Resolve, To Establish a Method for Reporting the Statistics of Diseases

Sec. 1. Reporting of diseases or illnesses acquired in hospitals. Resolved: That the Department of Health and Human Services, Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention shall establish a method for reporting the numbers of diseases or illnesses acquired in hospitals in the State compared to the total percentage of patients treated in the hospitals; and be it further

Sec. 2. Report available. Resolved: That the Department of Health and Human Services, Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention shall make the information reported pursuant to section 1 available to the citizens of the State through the center, in order to help the citizens of the State to make better consumer decisions concerning their patient health care.

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This resolve directs the Department of Health and Human Services, Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention to establish a method for reporting the numbers of diseases or illnesses acquired in hospitals in the State compared to the total percentage of patients treated in the hospitals. It also requires that the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention make the information available to the citizens of Maine through the center in order to help the citizens of Maine to make better consumer decisions concerning their patient health care.