Quality
The governor signed SB 1301 by Alquist, which will require health care facilities to report adverse events to the Department of Health Services within five days of their discovery, unless the event is an ongoing situation or an emergency. Under the law, DHS within two business days must investigate a complaint of an ongoing problem or emergency situation at a health care facility (Bill text, 8/31).
The governor signed AB 586 by Negrete McLeod, which will permit county health officers in conjunction with local emergency medical services administrators to coordinate local emergency services and lead development of medical and health disaster plans (Bill text, 8/28).