Bill > S751

This bill makes technical changes to the Betsy Lehman Center for Patient Safety and Medical Error Reduction enabling statute. The key provisions include: 1. Establishing the Betsy Lehman Center within the state government to serve as a clearinghouse for developing, evaluating, and disseminating best practices for patient safety and medical error reduction. 2. Creating a Patient Safety and Medical Errors Reduction Board to oversee the Center, which includes several state officials and an advisory committee. 3. Authorizing the Center to develop and administer education and research programs, identify and disseminate evidence-based best practices, and serve as a clearinghouse for information on medical errors and prevention strategies. 4. Allowing the Center and state agencies to share patient safety information, while maintaining confidentiality, to improve coordination and effectiveness of patient safety programs. 5. Requiring the Center to report annually to the state legislature on progress in improving patient safety and medical error reduction.

Budget and Finance, Health and Social Services

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S751