HB3379 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB3379

Introduced 2/22/2021, by Rep. Deanne M. Mazzochi

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

20 ILCS 2310/2310-312.5 new

Amends the Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Requires the Department of Public Health to identify at least 2 hospitals that have had over the last 5 years similar reported levels of patients with one or more types of hospital-acquired infections and to solicit proposals from at least one such hospital to conduct a pilot program to install in common hospital touch surfaces antimicrobial metallic material in the rooms of patients likely to be at high risk of hospital-acquired infections. Provides that installation costs for the pilot program shall be classified as capital infrastructure improvements and eligible for capital development grants. Contains specified requirements for the Department regarding the pilot program.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning State government.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by adding Section 2310-312.5 as follows:

(20 ILCS 2310/2310-312.5 new)

Sec. 2310-312.5. Disinfection innovation pilot program. The Department shall identify at least 2 hospitals that have had over the last 5 years similar reported levels of patients with one or more types of hospital-acquired infections, including, but not limited to, Staphylococcal infections, c. difficile, e. coli, P. aeruginosa, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, or genetic variant strains thereof, and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). The Department shall solicit proposals from at least one such hospital to conduct a pilot program to install in common hospital touch surfaces (such as patient beds, light switches, and door knobs and plates) antimicrobial metallic material (which may include copper or silver alloy metal wall plates, copper-oxide impregnated hard surfaces, silver or zinc oxides, metallic nanoparticles, or silver-ruthenium complexes) in the rooms of patients likely to be at high risk of hospital-acquired infections. Installation costs for the pilot program shall be classified as capital infrastructure improvements and eligible for capital development grants. For hospitals identified under this pilot program, the Department shall annually monitor the hospital-acquired infection rate for a period of up to 5 years and compare and report for the General Assembly and the medical literature whether the hospital-acquired infection rate has decreased in the hospital by using this technology. The Department shall search for ways to fund the antimicrobial infrastructure, including, but not limited to, seeking funds and grants from private or federal groups or entities, or by appropriation from the General Assembly. If the Department seeks to further assess the antimicrobial performance of the materials themselves, the methodology for measuring antimicrobial performance shall comply with standards for assessment, such as JIS Z 2801:2010; ISO 22196:2011; or United States Environmental Protection Agency protocols (2016).