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Published in final edited form as: Am J Safe Patient Handl Mov. 2015 Mar 1;5(1):13–18.

Table 1. Eleven States With Laws, Rules, Regulation, or Resolutions Addressing Sphm.

State	Bill, Law, or Statute	Year Signed into Law^*	Applies to
Texas⁷	Amendment to Subtitle B, Title 4, Health and Safety Code, Chapter 256	2005	hospitals and nursing homes
Washington¹¹	HB 1672	2006	hospitals
Hawaii^**⁸	HCR NO.16	2006	broad healthcare facilities
Ohio¹²	HB 67, Section 4121.48	2005	long-term care
Rhode Island¹³	S 2760 Substitute A	2006	healthcare facility means hospitals and nursing facilities
Minnesota¹⁶	Statute 182.6551 to 182.6554	2007	healthcare facility means hospital, outpatient surgical center, and nursing home
Maryland (a)^***⁹	HB 1137-hospitals	2007	hospitals
Maryland (b)^***¹⁰	HB 585-nursing homes	2008	nursing homes
New Jersey¹⁴	S-758/A-3028	2008	healthcare facilities, including psychiatric hospitals, state developmental centers
Illinois¹⁷	Public Act 097-0122/HB 1684	2009	hospitals
California¹⁸	AB 1136	2011	acute care hospitals
New York¹⁵	Bill S6914-2013	2014	licensed hospital providers

Year signed into law was not always the same as the effective date.

^**

Hawaii was the only state that passed a resolution rather than a law, rules, or regulations.

^***

Because Maryland laws are essentially the same, except one applies to nursing homes and one applies to hospitals, the two laws are treated as one for the purposes of this article.