Bill Text: IL HB0185 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: Creates the MRSA Screening, Prevention, and Reporting Act for State Residential Facilities. Requires State residential facilities to establish MRSA control procedures. Defines "State residential facility" to mean: (i) Department of Human Services operated residential facilities, including State mental health hospitals and other facilities; (ii) Department of Corrections operated correctional centers, work camps or boot camps, and adult transition centers; and (iii) Department of Juvenile Justice operated juvenile centers and boot camps. Sets forth required MRSA control procedures, including screening and surveillance, reporting, prevention, infection control, and treatment. Includes requirements for education of employees and others. Effective immediately.
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2009-08-14 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0438 [HB0185 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HB0185-Enrolled.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning health.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the MRSA | ||||||
| 5 | Prevention, Control, and Reporting Act.
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| 6 | Section 5. Definition. In this Act, "State residential
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| 7 | facility" or "facility" means: any Department of Human Services
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| 8 | operated residential facility, including any State mental
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| 9 | health hospital, State developmental center, or State
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| 10 | residential school for the deaf and visually impaired; any
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| 11 | Department of Corrections operated correctional center, work
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| 12 | camp or boot camp; and any
Department of Juvenile Justice | ||||||
| 13 | operated juvenile center or boot
camp.
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| 14 | Section 10. MRSA prevention, control, and reporting. In | ||||||
| 15 | order to improve
the prevention of infections due to | ||||||
| 16 | methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus ("MRSA"), the | ||||||
| 17 | following
MRSA prevention, control, and reporting activities | ||||||
| 18 | are applicable to State residential facilities: | ||||||
| 19 | (1) Guidelines. State residential facilities shall | ||||||
| 20 | develop and utilize policies and procedures for MRSA | ||||||
| 21 | prevention, control, and reporting that are in compliance | ||||||
| 22 | with federal guidelines and consistent with the | ||||||
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| 1 | operational needs of affected agencies.
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| 2 | (2) Minimum standards. Procedural MRSA Prevention and | ||||||
| 3 | Control Guidelines shall include, but not be limited to, | ||||||
| 4 | recommendations and requirements for screening and | ||||||
| 5 | surveillance, education and training, hygiene, sanitation, | ||||||
| 6 | and infection control. | ||||||
| 7 | (3) Reporting. State residential facilities shall | ||||||
| 8 | comply with Department of Public Health rules and | ||||||
| 9 | regulations for reporting of communicable diseases, | ||||||
| 10 | including MRSA.
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| 11 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 12 | becoming law.
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