Hospitals
SB 1058 by Sen. Elaine Alquist (D-Santa Clara) was amended to require hospitals to implement procedures for screening, preventing and reporting hospital-acquired infections. The bill also would require hospitals to pay a fee to the Department of Public Health to support tracking efforts (Bill text, 6/17). The bill is before the Assembly Health Committee (Bill status, 6/17).
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