SF 434: Relating to hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers, and health care facilities, including information and reporting requirements

What it does

This bill relates to hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers, and health care facilities, including information and reporting requirements. The bill requires that in addition to any other information and reporting required under Code chapter 135, subchapter VI, relating to the health facilities council, hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers shall annually report all of the following to the department of health and human services (HHS) and to the board of medicine in a format required by HHS: surgical, medical, anesthesia-related, or other complications from surgeries or treatment provided to patients by the hospital or ambulatory surgical center; the type and number of each type of surgery performed in the prior calendar year; the return visit and readmission rates related to a previous treatment or surgery, not including scheduled follow-up appointments; and the findings from surveys on patient safety culture conducted by the federal agency for healthcare research and quality for the prior calendar year.

Senate subcommittee · named March 2, 2023

• Sen. Jeff Edler (R)
• Sen. Mark Costello (R) · mark.costello@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Sarah Trone Garriott (D) · sarah.trone.garriott@legis.iowa.gov

In plain words

1. February 27, 2023Filed in the Senate and sent to the Health and Human Services committee
2. March 2, 2023Senate subcommittee named: Edler, Costello and Trone Garriott