The current law requires hospitals to have MRSA prevention programs for their ICUs or other similar high-risk areas. The law, enacted in 2007, states hospitals must expand their MRSA program throughout their facilities, but there was no designated timeline for such implementation.
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The new bill, introduced by Sens. Barbara Buono and Joe Vitale, would expand the existing law and require state-licensed hospitals to have a MRSA prevention program in place for the entire facility within 30 days of enactment.
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