AN ACT RELATING TO REASONABLE SAFETY AND CONTAINMENT MEASURES FOR MANAGING PATIENTS PENDING INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT PLACEMENT. Summarized in Daily Bulletin 6/19/12. Enacted June 29, 2012. Effective June 29, 2012.
MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS MANAGEMENT (NEW).
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TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES TO ESTABLISH A STATEWIDE SURVEILLANCE AND REPORTING SYSTEM FOR HEALTH CARE-ASSOCIATED INFECTIONS AND TO SUBJECT HOSPITALS TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE STATEWIDE SURVEILLANCE AND REPORTING SYSTEM.Intro. by Purcell, Bingham, Mansfield.
Status: Ch. SL 2012-128 (Senate Action) (Jun 29 2012)
Bill History:
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Tue, 15 Mar 2011 Senate: Filed(link is external)
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Wed, 16 Mar 2011 Senate: Passed 1st Reading(link is external)
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Wed, 16 Mar 2011 Senate: Ref To Com On Health Care(link is external)
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Wed, 30 Mar 2011 Senate: Reptd Fav(link is external)
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Thu, 31 Mar 2011 Senate: Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading(link is external)
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Tue, 5 Apr 2011 House: Passed 1st Reading(link is external)
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Tue, 5 Apr 2011 House: Ref To Com On Health and Human Services(link is external)
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Tue, 19 Jun 2012 House: Reptd Fav Com Substitute(link is external)
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Tue, 19 Jun 2012 House: Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)(link is external)
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Tue, 19 Jun 2012 House: Placed On Cal For 6/20/2012(link is external)
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Wed, 20 Jun 2012 House: Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading(link is external)
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Thu, 21 Jun 2012 Senate: Rec To Concur H Com Sub(link is external)
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Thu, 21 Jun 2012 Senate: Placed On Cal For 6/25/2012(link is external)
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Mon, 25 Jun 2012 Senate: Concurred In H/com Sub(link is external)
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Tue, 26 Jun 2012 Ratified(link is external)
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Tue, 26 Jun 2012 Pres. To Gov. 6/26/2012(link is external)
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Fri, 29 Jun 2012 Signed By Gov. 6/29/2012(link is external)
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Fri, 29 Jun 2012 Ch. SL 2012-128(link is external)
S 347/S.L. 2012-128
Bill Summaries:
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Summary date: Jul 2 2012 - View Summary
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Bill S 347 (2011-2012)Summary date: Jun 19 2012 - View Summary
House committee substitute makes the following changes to 1st edition.
Deletes all provisions in the previous edition and replaces them with AN ACT RELATING TO REASONABLE SAFETY AND CONTAINMENT MEASURES FOR MANAGING PATIENTS PENDING INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT PLACEMENT.
Enacts new GS 122C-263.2 to provide that an acute care hospital or other site of first examination that is not operating as a licensable mental health facility is not acting as a 24-hour facility; operating a psychiatric, substance abuse, or special care unit; offering psychiatric or substance abuse services; or acting as a mental health facility, when using reasonable safety or containment measures and precautions, as listed, to manage patients pending involuntary commitment placement.
Directs the Department of Health and Human Services to study specified LME activities related to acute care inpatient admissions and crisis services and to report quarterly to the General Assembly beginning October 1, 2012, and ending December 31, 2013.
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Bill S 347 (2011-2012)Summary date: Mar 15 2011 - View Summary
Enacts new GS 130A-150, directing the Department of Health and Human Services (Department) to establish a statewide surveillance system for health care-associated infections by December 31, 2011. Directs the Commission for Public Health to adopt rules necessary to implement such a system, which must include uniform standards for surveillance and reporting. Provides that hospitals, as defined in GS 131E-76(3), are subject to the system. Authorizes the Department to release to the public aggregated, de-identified data about infections only if release is in the public interest.
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