Full Text of HB0192 95th General Assembly
HB0192ham002 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Health Care Availability and Access Committee
Filed: 3/6/2007
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 192
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 192, AS AMENDED, by | 3 |
| replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | 4 |
| following:
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| "Section 5. The Mental Health and Developmental | 6 |
| Disabilities Administrative Act is amended by adding Section | 7 |
| 10.5 as follows: | 8 |
| (20 ILCS 1705/10.5 new) | 9 |
| Sec. 10.5. Prevention and control of Multidrug-Resistant | 10 |
| Organisms. The Department, in consultation with the Department | 11 |
| of Public Health, shall adopt rules that may require one or | 12 |
| more of the facilities described in Section 4 of this Act to | 13 |
| implement comprehensive interventions to prevent and control | 14 |
| multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs), including | 15 |
| methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), | 16 |
| vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE), and certain |
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| gram-negative bacilli (GNB), pursuant to prevention and | 2 |
| control interventions recommended by the U.S. Centers for | 3 |
| Disease Control and Prevention (2006). The Department shall | 4 |
| also require facilities to submit reports to the Department | 5 |
| that contain substantially the same information contained in | 6 |
| the related infection reports required to be submitted by | 7 |
| hospitals to the Department of Public Health under Section 25 | 8 |
| of the Hospital Report Card Act. The Department shall provide | 9 |
| that information to the Department of Public Health upon the | 10 |
| Department of Public Health's request. | 11 |
| Section 10. The Department of Public Health Powers and | 12 |
| Duties Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is | 13 |
| amended by adding Section 2310-312 as follows: | 14 |
| (20 ILCS 2310/2310-312 new) | 15 |
| Sec. 2310-312. Multidrug-Resistant Organisms. The | 16 |
| Department shall perform the following functions in relation to | 17 |
| the prevention and control of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms | 18 |
| (MDROs), including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus | 19 |
| (MRSA), vancomycin-resistant (VRE) and certain gram-negative | 20 |
| bacilli (GNB), as these terms are referenced by the United | 21 |
| States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: | 22 |
| (1) Except with regard to hospitals, for which | 23 |
| administrative rules shall be adopted in accordance with | 24 |
| Section 6.23 of the Hospital Licensing Act and Section 7 of |
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| the University of Illinois Hospital Act, the Department | 2 |
| shall adopt administrative rules for health care | 3 |
| facilities subject to licensure, certification, | 4 |
| registration, or other regulation by the Department that | 5 |
| may require one or more types of those facilities to | 6 |
| develop an infection control policy for MDROs that takes | 7 |
| into consideration the 2006 recommendations of the U.S. | 8 |
| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for the | 9 |
| prevention and control of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms | 10 |
| (MDROs). | 11 |
| (2) The Department shall conduct a public information | 12 |
| campaign for health care providers not subject to | 13 |
| regulation by the Department, including physicians, health | 14 |
| facilities, public health departments, other public and | 15 |
| private health care providers, laboratories, and the | 16 |
| general public, on Multidrug Resistant Organisms (MDROs) | 17 |
| to reduce the incidence of infection. This program shall | 18 |
| include, but need not be limited to, the establishment of a | 19 |
| statewide information clearinghouse that will provide | 20 |
| periodic reports and releases to public officials, health | 21 |
| professionals, and the general public regarding new | 22 |
| developments or procedures concerning prevention and | 23 |
| treatment of MDROs. | 24 |
| (3) The Department shall create and administer a | 25 |
| training program for health care providers who have a need | 26 |
| for understanding matters relating to MDROs. The training |
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| shall include information on the cause and effects of MDROs | 2 |
| and the means of preventing and controlling transmission. | 3 |
| The training may be made available to public employees and | 4 |
| the employees of private agencies. The Department may | 5 |
| charge fees to cover the costs of the training. | 6 |
| Section 15. The University of Illinois Hospital Act is | 7 |
| amended by adding Section 7 as follows: | 8 |
| (110 ILCS 330/7 new) | 9 |
| Sec. 7. Prevention and control for Multidrug-Resistant | 10 |
| Organisms. The University shall develop an infection control | 11 |
| policy for the University of Illinois hospital to implement | 12 |
| comprehensive interventions to prevent and control | 13 |
| multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs), including | 14 |
| methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), | 15 |
| vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE), and certain | 16 |
| gram-negative bacilli (GNB) that takes into consideration the | 17 |
| guidelines of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and | 18 |
| Prevention for the management of MDROs in healthcare settings. | 19 |
| The University shall also require the Hospital to submit | 20 |
| reports to the University that contain substantially the same | 21 |
| information contained in the related infection reports | 22 |
| required to be submitted by hospitals to the Department of | 23 |
| Public Health under Section 25 of the Hospital Report Card Act. | 24 |
| The University shall provide that information to the Department |
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| of Public Health upon the Department's request. | 2 |
| Section 20. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by adding | 3 |
| Section 6.23 as follows: | 4 |
| (210 ILCS 85/6.23 new) | 5 |
| Sec. 6.23. Prevention and control of Multidrug-Resistant | 6 |
| Organisms. Each hospital shall develop an infection control | 7 |
| policy to implement comprehensive interventions to prevent and | 8 |
| control multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs), including | 9 |
| methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), | 10 |
| vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE), and certain | 11 |
| gram-negative bacilli (GNB) that takes into consideration the | 12 |
| guidelines of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and | 13 |
| Prevention for the management of MDROs in healthcare settings. | 14 |
| The Department shall also require hospitals to submit related | 15 |
| infection reports under Section 25 of the Hospital Report Card | 16 |
| Act.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 18 |
| becoming law.".
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