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SB 316 Civil law; immunity in sharing patient safety information.

Introduced by: Kenneth W. Stolle | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Civil law; immunity. Provides civil immunity for committee or board members, or consultants thereto, for functions related to patient safety, including entering into contracts with patient safety organizations. The bill also provides that reports or patient safety data in possession of a patient safety organization is confidential and that an employer may not retaliate against employees who make good faith reports to such organizations. As introduced, the bill was a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Health Care.


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