HB0192ham002 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Health Care Availability and Access Committee

Filed: 3/6/2007

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 192

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 192, AS AMENDED, by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Administrative Act is amended by adding Section 10.5 as follows:

(20 ILCS 1705/10.5 new)

Sec. 10.5. Prevention and control of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms. The Department, in consultation with the Department of Public Health, shall adopt rules that may require one or more of the facilities described in Section 4 of this Act to implement comprehensive interventions to prevent and control multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs), including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE), and certain gram-negative bacilli (GNB), pursuant to prevention and control interventions recommended by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2006). The Department shall also require facilities to submit reports to the Department that contain substantially the same information contained in the related infection reports required to be submitted by hospitals to the Department of Public Health under Section 25 of the Hospital Report Card Act. The Department shall provide that information to the Department of Public Health upon the Department of Public Health's request.

Section 10. The Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section 2310-312 as follows:

(20 ILCS 2310/2310-312 new)

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 develop an infection control policy for MDROs that takes into consideration the 2006 recommendations of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for the prevention and control of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms (MDROs).

(2) The Department shall conduct a public information campaign for health care providers not subject to regulation by the Department, including physicians, health facilities, public health departments, other public and private health care providers, laboratories, and the general public, on Multidrug Resistant Organisms (MDROs) to reduce the incidence of infection. This program shall include, but need not be limited to, the establishment of a statewide information clearinghouse that will provide periodic reports and releases to public officials, health professionals, and the general public regarding new developments or procedures concerning prevention and treatment of MDROs.

(3) The Department shall create and administer a training program for health care providers who have a need for understanding matters relating to MDROs. The training shall include information on the cause and effects of MDROs and the means of preventing and controlling transmission. The training may be made available to public employees and the employees of private agencies. The Department may charge fees to cover the costs of the training.

Section 15. The University of Illinois Hospital Act is amended by adding Section 7 as follows:

(110 ILCS 330/7 new)

Sec. 7. Prevention and control for Multidrug-Resistant Organisms. The University shall develop an infection control policy for the University of Illinois hospital to implement comprehensive interventions to prevent and control multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs), including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE), and certain gram-negative bacilli (GNB) that takes into consideration the guidelines of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for the management of MDROs in healthcare settings. The University shall also require the Hospital to submit reports to the University that contain substantially the same information contained in the related infection reports required to be submitted by hospitals to the Department of Public Health under Section 25 of the Hospital Report Card Act. The University shall provide that information to the Department of Public Health upon the Department's request.

Section 20. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by adding Section 6.23 as follows:

(210 ILCS 85/6.23 new)

Sec. 6.23. Prevention and control of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms. Each hospital shall develop an infection control policy to implement comprehensive interventions to prevent and control multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs), including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE), and certain gram-negative bacilli (GNB) that takes into consideration the guidelines of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for the management of MDROs in healthcare settings. The Department shall also require hospitals to submit related infection reports under Section 25 of the Hospital Report Card Act.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.".