HB3492 - Tennessee - Health Care, Health, Dept. Of, Public Health

Companion Bill SB2831. Public Health - Defines "patient safety organization" for purposes of collecting relevant health data. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 11, Part 2. Fiscal Summary for HB3492 / *SB2831Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for HB3492 / *SB2831 Present law contains requirements for health care facilities to report unusual events and certain other defined incidents to the department of health. This bill defines "patient safety organization," within those statutory provisions for such reporting, to mean any public or private organization, or component of any such organization, whose primary activity is to improve patient safety and the quality of health care delivery for patients receiving care through the collection, aggregation, analysis, or processing of medical or health care related information submitted [...]

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