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1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the MRSA | ||||||
5 | Screening and Reporting Act. | ||||||
6 | Section 5. MRSA control program. In order to improve the | ||||||
7 | prevention of hospital-associated bloodstream infections due | ||||||
8 | to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ("MRSA"), every | ||||||
9 | hospital shall establish an MRSA control program that requires: | ||||||
10 | (1) Identification of all MRSA-colonized patients in | ||||||
11 | all intensive care units, and at-risk patients identified | ||||||
12 | by the hospital, through active surveillance testing. | ||||||
13 | (2) Isolation of identified MRSA-colonized or | ||||||
14 | MRSA-infected patients in an appropriate manner. | ||||||
15 | (3) Monitoring and strict enforcement of hand hygiene | ||||||
16 | requirements. | ||||||
17 | (4) Maintenance of records and reporting of cases under | ||||||
18 | Section 10 of this Act.
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19 | Section 10. Reporting by Department of Public Health.
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20 | (a) After October 1, 2007, the Department of Public Health | ||||||
21 | shall compile aggregate data for all hospitals on the total | ||||||
22 | number of infections due to methicillin-resistant |
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1 | Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) that (1) are present on admission | ||||||
2 | to a hospital and (2) occurred during the hospital stay, | ||||||
3 | reported separately, as compiled from diagnostic codes | ||||||
4 | contained in the Hospital Discharge Dataset provided to the | ||||||
5 | Department; provided, that this reporting requirement shall | ||||||
6 | apply only for patients in all intensive care units and other | ||||||
7 | at-risk patients identified by hospitals for active | ||||||
8 | surveillance testing for MRSA. The Department is authorized to | ||||||
9 | require hospitals, based on guidelines developed by the | ||||||
10 | National Center for Health Statistics, after October 1, 2007, | ||||||
11 | to submit data to the Department that is coded as "present on | ||||||
12 | admission" and "occurred during the stay". | ||||||
13 | (b) The Department shall make such data available on its | ||||||
14 | web site, in an annual report, and on the Hospital Report Card | ||||||
15 | pursuant to the Hospital Report Card Act. | ||||||
16 | Section 90. The Regulatory Sunset Act is amended by | ||||||
17 | changing Section 4.21 as follows:
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18 | (5 ILCS 80/4.21)
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19 | Sec. 4.21. Acts repealed on January 1, 2011. The following
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20 | Acts are repealed
on January 1, 2011:
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21 | The Fire Equipment Distributor and Employee Regulation Act | ||||||
22 | of 2000.
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23 | The Radiation Protection Act of 1990.
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24 | The MRSA Screening and Reporting Act.
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1 | (Source: P.A. 91-752, eff. 6-2-00; 91-835, eff. 6-16-00; 92-16, | ||||||
2 | eff.
6-28-01.)
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3 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
4 | becoming law. |