Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 10 March 2022
Select Committee on Health
Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Committee Stage
Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
I move amendment No. 53:
In page 64, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following:
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| 10. | Section 15(1)(f) | By the substitution for paragraph (f) of the following paragraph: “(f) having regard to the information available, make arrangements for the preparation of the statement referred to in section 16(5), that is to be provided, in accordance with section 16(2)(c) to the patient or relevant person (or both of them).". |
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| 11. | Section 15A (inserted by section 53of the Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Act 2022) | By the insertion of the following section after section 15: “Open disclosure meeting generally to be held in person 15A.(1) An open disclosure meeting shall, subject to subsection (2), be held in person with the patient or relevant person (or both of them). (2) A patient or relevant person (or both of them) may, when contacted by a health services provider pursuant to section 16 to make arrangements to meet with it for the purpose of making an open disclosure, request the provider that the proposed meeting be held other than in person. (3) A request under subsection (2) may be made orally. (4) Where a request under subsection (2) is made orally, the health services provider shall make a record of the request in writing and maintain it with the records referred to in section 21.”. |
| 12. | Section 16(1)(b) | To substitute the following paragraph for paragraph (b): “(b) where a patient or a relevant person has (or both of them have) made a request under section 15A, to hold the meeting other than in person,”. |
| 13. | Section 16(2)(c) | To substitute the following paragraph for paragraph (c): “(c) shall, in accordance with section 20A, give the patient or the relevant person (or both of them) a copy of the statement referred to in subsection (5), and”. 14. Section 16(2)(d) To substitute the following paragraph for paragraph (d): |
| 14. | Section 16(2)(d) | To substitute the following paragraph for paragraph (d): “(d) shall give the statement referred to in section 11(1) to the patient or relevant person (or both of them) in accordance with section 20A or, in the case of a meeting referred to in subsection (1)(b), shall give that statement to the patient or relevant person (or both of them) in accordance with section 20A.”. |
| 15. | Section 16(5)(a) | To delete paragraph (a). |
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