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4513-0100 - Health Care Safety and Quality
| Account | Description | FY2010 GAA |
FY2011 House 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4513-0100 | Health Care Safety and Quality For the operation and administration of health care safety and quality programs including the division of health care quality and the office of patient protection, regional emergency medical services, statewide infection prevention and control, certain health boards of registrations including the boards of registration in nursing, pharmacy, dentistry, nursing home administrators, physician assistants, perfusionists, genetic counselors and respiratory care; provided, that the department may expend funds for environmental and community health hazards program, including control of radiation and nuclear hazards, consumer products protection, food and drugs, lead poisoning prevention in accordance with chapter 482 of the acts of 1993, lead-based paint inspections in day care facilities, inspection of radiological facilities, licensing of x-ray technologists and the administration of the bureau of environmental health assessment under chapter 111F of the General Laws, the "Right-to-Know" law; provided further, that the department may expend funds from this item to monitor, survey and inspect nuclear power reactors, including those presently licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; provided further, that the department shall be responsible for assuring the quality of patient care provided by the commonwealth's health care facilities and services, and for protecting the health and safety of patients who receive care and services in nursing homes, rest homes, clinical laboratories, clinics, institutions for the intellectually disabled and the mentally ill, hospitals and infirmaries, including the inspection of ambulance services; provided further, that investigators shall conduct investigations of abuse, neglect, mistreatment and misappropriation; provided further, that the division shall continue a comprehensive training, education and outreach program for nursing home administrators and managers and other supervisory personnel in long-term care to improve the quality of care in long-term care facilities; provided further, that the program shall promote the use of best practices, models of quality care giving and the culture of workforce retention within the facilities and shall focus on systemic ways to reduce deficiencies; and provided further, that the boards may retain and expend new revenues associated with increased license and renewal fees |
0 | 16,395,459 |
Consolidated with 4510-0600, 4510-0615, 4510-0616, 4510-0710, 4510-0712, 4510-0721, 4510-0722, 4510-0725, 4510-0790, and 4570-1502.
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