This ordinance requires hospitals and skilled nursing facilities in San Francisco to report annually to the Department of Public Health on the number and demographics of patients transferred out of the City for skilled nursing care, as well as those who qualify for such care but remain in the City. The goal is to gather data on patient transfers to improve health care services.
Ordinance amending the Health Code to require general acute care hospitals and hospital-based skilled nursing facilities in the City to report annually to the Department of Public Health the number of, and certain demographic information regarding, patients transferred to a health facility outside of the City to receive skilled nursing care and patients who qualify for skilled nursing care but are not transferred to a health facility outside of the City.
How it got here
The legislation originated from a need to address the shortage of subacute skilled nursing care beds in San Francisco, prompting the introduction of a reporting requirement for hospitals.
Supervisor Safai introduced an ordinance to require hospitals to report on patients transferred out of the city for subacute skilled nursing care.
The committee referred the proposed legislation to the Department of Public Health for review.
A hearing was scheduled for January 27, 2022, to discuss the proposed legislation.
The committee reviewed the legislation and continued the discussion to a later date.
The committee amended the legislation and continued it for further discussion.
The Board of Supervisors passed related legislation (File #220410) requiring reporting on out-of-county discharges.
Public comments urged for broader data collection on out-of-county discharges beyond just subacute care.
Reconstructed from attached documents & the official record
