West Virginia HB 2672: Relating to posting of safety information in hospitals

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WEST virginia 
legislature

2021 regular session

Introduced

House Bill 2672

By Delegates Tully and Summers

[Introduced February 23, 
2021; Referred 

to the Committee on Health 
and Human Resources]

A BILL to amend and 
reenact §16-5B-8 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to posting 
of safety information in hospitals.

Be it enacted by the 
Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 5B. HOSPITALS 
AND SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS.

§16-5B-8. State board of 
health to establish standards; director enforces.

(a) The board of health shall have the power to Bureau 
for Public Health may promulgate rules and regulations and the director 
commissioner shall have the power to enforce such rules and 
regulations, as the board of health may establish, not in conflict with any 
provision of this article, as it finds necessary, or in the public interest, in 
order to protect patients in institutions required to be licensed under this 
article from detrimental practices and conditions, or to ensure adequate 
provision for their accommodations and care. No rule or regulation or 
standard of the board shall be adopted or enforced which would have the effect 
of denying a license to a hospital or other institution required to be licensed 
hereunder, solely by reason of the school or system of practice employed or 
permitted to be employed by physicians therein: Provided, That such 
school or system of practice is recognized by the laws of this state

(b) A hospital shall 
post signage in every patient room, patient care area/department, and staff rest 
area information outlining the process for reporting patient safety concerns 
via the facility’s designated internal reporting mechanism and the process for 
reporting unresolved patient safety concerns or complaints to the West Virginia 
Office for Health Facility Licensure and Certification. The posting shall 
include the address and telephone number for the West Virginia Office for 
Health Facility Licensure and Certification. This does not preclude any 
patient, patient representative, or healthcare provider from making a good 
faith report pertaining to patient safety concerns, alleged wrongdoing or waste 
to other appropriate authorities as defined in §16-39-3 of this code.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is 
to require a hospital to post the contact information to the Office for Health 
Facility Licensure and Certification to notify individuals on how to file a 
complaint.

Strike-throughs indicate language 
that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring 
indicates new language that would be added.

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