HB 1421

Bill Subjects

Abstract

Improving Screening for and Treatment of Blood Clots; Requires hospitals with emergency departments & ambulatory surgical centers to develop & implement policies & procedures & conduct training for rendering of appropriate medical attention for persons at risk of forming venous thromboembolisms; requires AHCA to contract with private entity to establish statewide venous thromboembolism registry at no cost to state; provides requirements for private entity; requires each hospital with emergency department & each ambulatory surgical center, beginning on specified date, to regularly report certain information to statewide venous thromboembolism registry information; requires agency to require private entity to use nationally recognized platform to collect certain data; requires private entity to provide regular reports to agency on such data; requires agency, by date certain, to provide to Governor & Legislature specified report; provides requirements for such report; revises requirements for certain annual inservice training for certified nursing assistants employed by nursing home facilities; revises training requirements for certain certified nursing assistants who may be delegated tasks in nursing home facilities; revises minimum standards for care of residents in assisted living facilities; revises requirements for core competency test for administrators of assisted living facilities.