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Public Act 097-0049
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SB1805 Enrolled | LRB097 05294 RPM 45348 b |
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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) |
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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 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 |
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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.
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(Source: P.A. 95-282, eff. 8-20-07.)
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