BILL · 2001–02 SESSION

SB 5018: Hospital penalties

Authorizing the department of health to impose civil penalties.

Summary

The Department of Health is authorized to impose a penalty of $1,000 per incident for failure to report a required event. The department can authorize spending the fine on improvements in the hospital that would reduce the error rate or reporting compliance.

From the Senate Bill Report (SB 5018), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to the imposition of civil penalties by the department of health against a licensed hospital that fails to report a required event;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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