Bill Text: IL SB1805 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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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-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 SB1805 Introduced 2/9/2011, by Sen. Pamela J. Althoff SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 2310/2310-312
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).
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning public health.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
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:
(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)

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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 a surveillance system substantially similar to the
Center for Disease Control and Prevention's National
Healthcare Safety Network surveillance system 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

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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.
(Source: P.A. 95-282, eff. 8-20-07.)