97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB3772

 

Introduced 5/5/2011, by Rep. Mary E. Flowers

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
410 ILCS 522/10-20
410 ILCS 522/10-35
410 ILCS 522/10-55 new

    Amends the Illinois Adverse Health Care Events Reporting Law of 2005. Includes additional reporting provisions if a health care facility implements a corrective action plan to address the findings of a root cause analysis of an adverse health care event. Sets forth provisions concerning the actions that the Department of Public Health shall take concerning an adverse health care event. Sets forth a provision concerning violations of the Law.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning health.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Adverse Health Care Events
5Reporting Law of 2005 is amended by changing Sections 10-20 and
610-35 and by adding Section 10-55 as follows:
 
7    (410 ILCS 522/10-20)
8    Sec. 10-20. Root cause analysis; corrective action plan.
9Following the occurrence of an adverse health care event, the
10health care facility must conduct a root cause analysis of the
11event. Following the analysis, the health care facility must
12(i) implement a corrective action plan to address the findings
13of the analysis and (A) report to the Department any changes in
14the corrective action plan originally submitted to the
15Department, (B) report to the Department the result of the
16implementation of the corrective action plan or plans, and (C)
17report to the Department any revisions to the corrective action
18plan or plans necessary to overcome deficiencies or the failure
19of that original plan or (ii) report to the Department any
20reasons for not taking corrective action. A copy of the
21findings of the root cause analysis and a copy of the original
22corrective action plan must be filed with the Department within
2390 days after the submission of the report to the Department

 

 

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1under Section 10-15. Revisions to the original corrective
2action plan must be filed with the Department within 15 days
3after the revision.
4(Source: P.A. 94-242, eff. 7-18-05.)
 
5    (410 ILCS 522/10-35)
6    Sec. 10-35. Analysis of reports; response to reports;
7communication of findings. The Department shall do the
8following:
9        (1) Analyze adverse event reports, corrective action
10    plans, and findings of the root cause analyses to determine
11    patterns of systemic failure in the health care system and
12    successful methods to correct these failures.
13        (1.2) Determine if the corrective action plans have
14    been implemented and resulted in successful corrections.
15        (1.3) Require the submission of changes to plans of
16    correction that have not been successful in correcting
17    systemic failures.
18        (1.4) Determine repeated adverse event reports and
19    require root cause analyses and plans of correction to
20    prevent recurrences.
21        (1.5) Determine if certain adverse event reports
22    constitute a substantial threat to the general public
23    health and welfare concerning which the Department shall
24    issue public health warnings.
25        (2) Communicate to individual health care facilities

 

 

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1    the Department's conclusions, if any, regarding an adverse
2    event reported by the health care facility.
3        (3) Communicate to relevant health care facilities any
4    recommendations for corrective action resulting from the
5    Department's analysis of submissions from facilities.
6        (4) Publish an annual report that does the following:
7            (i) Describes, by institution, adverse health care
8        events reported.
9            (ii) Summarizes, in aggregate form, the corrective
10        action plans and findings of root cause analyses
11        submitted by health care facilities.
12            (iii) Describes adopted recommendations for
13        quality improvement practices.
14(Source: P.A. 94-242, eff. 7-18-05.)
 
15    (410 ILCS 522/10-55 new)
16    Sec. 10-55. Violations. The Department may issue a notice
17of violation to any facility that does not comply with this
18Law. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 10-25 of this
19Law, the identity of the facility and its violation of the Law
20shall be subject to public disclosure. Standards and procedures
21governing such notices and disclosure shall be determined by
22administrative rule.