Full Text of HB5742 98th General Assembly
HB5742ham001 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Robyn Gabel Filed: 3/25/2014
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5742
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5742 as follows:
| 3 | | on page 2, by replacing lines 12 through 14 with the following: | 4 | | ""Emergent Stroke Ready Hospital" means a hospital that has | 5 | | been designated by the Department as meeting the criteria for | 6 | | providing emergent stroke care."; and | 7 | | on page 7, line 8, immediately after " certified ", by replacing | 8 | | " and are " with " by a nationally-recognized certifying body "; | 9 | | and
| 10 | | on page 9, line 9, by replacing "The" with " Beginning on the | 11 | | first day of the month that begins 12 months after the adoption | 12 | | of rules authorized by this subsection, the The "; and
| 13 | | on page 9, line 14, immediately after the period, by inserting |
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| 1 | | " For any hospital that is designated as an Emergent Stroke | 2 | | Ready Hospital at the time that the Department begins the | 3 | | designation of Acute Stroke-Ready Hospitals, the Emergent | 4 | | Stroke Ready designation shall remain intact for the duration | 5 | | of the 12-month period until that designation expires. Until | 6 | | the Department begins the designation of hospitals as Acute | 7 | | Stroke-Ready Hospitals, hospitals may achieve Emergent Stroke | 8 | | Ready Hospital designation utilizing the processes and | 9 | | criteria provided in Public Act 96-514. "; and
| 10 | | on page 10, lines 20 and 21, by replacing " Request for | 11 | | Department Acute Stroke-Ready Designation Form " with | 12 | | " Application for Stroke Center Designation form "; and
| 13 | | on page 12, lines 1 through 4, by replacing "director of stroke | 14 | | care, which may be a clinical member of the hospital staff or | 15 | | the designee of the hospital administrator, to oversee the | 16 | | hospital's stroke care policies and procedures" with " Clinical | 17 | | Director of Stroke Care who shall be a clinical member of the | 18 | | hospital staff with training or experience, as defined by the | 19 | | facility, in the care of patients with cerebrovascular disease. | 20 | | This training or experience may include, but is not limited to, | 21 | | completion of a fellowship or other specialized training in the | 22 | | area of cerebrovascular disease, attendance at national | 23 | | courses, or prior experience in neuroscience intensive care | 24 | | units. The Clinical Director of Stroke Care may be a |
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| 1 | | neurologist, neurosurgeon, emergency medicine physician, | 2 | | internist, radiologist, advanced practice nurse, or | 3 | | physician's assistant director of stroke care, which may be a | 4 | | clinical member of the hospital staff or the designee of the | 5 | | hospital administrator, to oversee the hospital's stroke care | 6 | | policies and procedures "; and
| 7 | | on page 12, lines 5 and 6, by replacing " staff an acute stroke | 8 | | team in accordance with national guidelines " with " provide | 9 | | rapid access to an acute stroke team, as defined by the | 10 | | facility, that considers and reflects nationally-recognized, | 11 | | evidenced-based protocols or guidelines "; and
| 12 | | on page 12, lines 19 through 22, by replacing " stroke unit or | 13 | | transfer stroke patients to an Acute Stroke-Ready Hospital, | 14 | | Primary Stroke Center, or Comprehensive Stroke Center with a | 15 | | stroke unit available " with " unit that can provide appropriate | 16 | | care that considers and reflects nationally-recognized, | 17 | | evidence-based protocols or guidelines or transfer stroke | 18 | | patients to an Acute Stroke-Ready Hospital, Primary Stroke | 19 | | Center, or Comprehensive Stroke Center, or another facility | 20 | | that can provide the appropriate care that considers and | 21 | | reflects nationally-recognized, evidence-based protocols or | 22 | | guidelines "; and
| 23 | | on page 13, lines 20 and 21, by replacing " Request for Acute |
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| 1 | | Stroke-Ready Hospital Designation Form " with " Application for | 2 | | Stroke Center Designation form "; and
| 3 | | on page 14, lines 8 and 9, by replacing " a Request for Acute | 4 | | Stroke-Ready Hospital " with " an Application for Stroke | 5 | | Center "; and
| 6 | | on page 14, line 17, by replacing " Stroke Medical Director's " | 7 | | with " Clinical Director of Stroke Care's "; and
| 8 | | on page 14, line 20, by replacing " Request for Acute | 9 | | Stroke-Ready Hospital " with " Application for Stroke Center ".
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