HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. HB 63B
1	CHAMBER ACTION
2	Senate House
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12	Representative Ambler offered the following:
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14	Amendment
15	Remove line(s) 2411-2413, and insert:
16	(d)1. As a statewide goal of reducing the occurrence of
17	medication error, inventory hospitals to determine the current
18	status of implementation of computerized physician medication
19	ordering systems, barcode point of care systems, or other
20	technological patient safety implementation, and recommend a
21	plan for expediting implementation statewide or, in hospitals
22	where the agency determines that implementation of such systems
23	is not practicable, alternative methods to reduce medication
24	errors. The agency shall identify in its plan any barriers to
25	statewide implementation and shall include recommendations to
26	the Legislature of statutory changes that may be necessary to
27	eliminate those barriers. The agency will review newly developed
28	plans for compliance with statewide initiatives and to determine
29	both the commitment of the health care facility staff and the
30	capability of the facility to successfully coordinate and
31	implement these plans, especially from a technological
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33	2. “Medication error” is any preventable event that may
34	cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or patient harm
35	while the medication is in the control of the health care
36	professional, patient, or consumer. Such events may be related
37	to professional practice, health care products, health care
38	procedures, and health care systems, each of which may include
39	the prescribing of medications and order communications; product
40	labeling; product packaging; the nomenclature, compounding,
41	dispensing, distribution, administration, and use of
42	medications; and education and monitoring related thereto.
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