HR1260 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The medical community is united in its concern over the rapid spread of drug-resistant bacteria including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA); and

WHEREAS, In August of 2007, the State of Illinois passed legislation requiring public reporting of MRSA in all acute care hospitals using ICD-9-CM codes from hospital discharge data; and

WHEREAS, The National Healthcare Surveillance Network (NHSN), developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is a secure, internet-based surveillance system that integrates patient and healthcare personnel safety surveillance systems managed by the Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP) at CDC; and

WHEREAS, The states of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington have designated NHSN in legislative mandates requiring hospitals to report healthcare-associated infections; and

WHEREAS, Analysis indicates that discharge data underestimate the true number of MRSA infections and do not distinguish between community and healthcare associated infections; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we recommend that the National Healthcare Surveillance Network (NHSN), developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), should be adopted as the mechanism for public reporting of MRSA by Illinois hospitals.