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Substitute House Bill No. 6733

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been offered or has received a hepatitis C screening test; or (3) such patient lacks the capacity to consent to a hepatitis C screening test. Sec. 12. Subsection (a) of section 19a-127l of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2023): (a) There is established a quality of care program within the Department of Public Health. The [department] Commissioner of Public Health shall develop for the purposes of said program (1) a standardized data set to measure the clinical performance of health care facilities, as defined in section 19a-630, and require such data to be collected and reported periodically to the department, including, but not limited to, data for the measurement of comparable patient satisfaction, and (2) methods to provide public accountability for health care delivery systems by such facilities. The [department] commissioner shall develop such set and methods for [hospitals during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2003, and the committee established pursuant to subsection (c) of this section shall consider and may recommend to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public health the inclusion of other health care facilities in each subsequent year] health care facilities and may revise such sets and methods as necessary, as determined by the commissioner. The commissioner shall consult with an association of hospitals in the state on the scope and timing of the data reporting requirements described in this section to reduce the administrative burden on hospitals in producing and disclosing such data. Data collected pursuant to the provisions of this section shall not include personally identifiable information of patients. Sec. 13. Subsections (a) and (b) of section 19a-112j of the general statutes are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):