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RI Gen L § 23-17.17-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-17.17 - Health Care Quality Program|Section 23-17.17-3 - Establishment of health care quality performance measurement and reporting program.

§ 23-17.17-3. Establishment of health care quality performance measurement and reporting program.The director of health is authorized and directed to develop a state health care quality performance measurement and reporting program. The health care quality performance measurement and reporting program shall include quality performance measures and reporting for health care facilities licensed in Rhode Island. The program shall be phased in over a multi-year period and shall begin with the establishment of a program of quality performance measurement and reporting for hospitals. In subsequent years, quality performance measurement and reporting requirements will be established for other types of health care facilities such as nursing facilities, home nursing care providers, other licensed facilities, and licensed health care providers as determined by the director of health. Prior to developing and implementing a quality performance measurement and reporting program for hospitals or any other health care facility or health care provider, the director shall seek public comment regarding the type of performance measures to be used and the methods and format for collecting the data.History of Section.P.L. 1998, ch. 92, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 248, § 2; P.L. 2006, ch. 274, § 2.
RI Gen L § 23-17.17-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-17.17 - Health Care Quality Program|Section 23-17.17-4 - Program requirements - Adoption of rules and regulations.

§ 23-17.17-4. Program requirements — Adoption of rules and regulations.(a) The quality performance measurement and reporting program established under this chapter shall, at a minimum, incorporate the following:(1) A standardized data set of clinical performance measures, risk-adjusted for patient variables, that shall be collected and reported periodically to the department, and(2) Comparable, statistically valid patient satisfaction measures that shall be conducted periodically by facilities and/or health care providers and reported to the department.(b) In accordance with the provisions of § 42-35-3, the director is authorized to adopt, promulgate, and enforce rules and regulations designed to implement the provisions of this chapter including the details and format for the periodic reporting requirements.History of Section.P.L. 1998, ch. 92, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 248, § 2; P.L. 2006, ch. 274, § 2.
RI Gen L § 23-17.17-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-17.17 - Health Care Quality Program|Section 23-17.17-5 - Annual report.

§ 23-17.17-5. Annual report.(a) The director shall prepare and submit by January fifteenth (15th) of each year an annual report to the general assembly and governor on the status of the health care quality performance measurement and reporting program. The annual report shall include information on trends in health care quality performance measures, identify areas for quality improvement initiatives, and program plans and objectives for future years. The first annual report shall include:(1) Progress to date in implementing the health care quality performance measurement and reporting program for hospitals,(2) A proposed timetable for adding additional types of licensed facilities to the health care quality performance measurement and reporting program, and(3) A study of a cost-sharing mechanism for the operational costs of the health care quality performance measurement and reporting program.(b) The director shall also prepare a statewide quality performance measurement report using the data collected from the quality performance measurement and reporting program. The report, based on risk-adjusted, scientifically valid, data-driven mechanisms, shall be made available to the public to show how individual facilities compare and to help identify both exemplary performance and best practices to facilitate the provision of bench marking services to health care organizations.History of Section.P.L. 1998, ch. 92, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-17.17-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-17.17 - Health Care Quality Program|Section 23-17.17-7 - Repealed.

§ 23-17.17-7. Repealed.
RI Gen L § 23-17.17-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-17.17 - Health Care Quality Program|Section 23-17.17-8 - Annual hospital staffing report.

§ 23-17.17-8. Annual hospital staffing report.(a) Annually in the month of January, every licensed hospital shall submit to the Rhode Island department of health, its core-staffing plan. Such plan shall specify for each patient care unit and each shift, the number of registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and/or certified nursing assistants who shall ordinarily be assigned to provide direct patient care and the average number of patients upon which such staffing levels are based.(b) For the purposes of this section:(1) "Core-staffing plan" shall mean the projected complement of nonmanagerial nursing staff that shall be assigned on each shift to a specified patient care unit.(2) "Nonmanagerial nursing staff" shall mean registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and/or certified nursing assistants who perform nonmanagerial direct patient care functions for more than fifty percent (50%) of their scheduled hours on a given patient care unit.(3) "Patient care unit" shall mean a designated area for assigning patients and staff for which discrete budget and staffing plans exist.History of Section.P.L. 2005, ch. 45, § 1; P.L. 2005, ch. 60, § 1; P.L. 2008, ch. 475, § 53.
RI Gen L § 23-17.17-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-17.17 - Health Care Quality Program|Section 23-17.17-10 - Reporting requirements for the health care database.

§ 23-17.17-10. Reporting requirements for the health care database.(a) Insurers, health care providers, health care facilities and governmental agencies shall file reports, data, schedules, statistics or other information determined by the director to be necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. The reports required by this chapter shall be accepted by the director in any certification commission for health care information technology ("CCHIT") certified form. Such information may include:(1) health insurance claims and enrollment information used by health insurers;(2) information relating to hospital finance; and(3) any other information relating to health care costs, prices, quality, utilization, or resources required to be filed by the director.(b) The comprehensive health care information system shall not collect any data that contains direct personal identifiers. For the purposes of this section "direct personal identifiers" includes information relating to an individual that contains primary or obvious identifiers, such as the individual's name, street address, e-mail address, telephone number and social security number. All data submitted to the director pursuant to this chapter shall be protected by the removal of all personal identifiers and the assignment by the insurer to each subscriber record of a unique identifier not linked to any personally identifiable information.History of Section.P.L. 2008, ch. 114, § 1; P.L. 2008, ch. 207, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-17.18-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-17.18 - Health Plan Modification Act|Section 23-17.18-1 - Repealed.

§ 23-17.18-1. Repealed.History of Section.P.L. 1999, ch. 477, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2017, ch. 302, art. 5, § 3, effective January 1, 2018.
RI Gen L § 23-17.19-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-17.19 - Immunization In Long Term Care Facilities|Section 23-17.19-1 - Short title.

§ 23-17.19-1. Short title.This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Long-Term Care Resident and Employee Immunization Act".History of Section.P.L. 2000, ch. 263, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-17.19-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-17.19 - Immunization In Long Term Care Facilities|Section 23-17.19-2 - Definitions.

§ 23-17.19-2. Definitions.The following words and phrases when used in this chapter have the meanings given to them in this section unless the content clearly indicates otherwise:(1) "Department" means the department of health;(2) "Employee" means an individual employed, whether directly, by the contract with another entity or as an independent contractor, by a long-term care nursing facility on a part-time or full-time basis;(3) "Long-term care facility or facility" means a health care facility as defined in chapter 17 of this title, which provides long-term health care.History of Section.P.L. 2000, ch. 263, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-17.19-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-17.19 - Immunization In Long Term Care Facilities|Section 23-17.19-3 - Long-term care resident and employee immunization.

§ 23-17.19-3. Long-term care resident and employee immunization.Except as provided in § 23-17.19-6, every facility in this state shall request that residents and employees be immunized for influenza virus and pneumococcal disease in accordance with this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 2000, ch. 263, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-17.19-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-17.19 - Immunization In Long Term Care Facilities|Section 23-17.19-4 - Resident immunization.

§ 23-17.19-4. Resident immunization.(a) Notice to resident. Upon admission, the facility shall notify the resident and legal guardian of the immunization requirements of this chapter and request that the resident agree to be immunized against influenza virus and pneumococcal disease.(b) Records and immunizations. Every facility shall document the annual immunization against influenza virus and immunization against pneumococcal disease for each resident which includes written evidence from a health care provider indicating the date and location the vaccine was administered. Upon finding that a resident is lacking the immunization or the facility or individual is unable to provide documentation that the individual has received the appropriate immunization, the facility shall make available the immunization. Immunization and the documentation of the immunization shall take place no later than November 30 of each year.(c) Other immunizations. An individual who becomes a resident after November 30 and prior to April 1 of the following year shall have his or her status for influenza and pneumococcal immunization determined by the facility, and, if found to be deficient, the facility shall make available the necessary immunizations.History of Section.P.L. 2000, ch. 263, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-17.19-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-17.19 - Immunization In Long Term Care Facilities|Section 23-17.19-5 - Employee immunization.

§ 23-17.19-5. Employee immunization.(a) Notice to employees. Every facility shall notify every employee of the immunization requirements of this chapter and request that the employee agree to be immunized against influenza virus.(b) Records and immunizations. The facility shall require documentation of annual immunization against influenza virus for each employee, which includes written evidence from a health care provider indicating the date and location the vaccine was administered. Upon finding that an employee is lacking the immunization or the facility or individual is unable to provide documentation that the individual has received the appropriate immunization, the facility shall make available the immunization. Immunization and the documentation of the immunization shall take place no later than November 30 of each year.(c) Other immunizations. An individual who is newly employed as an employee and after November 30 and prior to April 1 shall have his status for influenza determined by the facility, and, if found to be deficient, the facility shall make available the necessary immunization.(d) Immunization authorized. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the immunization against pneumococcal disease to employees.History of Section.P.L. 2000, ch. 263, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-17.19-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-17.19 - Immunization In Long Term Care Facilities|Section 23-17.19-6 - Exceptions.

§ 23-17.19-6. Exceptions.No resident or employee shall be required to receive either the influenza or pneumococcal vaccine if any of the following apply:(1) The vaccine is contraindicated;(2) It is against his or her religious beliefs; or(3) The resident or the resident's legal guardian refuses the vaccine after being fully informed of the health risks of that action.History of Section.P.L. 2000, ch. 263, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-17.19-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-17.19 - Immunization In Long Term Care Facilities|Section 23-17.19-7 - Regulations.

§ 23-17.19-7. Regulations.(a) Promulgation by department. The department shall promulgate regulation relating to the immunization requirements of this chapter, taking into consideration the recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.(b) Educational materials. The department, in conjunction with the department of elderly affairs, shall make available educational and informational materials to all facilities with respect to vaccination against influenza virus and pneumococcal disease.(c) Report to general assembly. Three (3) years from July 13, 2000, the department shall report to the general assembly on the number of outbreaks in facilities each year due to influenza virus and pneumococcal disease. The number of hospitalizations of facility residents each year due to influenza virus, pneumococcal disease, and complications of those must be reported as well.History of Section.P.L. 2000, ch. 263, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-17.20-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-17.20 - HealthCare Facilities Staffing|Section 23-17.20-1 - Purpose.

§ 23-17.20-1. Purpose.It is declared to be the public policy of this state to establish a maximum workday for certain hourly wage employees as defined herein, beyond which the employees cannot be required to perform overtime work, in order to safeguard their health, efficiency, and general well-being, as well as the health and general well-being of the persons to whom these employees provide services.History of Section.P.L. 2007, ch. 496, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 515, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-17.20-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-17.20 - HealthCare Facilities Staffing|Section 23-17.20-2 - Definitions.

§ 23-17.20-2. Definitions.As used in this chapter:(1) "Employee" means a nurse licensed pursuant to chapter 5-34, and a certified nurse assistant registered pursuant to chapter 23-17.9, provided further, that such term shall not include certified registered nurse anesthetists or resident physicians; and provided further, that for purposes of this chapter, said nurse and/or nursing assistant shall be paid on the basis of an hourly wage. As used in this chapter, the term "employee" shall not include a person who is paid an annual salary, and shall not include employees who are working pre-scheduled "on-call time" in the surgical department of a health care facility.(2) "Employer" means a person, partnership, association, corporation or group of persons acting directly or indirectly in the interest of a health care facility;(3) "Health care facility" means any private, public or state hospital;(4) "On-call time" means time spent by an employee who is not working on the premises of the place of employment but who is compensated for availability or who, as a condition of employment, has agreed to be available to return to the premises of the place of employment on short notice if the need arises;(5) "Reasonable efforts" means that the employer shall:(i) Seek persons who volunteer to work extra time from all available qualified staff who are working at the time of the unforeseeable emergent circumstance;(ii) Contact all qualified employees who have made themselves available to work extra time; and(iii) Seek the use of per diem staff;(6) "Regular hourly wage" means the amount that an employee is regularly paid for each hour of work as determined by dividing the total hours of work during the week into the employee's total earnings for the week, exclusive of pay for overtime work;(7) "Unforeseeable emergent circumstance" means an unpredictable occurrence relating to health care delivery that requires immediate action, and which shall include a major power outage, a public health emergency, an irregular increase in patient census, or an irregular increase in the number of employees not reporting for predetermined scheduled work shifts.History of Section.P.L. 2007, ch. 496, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 515, § 1; P.L. 2008, ch. 475, § 54.
RI Gen L § 23-17.20-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-17.20 - HealthCare Facilities Staffing|Section 23-17.20-3 - Overtime requirement.

§ 23-17.20-3. Overtime requirement.(a) No health care facility as defined above shall require an employee to accept work in excess of an agreed to, predetermined scheduled work shift of eight (8), ten (10), or twelve (12) hours.(b) No health care facility shall require an employee to work overtime in excess of an agreed to, predetermined scheduled work shift of eight (8), ten (10), or twelve (12) hours, except in an unforeseeable emergent circumstance. In no case shall a health care facility require an employee to work in excess of twelve (12) consecutive hours. The refusal of any employee to accept such overtime work shall not be grounds for discrimination, dismissal, discharge, or any other penalty or employment decision adverse to the employee.(c) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit voluntary overtime in excess of an agreed to, predetermined scheduled work shift of eight (8), ten (10), or twelve (12) hours.(d) The provisions of this section shall not apply in the case of an unforeseeable emergent circumstance when: (1) the overtime is required only as a last resort and is not used to fill vacancies resulting from chronic short staffing; and (2) the employer has exhausted reasonable efforts to obtain staffing.(e) The requirement that the employer shall exhaust reasonable efforts to obtain staffing shall not apply in the event of any declared national, state or municipal emergency or a disaster or other catastrophic event which substantially affects or increases the need for health care services.History of Section.P.L. 2007, ch. 496, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 515, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-17.20-4 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-17.20 - HealthCare Facilities Staffing|Section 23-17.20-4 - Penalty for violations.

§ 23-17.20-4. Penalty for violations.Any employer who violates or fails to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to a fine of three hundred dollars ($300) for each violation of this chapter, which shall be paid to the center for health professions, as established in § 23-17.20.2. Until such time as the center for health professions is operating, the fines shall be payable to the general fund. The department of labor and training shall determine if a violation of this chapter occurs, and shall levy the appropriate fine.History of Section.P.L. 2007, ch. 496, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 515, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-17.20-5 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-17.20 - HealthCare Facilities Staffing|Section 23-17.20-5 - Collective bargaining agreements.

§ 23-17.20-5. Collective bargaining agreements.The provisions of this chapter shall not negate any employee rights or benefits existing under collective bargaining agreements.History of Section.P.L. 2007, ch. 496, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 515, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-17.20-6 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-17.20 - HealthCare Facilities Staffing|Section 23-17.20-6 - Severability.

§ 23-17.20-6. Severability.If any provision of this chapter, or the application of any provision to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of the chapter and the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances are not affected by the invalidity.History of Section.P.L. 2007, ch. 496, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 515, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-17.20-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-17.20 - HealthCare Facilities Staffing|Section 23-17.20-7 - Use of non-Rhode Island licensed nurses.

§ 23-17.20-7. Use of non-Rhode Island licensed nurses.(a) Healthcare facilities shall report to the department of health the name and state of licensure of any registered nurse performing work duties at the facility who is not licensed in Rhode Island. This information shall be reported to the department within fourteen (14) business days from when the registered nurse not licensed in Rhode Island begins performing work duties at the healthcare facility. Healthcare facilities shall also report to the department the name and state of licensure of registered nurses not licensed in Rhode Island within fourteen (14) business days of when those nurses no longer perform work duties at the facility. The department shall make the above-prescribed information, with the exception of the names of the nurses, available to the public.(b) The department of health shall promulgate regulations to further define the terms, conditions, and requirements of this section.History of Section.P.L. 2017, ch. 138, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 154, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-17.21-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-17.21 - The Rhode Island Patient Safety Act of 2008|Section 23-17.21-1 - Title.

§ 23-17.21-1. Title.This act shall be known and may be cited as "The Rhode Island Patient Safety Act of 2008."History of Section.P.L. 2008, ch. 157, § 1; P.L. 2008, ch. 175, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-17.21-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-17.21 - The Rhode Island Patient Safety Act of 2008|Section 23-17.21-2 - Legislative findings.

§ 23-17.21-2. Legislative findings.The general assembly finds:(a) There are an unacceptable high number of preventable patient safety events in the health care system;(b) Current solutions that focus on reporting, discipline and retraining of individuals have proven inadequate alone to address this systemic problem.History of Section.P.L. 2008, ch. 157, § 1; P.L. 2008, ch. 175, § 1.
RI Gen L § 23-17.21-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 23 - Health and Safety|Chapter 23-17.21 - The Rhode Island Patient Safety Act of 2008|Section 23-17.21-3 - Legislative purpose and intent.

§ 23-17.21-3. Legislative purpose and intent.The general assembly proposes a Rhode Island patient safety organization that:(a) Works with hospitals, nursing facilities, and freestanding ambulatory surgical centers for both the reporting of patient safety events including situations in which a patient safety event was averted (near misses) and evaluating the root causes of the patient safety event;(b) Recommends to health care providers changes to improve their patient safety through investigating system causes related to the patient safety events and, on at least an annual basis, to the department for statewide changes and policies that will advance patient safety and quality improvement;(c) Facilitates the creation and maintenance of a non-identifiable patient safety database. The database shall have the capacity to accept, aggregate, and analyze non-identifiable patient safety work product and data reported by entities and provide this to the national network of patient safety databases.History of Section.P.L. 2008, ch. 157, § 1; P.L. 2008, ch. 175, § 1.