Bill > H1127

This bill makes technical changes to the Betsy Lehman Center for patient safety and medical error reduction enabling statute. The key provisions of the bill include: 1. Defining key terms such as "adverse event," "healthcare-associated infection," "medical error," and "patient safety information." 2. Establishing the Betsy Lehman Center within the state and outlining its purpose, which is to serve as a clearinghouse for developing, evaluating, and disseminating best practices for patient safety and medical error reduction. 3. Creating a Patient Safety and Medical Errors Reduction Board within the Betsy Lehman Center, which will oversee the Center's operations and appoint its director. 4. Requiring the Betsy Lehman Center to develop and administer patient safety and medical error reduction education and research programs, identify and disseminate information on evidence-based best practices, and serve as a clearinghouse for information on the causes of medical errors and strategies for prevention. 5. Allowing the Betsy Lehman Center and other state agencies to share patient safety information with each other while protecting the privacy and security of the data. 6. Authorizing the Betsy Lehman Center to adopt rules and regulations and contract with various entities to carry out its purposes. 7. Requiring the Betsy Lehman Center to report annually to the state legislature on the progress made in improving patient safety and reducing medical errors.

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https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H1127