House File 2181 - Introduced



                                   HOUSE FILE       
                                   BY  T. TAYLOR, HEATON, ZIRKELBACH,
                                       SMITH, TJEPKES, and BELL


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act requiring the department of corrections to test inmates
  2    for certain staph infections.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 5905YH 82
  5 jr/nh/5

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 904.108, subsection 1, Code 2007, is
  1  2 amended by adding the following new paragraph:
  1  3    NEW PARAGRAPH.  p.  Establish and maintain a program that
  1  4 requires every institution listed in section 904.102 to
  1  5 establish a methicillin=resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
  1  6 surveillance and control program.  The program shall require
  1  7 the identification and, if necessary, isolation of
  1  8 MRSA=colonized or MRSA=infected inmates in an appropriate
  1  9 manner.
  1 10                           EXPLANATION
  1 11    Methicillin=resistant staphylococcus aureus is a
  1 12 drug=resistant type of staph bacteria.  This bill requires
  1 13 that the department of corrections establish a
  1 14 methicillin=resistant staphylococcus aureus surveillance and
  1 15 control program to identify and isolate inmates infected with
  1 16 this disease.
  1 17 LSB 5905YH 82
  1 18 jr/nh/5