Bill > H1241

This bill makes technical changes to the Betsy Lehman Center for patient safety and medical error reduction enabling statute. The key provisions include: 1. Defining important terms like "adverse event," "healthcare-associated infection," and "medical error." 2. Establishing the Betsy Lehman Center within the state 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 to oversee the Betsy Lehman Center, which includes the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Executive Director of the Center, the Director of Consumer Affairs, and the Attorney General. 4. Empowering the Betsy Lehman Center to develop and administer patient safety and medical error reduction education and research programs, identify and disseminate evidence-based best practices, and serve as a clearinghouse for information on the causes of medical errors and prevention strategies. 5. Allowing the Betsy Lehman Center and other state agencies to share patient safety information while protecting individual privacy. 6. Requiring the Betsy Lehman Center to report annually to the legislature on progress in improving patient safety and reducing medical errors.

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https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H1241