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| AN ACT concerning regulation.
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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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the MRSA |
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| Screening and Reporting Act.
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| Section 5. MRSA control program. In order to improve the |
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| prevention of hospital-associated bloodstream infections due |
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| to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ("MRSA"), every |
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| hospital shall establish an MRSA control program that requires: |
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| (1) Identification of all MRSA-colonized patients in |
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| all intensive care units, and at-risk patients identified |
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| by the hospital, through active surveillance testing. |
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| (2) Isolation of identified MRSA-colonized or |
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| MRSA-infected patients in an appropriate manner. |
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| (3) Monitoring and strict enforcement of hand hygiene |
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| requirements. |
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| (4) Maintenance of records and reporting of cases under |
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| Section 10 of this Act.
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| Section 10. Reporting by Department of Public Health.
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| (a) After October 1, 2007, the Department of Public Health |
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| shall compile aggregate data for all hospitals on the total |
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| number of infections due to methicillin-resistant |
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| Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) that (1) are present on admission |
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| to a hospital and (2) occurred during the hospital stay, |
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| reported separately, as compiled from diagnostic codes |
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| contained in the Hospital Discharge Dataset provided to the |
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| Department; provided, that this reporting requirement shall |
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| apply only for patients in all intensive care units and other |
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| at-risk patients identified by hospitals for active |
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| surveillance testing for MRSA. The Department is authorized to |
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| require hospitals, based on guidelines developed by the |
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| National Center for Health Statistics, after October 1, 2007, |
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| to submit data to the Department that is coded as "present on |
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| admission" and "occurred during the stay". |
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| (b) The Department shall make such data available on its |
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| web site, in an annual report, and on the Hospital Report Card |
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| pursuant to the Hospital Report Card Act.
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| Section 90. The Regulatory Sunset Act is amended by |
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| changing Section 4.21 as follows:
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| (5 ILCS 80/4.21)
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| Sec. 4.21. Acts repealed on January 1, 2011. The following
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| Acts are repealed
on January 1, 2011:
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| The Fire Equipment Distributor and Employee Regulation Act |
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| of 2000.
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| The Radiation Protection Act of 1990.
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| The MRSA Screening and Reporting Act.
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