SB0105sam002 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Christine Radogno

Filed: 3/9/2009

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 105

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 105 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the MRSA Prevention, Control, and Reporting Act.

Section 5. Definition. In this Act, "State residential facility" or "facility" means: any Department of Human Services operated residential facility, including any State mental health hospital, State developmental center, or State residential school for the deaf and visually impaired; any Department of Corrections operated correctional center, work camp or boot camp; and any Department of Juvenile Justice operated juvenile center or boot camp.

Section 10. MRSA prevention, control, and reporting. In order to improve the prevention of infections due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ("MRSA"), the following MRSA prevention, control, and reporting activities are applicable to State residential facilities:

(1) Guidelines. State residential facilities shall develop and utilize policies and procedures for MRSA prevention, control, and reporting that are in compliance with federal guidelines and consistent with the operational needs of affected agencies.

(2) Minimum standards. Procedural MRSA Prevention and Control Guidelines shall include, but not be limited to, recommendations and requirements for screening and surveillance, education and training, hygiene, sanitation, and infection control.

(3) Reporting. State residential facilities shall comply with Department of Public Health rules and regulations for reporting of communicable diseases, including MRSA.

Section 15. Point prevalency studies. All Illinois correctional facilities shall perform on a quarterly basis a point prevalency study to determine the number of MRSA colonizations and MRSA infections within each correctional facility. All other State residential facilities shall conduct a point prevalency study each 6 months for MRSA colonizations and MRSA infections. Study results with respect to Illinois correctional facilities shall be posted on the Department of Corrections' website, and all study results from all State residential facilities shall be available on the Department of Public Health's website and shall be updated twice yearly. MRSA point prevalency study results shall also be submitted by each State residential facility to the General Assembly on a yearly basis.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.".