STATE LEGISLATION & INITIATIVES ON
HEALTHCARE-ASSOCIATED INFECTIONS

27 state laws require public reporting of hospital-acquired infection rates.
2 state laws allow confidential reporting of infection rates to state agencies (NE, NV).
3 states have voluntary public reporting of infection information (AR, AZ, WI).
5 states have study laws on public reporting (AK, GA, IN, NM, NC).
13 states and D.C. have no laws on public reporting of hospital infections, though some have bills pending on the matter.

Of the states that have laws requiring public reporting of hospital-acquired infections, 12 states also have laws requiring the screening and/or reporting of hospital-acquired MRSA rates (CA, CT, IL, MN, NJ, NV, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WA). Three states, MA, ME and NY, have legislation pending on the matter as of this update.

http://www.hospitalinfection.org/legislation.shtml