HB 1099 -- Health Care Providers Sponsor: Schaaf This bill changes the laws regarding ventilator-associated pneumonia, an infection that can originate or occur in a hospital or a hospital-like setting. Currently, the Infection Control Advisory Panel and the Department of Health and Senior Services report quarterly on the incidence rates for all types of infections. Upon the recommendation of the panel, health care providers may use a better method of measuring the risk of transmission of ventilator-associated pneumonia from one patient to another.Copyright (c) Missouri House of Representatives