Betty Boyd

If you contract an infection in a Colorado hospital with less than fifty beds, the health care worker reporting the data on your case must meet specific qualifications set by the Department of Public Health.

Senator Betty Boyd wants to extend this law to pertain to other Colorado health care workers.  Under House Bill 1025, health care professionals who collect data on patient-contracted infections in ambulatory surgical centers, and dialysis treatment centers, would also be subject to the same qualifications.

Senator Boyd believes this bill, recommended by the Health Care Task Force, supports quality health care standards.