Bill Text: IL SB1805 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. In the provision concerning Multidrug-Resistant Organisms (MDROs), requires the Department to publish a yearly report regarding certain MDRO infections based on a surveillance system substantially similar to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's National Healthcare Safety Network surveillance system (instead of the Hospital Discharge Dataset).
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-28 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 97-0049 [SB1805 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SB1805-Chaptered.html
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| Public Act 097-0049 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning public health.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and | ||||
Duties Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is | ||||
amended by changing Section 2310-312 as follows:
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(20 ILCS 2310/2310-312) | ||||
Sec. 2310-312. Multidrug-Resistant Organisms. The | ||||
Department shall perform the following functions in relation to | ||||
the prevention and control of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms | ||||
(MDROs), including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus | ||||
(MRSA), vancomycin-resistant (VRE) and certain gram-negative | ||||
bacilli (GNB), as these terms are referenced by the United | ||||
States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: | ||||
(1) Except with regard to hospitals, for which | ||||
administrative rules shall be adopted in accordance with | ||||
Section 6.23 of the Hospital Licensing Act and Section 7 of | ||||
the University of Illinois Hospital Act, the Department | ||||
shall adopt administrative rules for health care | ||||
facilities subject to licensure, certification, | ||||
registration, or other regulation by the Department that | ||||
may require one or more types of those facilities to (i) | ||||
perform an annual infection control risk assessment, (ii) | ||||
develop infection control policies for MDROs that are based | ||
on this assessment and incorporate, as appropriate, | ||
updated recommendations of the U.S. Centers for Disease | ||
Control and Prevention for the prevention and control of | ||
MDROs, and (iii) enforce hand hygiene requirements. | ||
(2) The Department shall: | ||
(A) publicize guidelines for reducing the | ||
incidence of MDROs to health care providers, health | ||
care facilities, public health departments, prisons, | ||
jails, and the general public; and | ||
(B) provide periodic reports and updates to public | ||
officials, health professionals, and the general | ||
public statewide regarding new developments or | ||
procedures concerning prevention and management of | ||
infections due to MDROs. | ||
(3) The Department shall publish a yearly report | ||
regarding MRSA and Clostridium difficile infections based | ||
on the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's | ||
National
Healthcare Safety Network surveillance system or | ||
its successor the Hospital Discharge Dataset. The | ||
Department is authorized to require hospitals, based on | ||
guidelines developed by the National Center for Health | ||
Statistics, after October 1, 2007, to submit data to the | ||
Department that is coded as "present on admission" and | ||
"occurred during the stay". | ||
(4) Reporting to the Department under the Hospital | ||
Report Card Act shall include organisms, including but not | ||
limited to MRSA, that are responsible for central venous | ||
catheter-associated bloodstream infections and | ||
ventilator-associated pneumonia in designated hospital | ||
units. | ||
(5) The Department shall implement surveillance for | ||
designated cases of community associated MRSA infections | ||
for a period of at least 3 years, beginning on or before | ||
January 1, 2008.
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(Source: P.A. 95-282, eff. 8-20-07.)
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