Sen. Christine Radogno
Filed: 3/20/2007
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 233 




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 233 by replacing 
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everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
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    "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the MRSA 
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Screening and Reporting Act.
 
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    Section 5. MRSA control program.  In order to improve the 
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prevention of hospital-associated bloodstream infections due 
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to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ("MRSA"), every 
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hospital shall establish an MRSA control program that requires:
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        (1) Identification of all MRSA-colonized patients in 
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    all intensive care units, and other at-risk patients 
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    identified by the hospital, through active surveillance 
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    testing.
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        (2) Isolation of identified MRSA-colonized or 
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    MRSA-infected patients in an appropriate manner.
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        (3) Monitoring and strict enforcement of hand hygiene 
 


 






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    requirements.
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        (4) Maintenance of records and reporting of cases under 
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    Section 10 of this Act.

 
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    Section 10. Reporting by Department of Public Health.
 
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    (a) After October 1, 2007, the Department of Public Health 
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shall compile aggregate data for all hospitals on the total 
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number of infections due to methicillin-resistant 
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Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) that (1) are present on admission 
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to a hospital and (2) occurred during the hospital stay, 
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reported separately, as compiled from diagnostic codes 
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contained in the Hospital Discharge Dataset provided to the 
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Department; provided, that this reporting requirement shall 
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apply only for patients in all intensive care units and other 
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at-risk patients identified by hospitals for active 
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surveillance testing for MRSA. The Department is authorized to 
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require hospitals, based on guidelines developed by the 
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National Center for Health Statistics, after October 1, 2007, 
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to submit data to the Department that is coded as "present on 
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admission" and "occurred during the stay".
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    (b) The Department shall make such data available on its 
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web site, in an annual report, and on the Hospital Report Card 
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pursuant to the Hospital Report Card Act.
 
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    Section 90. Repeal.  This Act is repealed on January 1, 
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2011.
 
 


 






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