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Bill	MRSA SCREENING-AT-RISK PATIENT	Amends the MRSA Screening and Reporting Act. Requires Illinois hospitals to screen certain patients for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ("MRSA") upon admission, including all patients admitted to the hospital's intensive care unit; patients who were previously colonized or infected with MRSA; surgical patients receiving implants; and patients transferred from a nursing home or healthcare facility. Requires hospitals to re-screen patients who were admitted to the hospital's intensive care unit or previously transferred from a nursing home facility, prior to discharge or transfer to another healthcare facility. Repeals January 1, 2011 repealer date. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	96th	SB 2981	Illinois SB 2981 (96th)	bill		enacted		3	42	2	2010-02-03	2010-07-16	openstates	ocd-bill/b62aaa78-fb14-421f-9203-9e825854cfe1	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2981&GAID=10&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=50164&SessionID=76&GA=96	bdc6b9481772f0185cb28851836413169fe3277ccaa3a2fc3c6a44e3e01096c4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 2981 (96th) — MRSA SCREENING-AT-RISK PATIENT

Amends the MRSA Screening and Reporting Act. Requires Illinois hospitals to screen certain patients for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ("MRSA") upon admission, including all patients admitted to the hospital's intensive care unit; patients who were previously colonized or infected with MRSA; surgical patients receiving implants; and patients transferred from a nursing home or healthcare facility. Requires hospitals to re-screen patients who were admitted to the hospital's intensive care unit or previously transferred from a nursing home facility, prior to discharge or transfer to another healthcare facility. Repeals January 1, 2011 repealer date. Effective immediately.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 51–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 115–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Christine Radogno — primary (person)
• Donald L. Moffitt — cosponsor (person)
• Naomi D. Jakobsson — cosponsor (person)
• Sandy Cole — cosponsor (person)
• Sidney H. Mathias — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2010-02-03 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Christine Radogno filing
• 2010-02-03 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-02-03 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2010-02-04 Assigned to Public Health referral-committee
• 2010-02-08 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Susan Garrett
• 2010-02-09 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Mattie Hunter
• 2010-02-17 Postponed - Public Health
• 2010-02-17 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Carole Pankau
• 2010-02-25 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Christine Radogno amendment-introduction
• 2010-02-25 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2010-03-02 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Public Health
• 2010-03-02 Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted amendment-passage
• 2010-03-03 Do Pass as Amended Public Health; 009-000-000 committee-passage
• 2010-03-03 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 4, 2010
• 2010-03-11 Second Reading reading-2
• 2010-03-11 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading March 12, 2010
• 2010-03-12 Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
• 2010-03-12 Third Reading - Passed; 051-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-03-12 Arrived in House introduction
• 2010-03-12 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Patricia R. Bellock
• 2010-03-12 Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading reading-1
• 2010-03-12 First Reading reading-1
• 2010-03-12 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2010-03-18 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Julie Hamos
• 2010-03-22 Assigned to Human Services Committee referral-committee
• 2010-04-14 Do Pass / Short Debate Human Services Committee; 007-000-000 committee-passage
• 2010-04-14 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-04-14 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael W. Tryon
• 2010-04-14 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
• 2010-04-14 Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers
• 2010-04-14 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson
• 2010-04-20 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2010-04-20 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2010-04-21 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2010-04-21 Passed Both Houses
• 2010-04-21 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sandy Cole
• 2010-04-21 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Sidney H. Mathias
• 2010-04-21 Added Alternate Co-Sponsor Rep. Donald L. Moffitt
• 2010-05-20 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2010-07-16 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2010-07-16 Effective Date July 16, 2010
• 2010-07-16 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1079 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b62aaa78-fb14-421f-9203-9e825854cfe1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).