2006 Utah Code - 26-1-30.5 — Duty to establish pilot program for monitoring quality in health care.

     26-1-30.5.   Duty to establish pilot program for monitoring quality in health care.
     (1) The department shall develop a two year demonstration project to promote and monitor quality health care. Implementation and execution of the demonstration project is contingent upon appropriations from the Legislature.
     (2) The demonstration project shall include at least the following:
     (a) a collaborative, public-private effort to promote clinical quality and cost effectiveness in health care through community wide continuous quality improvement methods; and
     (b) a process for evaluating the effectiveness of health care continuous quality improvement efforts in the state.

Amended by Chapter 53, 2001 General Session