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    AN ACT concerning 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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the MRSA 
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Prevention, Control, and Reporting Act.
 
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    Section 5. Definition.     In this Act, "State residential

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facility" or "facility" means: any Department of Human Services

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operated residential facility, including any State mental

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health hospital, State developmental center, or State

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residential school for the deaf and visually impaired; any

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Department of Corrections operated correctional center, work

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camp or boot camp; and any
Department of Juvenile Justice 
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operated juvenile center or boot
camp.


 
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    Section 10. MRSA prevention, control, and reporting.  In 
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order to improve
the prevention of infections due to 
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methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus ("MRSA"), the 
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following
MRSA prevention, control,  and reporting activities 
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are applicable to State residential facilities:
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        (1) Guidelines.  State residential facilities shall 
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    develop and utilize policies and procedures for MRSA 
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    prevention, control, and reporting that are  in compliance 
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    with federal guidelines and consistent with the 
 


 






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    operational needs of affected agencies.

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        (2) Minimum standards.  Procedural MRSA Prevention and 
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    Control Guidelines shall include, but not be limited to, 
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    recommendations and requirements for screening and 
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    surveillance, education and training, hygiene, sanitation, 
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    and infection control.
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        (3) Reporting.  State residential facilities shall 
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    comply with Department of Public Health rules and 
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    regulations for reporting of communicable diseases, 
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    including MRSA. 
 

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