101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4657

 

Introduced 2/5/2020, by Rep. Deanne M. Mazzochi

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 2310/2310-312.5 new

    Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois Act. Requires the Department of Public Health to identify at least 2 hospitals that have had over the last 5 years similar reported levels of patients with one or more types of hospital-acquired infections and to solicit proposals from at least one such hospital to conduct a pilot program to install in common hospital touch surfaces antimicrobial metallic material in the rooms of patients likely to be at high risk of hospital-acquired infections. Provides that installation costs for the pilot program shall be classified as capital infrastructure improvements and eligible for capital development grants. Contains specified requirements for the Department regarding the pilot program.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and
5Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is
6amended by adding Section 2310-312.5 as follows:
 
7    (20 ILCS 2310/2310-312.5 new)
8    Sec. 2310-312.5. Disinfection innovation pilot program.
9The Department shall identify at least 2 hospitals that have
10had over the last 5 years similar reported levels of patients
11with one or more types of hospital-acquired infections,
12including, but not limited to, Staphylococcal infections, c.
13difficile, e. coli, P. aeruginosa, and methicillin-resistant
14Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). The Department shall solicit
15proposals from at least one such hospital to conduct a pilot
16program to install in common hospital touch surfaces (such as
17patient beds, light switches, and door knobs and plates)
18antimicrobial metallic material (which may include copper or
19silver alloy metal wall plates, copper-oxide impregnated hard
20surfaces, silver or zinc oxides, metallic nanoparticles, or
21silver-ruthenium complexes) in the rooms of patients likely to
22be at high risk of hospital-acquired infections. Installation
23costs for the pilot program shall be classified as capital

 

 

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1infrastructure improvements and eligible for capital
2development grants. For hospitals identified under this pilot
3program, the Department shall annually monitor the
4hospital-acquired infection rate for a period of up to 5 years
5and compare and report for the General Assembly and the medical
6literature whether the hospital-acquired infection rate has
7decreased in the hospital by using this technology. The
8Department shall search for ways to fund the antimicrobial
9infrastructure, including, but not limited to, seeking funds
10and grants from private or federal groups or entities, or by
11appropriation from the General Assembly. If the Department
12seeks to further assess the antimicrobial performance of the
13materials themselves, the methodology for measuring
14antimicrobial performance shall comply with standards for
15assessment, such as JIS Z 2801:2010; ISO 22196:2011; or United
16States Environmental Protection Agency protocols (2016).