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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 103
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| AMENDMENT NO. ___. Amend House Joint Resolution 103 as |
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| follows:
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| on page 1, by replacing lines 2 through 14 with the following:
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| "WHEREAS, The U.S. Centers for Disease and Prevention (CDC) |
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| have identified Multidrug-Resistant Organisms (MROs) as a |
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| national threat to public health. These include |
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| methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus areus (MRSA), |
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| vancomycin-resistant (VRE), and certain gram-negative bacilli |
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| (GNB) which are microorganisms, predominantly bacteria, that |
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| are resistant to one or more classes of antimicrobial agents. |
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| These highly resistant organisms deserve special attention |
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| because options for treatment are often extremely limited. The |
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| 95th General Assembly enacted House Bill 192 (PA 95-282) and |
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| Senate Bill 233 (PA 95-312) that established MRSA prevention |
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| and control programs for licensed hospitals and mental health |
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| and developmental disabilities facilities operated by the |
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| Department of Human Services, and required the Department of |
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| Public Health to publicize guidelines for reducing the |
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| incidence of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms (MDROs), including |
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| MRSA, to health care providers, health care facilities, public |
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| health departments, prisons, jails, and the general public; and |
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| to provide periodic reports and updates to public officials, |
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| health professionals, and the general public statewide |
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| regarding new developments or procedures concerning prevention |
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| and management of infections due to MDROs. Additional control |
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| and prevention measures are under consideration and may be |
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| required to ensure public safety; and
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| WHEREAS, It is imperative to protect the health and safety |
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| of the public by educating the citizens of this State about the |
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| dangers of MDROs; therefore be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE |
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| SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that there is created in the |
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| Department of Public Health the Joint Task Force on MDRO |
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| Education, which shall be charged with the task of spearheading |
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| the effort to educate parents, students, teachers, and school |
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| administrators about the dangers of MDROs and ways to prevent |
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| the spread of diseases related to these organisms; and be it |
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| further"; and
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