Members of the Senate Health and Human Services Committee unanimously approved the measure yesterday.
The legislation, which is sponsored by Rep. Jack R. Draxler (R-Logan), would require hospitals, outpatient surgical facilities and dialysis centers to report data on bacterial, viral or fungal infections acquired by patients to the state Department of Health. The department would, in turn, publish and update the data annually.
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