Bill Amendment: IL SB2397 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly

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Bill Title: HEALTH-TECH

Status: 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB2397 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-SB2397-Senate_Amendment_001.html

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Sen. Laura Fine

Filed: 3/13/2020

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2397
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2397 by replacing
everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 5. The University of Illinois Hospital Act is
amended by adding Section 7.1 as follows:
(110 ILCS 330/7.1 new)
Sec. 7.1. Infection preventionists.
(a) For the purposes of this Section, "infection
preventionist" means a person designated by the University of
Illinois Hospital to identify infectious disease processes,
conduct surveillance and epidemiologic investigations, and
develop plans to prevent and control the transmission of
infectious agents within the University of Illinois Hospital.
(b) A person shall not function as an infection
preventionist at the University of Illinois Hospital, and the
University of Illinois Hospital shall not employ or contract

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for the services of an infection preventionist, unless the
person meets one of the following requirements:
(1) The person has successfully passed an exam from a
nationally accredited infection prevention and
epidemiology accrediting organization and holds and
maintains certification in infection prevention and
control from a nationally accredited infection prevention
and epidemiology certification organization.
(2) The person provides evidence that he or she was
employed or otherwise contracted to provide services as an
infection preventionist in a hospital for a cumulative
period of one year within the 4 years immediately preceding
the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st
General Assembly. Any contractor or employer of an
infection preventionist on the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly shall confirm
in a writing to each infection preventionist of the
infection preventionist's contract or employment in that
capacity.
(3) The person is a student or intern performing the
functions of an infection preventionist, is under the
direct supervision of an infection preventionist
appropriately certified under paragraph (1) of this
subsection, and is functioning within the scope of a
student's or intern's training.
(c) A person who functions as an infection preventionist as

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provided in paragraph (2) of subsection (b) shall have 3 years
from the date of hire to obtain the infection preventionist
credentials outlined in paragraph (1) of subsection (b).
(d) The University of Illinois Hospital may employ or
contract with a person who does not meet the requirements under
subsection (b) as an infection preventionist if:
(1) after a diligent and thorough effort has been made,
the University of Illinois Hospital is unable to employ or
contract with a sufficient number of infection
preventionists who meet the requirements under subsection
(b); and
(2) the University of Illinois Hospital makes a written
record of its efforts to employ or contract with a
sufficient number of infection preventionists who meet the
requirements under subsection (b) and retains those
records at the University of Illinois Hospital.
The person must meet the requirements under paragraph (1)
of subsection (b) within 3 years after the start of employment
or contracting as an infection preventionist.
(e) If the University of Illinois Hospital employs or
contracts with an infection preventionist, the University of
Illinois Hospital shall, upon request of another hospital or an
infection preventionist employed by, formerly employed by, or
contracted to perform as an infection preventionist at the
University of Illinois Hospital, verify the dates of employment
or contract of the infection preventionist.

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(f) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit any person from
performing an infection preventionist's tasks or functions if
the person is acting within the scope of his or her practice.
Nothing in this Section shall be construed to prevent or
restrict the practice, provision of services, or activities of
any person licensed or registered in this State under any other
law from engaging in the profession or occupation for which he
or she is licensed or registered.
(g) The Department of Public Health may adopt rules to
implement and administer this Section.
Section 10. The Hospital Licensing Act is amended by adding
Section 6.23b as follows:
(210 ILCS 85/6.23b new)
Sec. 6.23b. Infection preventionists.
(a) For the purposes of this Section, "infection
preventionist" means a person designated by a hospital to
identify infectious disease processes, conduct surveillance
and epidemiologic investigations, and develop plans to prevent
and control the transmission of infectious agents within the
hospital.
(b) A person shall not function as an infection
preventionist at a hospital, and a hospital shall not employ or
otherwise contract for the services of an infection
preventionist, unless the person meets one of the following

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requirements:
(1) The person has successfully passed an exam from a
nationally accredited infection prevention and
epidemiology accrediting organization and holds and
maintains certification in infection prevention and
control from a nationally accredited infection prevention
and epidemiology certification organization.
(2) The person provides evidence that he or she was
employed or otherwise contracted to provide services as an
infection preventionist in a hospital for a cumulative
period of one year within the 4 years immediately preceding
the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st
General Assembly. Any contractor or employer of an
infection preventionist on the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly shall confirm
in a writing to each infection preventionist of the
infection preventionist's contract or employment in that
capacity.
(3) The person is a student or intern performing the
functions of an infection preventionist, is under the
direct supervision of an infection preventionist
appropriately certified under paragraph (1) of this
subsection, and is functioning within the scope of a
student's or intern's training.
(c) A person who functions as an infection preventionist as
provided in paragraph (2) of subsection (b) shall have 3 years

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from the date of hire to obtain the infection preventionist
credentials outlined in paragraph (1) of subsection (b).
(d) A hospital may employ or contract with a person who
does not meet the requirements under subsection (b) as an
infection preventionist if:
(1) after a diligent and thorough effort has been made,
the hospital is unable to employ or contract with a
sufficient number of infection preventionists who meet the
requirements under subsection (b); and
(2) the hospital makes a written record of its efforts
to employ or contract with a sufficient number of infection
preventionists who meet the requirements under subsection
(b) and retains those records at the hospital.
The person must meet the requirements under paragraph (1)
of subsection (b) within 3 years after the start of employment
or contracting as an infection preventionist.
(e) If a hospital employs or contracts with an infection
preventionist, the hospital shall, upon request of another
hospital or an infection preventionist employed by, formerly
employed by, or contracted to perform as an infection
preventionist at the hospital, verify the dates of employment
or contract of the infection preventionist.
(f) Nothing in this Section shall prohibit any person from
performing an infection preventionist's tasks or functions if
the person is acting within the scope of his or her practice.
Nothing in this Section shall be construed to prevent or

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restrict the practice, provision of services, or activities of
any person licensed or registered in this State by any other
law from engaging in the profession or occupation for which he
or she is licensed or registered.
(g) The Department of Public Health may adopt rules to
implement and administer this Section.".