BILL NUMBER: AB 818	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 28, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Hernandez

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2009

   An act to amend Section 1279.7 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to health facilities.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 818, as amended, Hernandez. Health facilities: connection
ports.
   Existing law establishes various programs for the prevention of
disease and the promotion of the public health under the
administration of the State Department of Public Health, including,
but not limited to, a program for the licensure and regulation of
health facilities.
   Existing law, to become operative January 1, 2011, prohibits
certain health facilities from using an intravenous, epidural, or
enteral feeding connection that would fit into a connection port
other than the type it was intended for, unless an emergency or
urgent situation exists and the prohibition impairs the ability to
provide health care.
   This bill would  delay   , instead, make
 the operative date of this prohibition  until 
 36 months after prescribed standards are developed, or 
January 1, 2014  , whichever occurs first.   The bill
would require the Advanced Medical Technology Association to report
annually to the Legislature on the progress of the development of
those standards  .
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 1279.7 of the Health and Safety Code is amended
to read:
   1279.7.  (a) A health facility, as defined in subdivision (a),
(b), (c), or (f) of Section 1250, shall implement a facility-wide
hand hygiene program.
   (b)  Beginning January 1, 2014,   Commencing
36 months after the publication of a new design standard for
connections for intravenous, epidural, or enteral applications by the
International Organization for Standardization, or January 1, 2014,
whichever occurs first,  a health facility, as defined in
subdivision (a), (b), (c), or (f) of Section 1250, is prohibited from
using an intravenous connection, epidural connection, or enteral
feeding connection that would fit into a connection port other than
the type it was intended for, unless an emergency or urgent situation
exists and the prohibition impairs the ability to provide health
care. 
   (c) The Advanced Medical Technology Association shall, on January
1 of each year until the standards are developed, provide the
Legislature with a report on the progress of the International
Organization for Standardization in developing new design standards
for connections for intravenous, epidural, or enteral applications.