DOC; Director to establish health care continuous quality improvement committee.
Requires the Director of the Department of Corrections to establish a health care continuous quality improvement committee, consisting of the Director and specified health care professionals employed by or under contract with the Department. The bill requires the committee to monitor and evaluate the quality of health care services provided by the Department, identify appropriate criteria for such evaluations, and develop strategies to improve the quality of health care services provided by the Department. The bill requires the committee to publish quarterly continuous quality improvement reports. As introduced, this bill is a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Health Care.
Passed Feb 20, 2019
1 co-sponsor