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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Healthy Hospitals Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT FOR PUBLIC REPORTING OF HEALTH CARE-ASSOCIATED
INFECTIONS DATA BY HOSPITALS AND AMBULATORY SURGICAL
CENTERS.

(a) In General.--Part B of title II of the Public Health Service
Act (42 U.S.C. 238 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following section:

''SEC. 249. REQUIREMENT FOR PUBLIC REPORTING OF HEALTH CARE-ASSOCIATED
INFECTIONS DATA BY HOSPITALS AND AMBULATORY SURGICAL
CENTERS.

''(a) Reporting Requirement.--In accordance with Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention reporting protocols of the National
Healthcare Safety Network, a hospital or ambulatory surgical center
shall report to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's
National Healthcare Safety Network the data on each health care-
associated infection occurring in the hospital or center and patient
demographic information that may affect such data.
''(b) Public Posting of Data.--The Secretary shall promptly post,
on the official public Internet site of the Department of Health and
Human Services, the data reported under subsection (a). Such data shall
be set forth in a manner that promotes the comparison of data on each
health-care associated infection--
''(1) among hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers; and
''(2) by patient demographic information.
''(c) Annual Report to Congress.--For each year for which data is
reported under subsection (a) for any calendar quarter in the year, the
Secretary shall submit to the Congress a report that summarizes each of
the following:
''(1) The number and types of each health care-associated
infection reported under subsection (a) in hospitals and
ambulatory surgical centers during such year.
''(2) Factors that contribute to the occurrence of each
such infections.
''(3) Based on the most recent information available to the
Secretary on the composition of the professional staff of
hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers, the number of
certified infection control professionals on the staff of
hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers.
''(4) The total increases or decreases in health care costs
that resulted from increases or decreases in the rates of
occurrence of each such infection during such year.
''(5) Recommendations for best practices to eliminate the
rates of occurrence of each such infection in hospitals and
ambulatory surgical centers.
''(d) Civil Money Penalty.--The Secretary may impose a civil money
penalty of not more than $5,000 for each knowing violation of
subsection (a) by a hospital or ambulatory surgical center. A civil
money penalty under this subsection shall be imposed and collected in
the same manner as a civil money penalty under subsection (a) of
section 1128A of the Social Security Act is imposed and collected under
that section.
''(e) Non-preemption of State Laws.--Nothing in this section shall
be construed as preempting or otherwise affecting any provision of
State law relating to the disclosure of information on health care-
associated infections or patient safety procedures for a hospital or
ambulatory surgical center.
''(f) Health Care-associated Infection.--For purposes of this
section:
''(1) In general.--The term 'health care-associated
infection' means an infection that develops in a patient who is
cared for in any setting where health care is delivered (such
as an acute care hospital, chronic care facility, ambulatory
clinic, dialysis center, surgical center, or home) and is
related to receiving health care. In ambulatory and home
settings, such term applies to any infection that is associated
with a medical or surgical intervention.
''(2) Related to receiving health care.--The term 'related
to receiving health care', with respect to an infection, means
that the infection was not incubating or present at the time
the health care involved was provided.
''(g) Application to Critical Access Hospitals.--For purposes of
this section, the term 'hospital' includes a critical access hospital,
as defined in section 1861(mm)(1) of the Social Security Act.''.
(b) Effective Date.--With respect to section 249 of the Public
Health Service Act (as added by subsection (a) of this section), the
requirement under such section that hospitals and ambulatory surgical
centers submit reports takes effect upon the expiration of the one-year
period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

It is the sense of the Congress that health care providers and
facilities should take measures to reduce the rate of occurrence of
health care-associated infections to zero, with respect to patients to
whom such providers and facilities furnish services.
Healthy Hospitals Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require a hospital or ambulatory surgical center (hospital), in accordance with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reporting protocols of the National Healthcare Safety Network, to report to the Network data on each health care-associated infection occurring in the hospital and patient demographic information that may affect such data.

Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promptly post data reported on the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) public Internet site in a manner that promotes the comparison of data on each health care-associated infection: (1) among hospitals; and (2) by patient demographic information.

Directs the Secretary, for each year for which such data is reported, to submit to Congress a report that summarizes: (1) the number and types of health care-associated infections reported in hospitals; (2) factors that contribute to the occurrence of such infections; (3) the number of certified infection control professionals on staff; (4) the total increases or decreases in health care costs that resulted from changes in infection rates; and (5) recommendations for best practices to eliminate such infections.

Authorizes the Secretary to impose a civil penalty of up to $5,000 for each knowing violation of the reporting requirement by a hospital.

Expresses the sense of Congress that health care providers and facilities should take measures to reduce the rate of occurrence of health care-associated infections to zero.