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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB2771
Introduced 1/20/2006, by Sen. Christine Radogno SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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110 ILCS 330/7 new |
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210 ILCS 85/6.22 new |
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Amends the University of Illinois Hospital Act and the Hospital Licensing Act. Provides that every hospital subject to either of the Acts must screen all patients for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in accordance with guidelines published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Provides that if a patient tests positive for MRSA, the hospital must so inform the patient and offer treatment to the patient. Requires hospitals to report all cases of MRSA to the Department of Public Health in the form and manner prescribed by the Department in rules.
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STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT |
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SB2771 |
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LRB094 18823 DRJ 54233 b |
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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 5. The University of Illinois Hospital Act is |
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| amended by adding Section 7 as follows:
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| (110 ILCS 330/7 new) |
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| Sec. 7. Screening patients for MRSA. The University of |
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| Illinois Hospital shall screen all patients for |
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| methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in |
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| accordance with guidelines published by the Centers for Disease |
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| Control and Prevention. If a patient tests positive for MRSA, |
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| the hospital must so inform the patient and offer treatment to |
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| the patient. The hospital shall report all cases of MRSA to the |
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| Department of Public Health in the form and manner prescribed |
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| by the Department in rules.
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| Section 10. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by adding |
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| Section 6.22 as follows:
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| (210 ILCS 85/6.22 new) |
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| Sec. 6.22. Screening patients for MRSA. Every hospital |
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| shall screen all patients for methicillin-resistant |
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| Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in accordance with guidelines |
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| published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. If |
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| a patient tests positive for MRSA, the hospital must so inform |
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| the patient and offer treatment to the patient. Each hospital |
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| shall report all cases of MRSA to the Department in the form |
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| and manner prescribed by the Department in rules.
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