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1     AN ACT concerning health.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the MRSA
5 Prevention, Control, and Reporting Act.
 
6     Section 5. Definition. In this Act, "State residential
7 facility" or "facility" means: any Department of Human Services
8 operated residential facility, including any State mental
9 health hospital, State developmental center, or State
10 residential school for the deaf and visually impaired; any
11 Department of Corrections operated correctional center, work
12 camp or boot camp; and any Department of Juvenile Justice
13 operated juvenile center or boot camp.
 
14     Section 10. MRSA prevention, control, and reporting. In
15 order to improve the prevention of infections due to
16 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ("MRSA"), the
17 following MRSA prevention, control, and reporting activities
18 are applicable to State residential facilities:
19         (1) Guidelines. State residential facilities shall
20     develop and utilize policies and procedures for MRSA
21     prevention, control, and reporting that are in compliance
22     with federal guidelines and consistent with the

 

 

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1     operational needs of affected agencies.
2         (2) Minimum standards. Procedural MRSA Prevention and
3     Control Guidelines shall include, but not be limited to,
4     recommendations and requirements for screening and
5     surveillance, education and training, hygiene, sanitation,
6     and infection control.
7         (3) Reporting. State residential facilities shall
8     comply with Department of Public Health rules and
9     regulations for reporting of communicable diseases,
10     including MRSA.
 
11     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
12 becoming law.