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The governor signed SB 739, by Sen. Jackie Speier (D-Hillsborough), which will require DHS and general acute care hospitals to adopt disease surveillance protocols and measures to prevent hospital-acquired infections. The law also creates the Hospital Infectious Disease Control Program (Bill text, 8/31).
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