101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4282
 
Introduced 1/28/2020, by Rep. Lindsay Parkhurst
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
  
210 ILCS 50/3.155

     Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. Provides that nothing in the Act, or any rules adopted by the Department of Public Health under the Act, shall be construed to counteract a provision of the Bill of Rights for the Homeless Act providing that no person's rights, privileges, or access to services may be denied or abridged solely because he or she is homeless.
  


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A BILL FOR
 

  
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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act 
5is amended  by changing Section 3.155 as follows:
 



6    (210 ILCS 50/3.155)



7    Sec. 3.155. General Provisions. 

8    (a) Authority and responsibility for the EMS System
shall 
9be vested in the EMS Resource Hospital, through the
EMS Medical 
10Director or his designee.

11    (b) For an inter-hospital emergency or
non-emergency 
12medical transport, in which the physician from the sending

13hospital provides the EMS personnel with written medical

14orders, such written medical orders cannot exceed the scope
of 
15care which the EMS personnel are authorized to render
pursuant 
16to this Act.

17    (c) For an inter-hospital emergency or
non-emergency 
18medical transport of a patient who requires medical care
beyond 
19the scope of care which the EMS personnel are
authorized to 
20render pursuant to this Act, a qualified
physician, nurse, 
21perfusionist, or respiratory therapist
familiar with the scope 
22of care needed must accompany the
patient and the transferring 
23hospital and physician shall
assume medical responsibility for 
 
 
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1that portion of the
medical care.

2    (d) No emergency medical services vehicles or
personnel 
3from another State or nation may be utilized on a
regular basis 
4to pick up and transport patients within this
State without 
5first complying with this Act and all rules
adopted by the 
6Department pursuant to this Act.

7    (e) This Act shall not prevent emergency medical
services 
8vehicles or personnel from another State or nation
from 
9rendering requested assistance in this State in a
disaster 
10situation, or operating from a location outside the
State and 
11occasionally transporting patients into this State
for needed 
12medical care.  Except as provided in Section 31
of this Act, 
13this Act shall not provide immunity from
liability for such 
14activities.

15    (f) Except as provided in subsection (e) of this
Section, 
16no person or entity shall transport emergency or
non-emergency 
17patients by ambulance, SEMSV, or medical
carrier without first 
18complying with the provisions of this
Act and all rules adopted 
19pursuant to this Act.

20    (g) Nothing in this Act or the rules adopted by the 
21Department under this
Act shall be construed to authorize any 
22medical treatment to or transportation
of any person who 
23objects on religious grounds.

24    (h) Patients, individuals who accompany a patient, and 
25emergency medical
services personnel may not smoke while inside 
26an ambulance or SEMSV.  The
Department of Public Health may 
 
 
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1impose a civil penalty on an individual who
violates
this

2subsection in the amount of $100.
3    (i) Nothing in this Act, or any rules adopted by the 
4Department under this Act, shall be construed to counteract 
5Section 10 of the Bill of Rights for the Homeless Act. 

6(Source: P.A. 92-376, eff. 8-15-01.)