adopt rules to:

(a) Require health care facilities to report to the authority health care acquired infection measures, including but not limited to health care acquired infection rates;

(b) Specify the health care acquired infection measures that health care facilities must report; and

(c) Prescribe the form, manner and frequency of reports of health care acquired infection measures by health care facilities.

(3) In prescribing the form, manner and frequency of reports of health care acquired infection measures by health care facilities, to the extent practicable and appropriate to avoid unnecessary duplication of reporting by facilities, the authority shall align the requirements with the requirements for health care facilities to report similar data to the Department of Human Services and to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

(4) The authority shall utilize, to the extent practicable and appropriate, a credible and reliable risk-adjusted methodology in analyzing the health care acquired infection measures reported by health care facilities.

(5) The authority shall provide health care acquired infection measures and related information to health care facilities in a manner that promotes quality improvement in the health care facilities.

(6) The authority shall adopt rules prescribing the form, manner and frequency for public disclosure of reported health care acquired infection measures. The authority shall disclose updated information to the public no less frequently than every calendar quarter.

(7) Individually identifiable health information submitted to the authority by health care facilities pursuant to this section may not be disclosed to, made subject to subpoena by or used by any state agency for purposes of any enforcement or regulatory action in relation to a participating health care facility. [2007 c.838 §3; 2009 c.595 §1157; 2013 c.61 §6]

Sec. 4. (1) There is established the Health Care Acquired Infection Advisory Committee to advise the Director of the Oregon Health Authority regarding the Oregon Health Care Acquired Infection Reporting Program. The advisory committee shall consist of 16 members appointed by the director as follows:

(a) Seven of the members shall be health care providers or their designees, including:

(A) A hospital administrator who has expertise in infection control and who represents a hospital that contains fewer than 100 beds;

(B) A hospital administrator who has expertise in infection control and who represents a hospital that contains 100 or more beds;

(C) A long term care administrator;

(D) A hospital quality director;

(E) A physician with expertise in infectious disease;

(F) A registered nurse with interest and involvement in infection control; and

(G) A physician who practices in an ambulatory surgical center and who has interest and involvement in infection control.

(b) Nine of the members shall be individuals who do not represent health care providers, including:

(A) A consumer representative;

(B) A labor representative;

(C) An academic researcher;

(D) A health care purchasing representative;

(E) A representative of the Department of Human Services;

(F) A representative of the business community;

(G) A representative of the Oregon Patient Safety Commission who does not represent a health care provider on the commission;

(H) The state epidemiologist; and

(I) A health insurer representative.

(2) The Director of the Oregon Health Authority and the advisory committee shall evaluate on a regular basis the quality and accuracy of the data collected and reported by health care facilities under section 3, chapter 838, Oregon Laws 2007, and the methodologies of the Oregon Health Authority for data collection, analysis and public disclosure.

(3) Members of the advisory committee are not entitled to compensation and shall serve as volunteers on the advisory committee.

(4) Each member of the advisory committee shall serve a term of two years.

(5) The advisory committee shall make recommendations to the director regarding:

(a) The health care acquired infection measures that health care facilities must report, which may include but are not limited to:

(A) Surgical site infections;

(B) Central line related bloodstream infections;

(C) Urinary tract infections; and

(D) Health care facility process measures designed to ensure quality and to reduce health care acquired infections;

(b) Methods for evaluating and quantifying health care acquired infection measures that align with other data collection and reporting methodologies of health care facilities and that support participation in other quality interventions;

(c) Requiring different reportable health care acquired infection measures for differently situated health care facilities as appropriate;

(d) A method to ensure that infections present upon admission to the health care facility are excluded from the rates of health care acquired infection disclosed to the public for the health care facility under sections 3 and 6, chapter 838, Oregon Laws 2007;

(e) Establishing a process for evaluating the health care acquired infection measures reported under section 3, chapter 838, Oregon Laws 2007, and for modifying the reporting requirements over time as appropriate;

(f) Establishing a timetable to phase in the reporting and public disclosure of health care acquired infection measures; and

(g) Procedures to protect the confidentiality of patients, health care professionals and health care facility employees. [2007 c.838 §4; 2009 c.595 §1158; 2013 c.61 §7]

Sec. 6. (1) In addition to any report required pursuant to section 3, chapter 838, Oregon Laws 2007, on or before April 30 of each year, the Oregon Health Authority shall prepare an annual report summarizing the health care facility reports submitted pursuant to section 3, chapter 838, Oregon Laws 2007. The authority shall make the reports available to the public in the manner provided in ORS 192.243 and to the Legislative Assembly in the manner provided in ORS 192.245.

(2) The annual report shall, for each health care facility in the state, compare the health care acquired infection measures reported under section 3, chapter 838, Oregon Laws 2007. The authority, in consultation with the Health Care Acquired Infection Advisory Committee, shall provide the information in the report in a format that is as easily comprehensible as possible.

(3) The annual report may include findings, conclusions and trends concerning the health care acquired infection measures reported under section 3, chapter 838, Oregon Laws 2007, a comparison to the health care acquired infection measures reported in prior years and any policy recommendations.

(4) The authority shall publicize the annual report and its availability to interested persons, including providers, media organizations, health insurers, health maintenance organizations, purchasers of health insurance, organized labor, consumer and patient advocacy groups and individual consumers.

(5) The annual report and quarterly reports under this section and section 3, chapter 838, Oregon Laws 2007, may not contain information that identifies a patient, a licensed health care professional or an employee of a health care facility in connection with a specific infection incident. [2007 c.838 §6; 2013 c.61 §8]

Sec. 12. Sections 1 to 6 of this 2007 Act are repealed on January 2, 2018. [2007 c.838 §12]