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Rep. Sandra M. Pihos
Filed: 4/12/2013
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1729
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1729 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 5. The Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems |
| 5 | | Act is amended by changing Section 2 as follows:
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| 6 | | (210 ILCS 50/2) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5502)
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| 7 | | Sec. 2. Legislative intent; construction of Act. The |
| 8 | | Legislature finds and declares that emergency medical
services |
| 9 | | are essential services in the State of Illinois and it is the |
| 10 | | intent of
this legislation to provide the State with systems |
| 11 | | for
emergency medical
services by establishing within the State |
| 12 | | Department of Public Health a central
authority responsible for |
| 13 | | the coordination and integration of all activities within the |
| 14 | | State concerning pre-hospital and
inter-hospital emergency |
| 15 | | medical services, as well as non-emergency
medical transports, |
| 16 | | and
the overall planning, evaluation,
and regulation of |
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| 1 | | pre-hospital emergency medical services systems.
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| 2 | | The provisions of this Act shall not be construed to deny |
| 3 | | emergency medical
services to persons outside the boundaries of |
| 4 | | this State nor to limit,
restrict,
or prevent any cooperative |
| 5 | | agreement for the provision of emergency medical
services |
| 6 | | between this State, or any of its political subdivisions, and |
| 7 | | any
other State or its political subdivisions or a federal |
| 8 | | agency.
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| 9 | | The provisions of this Act shall not be construed to
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| 10 | | regulate the emergency transportation of persons by friends
or |
| 11 | | family members, in personal vehicles that are not
ambulances, |
| 12 | | specialized emergency medical service vehicles,
first response |
| 13 | | vehicles or medical carriers.
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| 14 | | This legislation is intended to provide minimum
standards |
| 15 | | for the statewide delivery of EMS services. It
is recognized, |
| 16 | | however, that diversities exist between
different areas of the |
| 17 | | State, based on geography, location
of health care facilities, |
| 18 | | availability of personnel, and
financial resources. The |
| 19 | | Legislature therefore intends that
the implementation and |
| 20 | | enforcement of this Act by
the Illinois Department of Public |
| 21 | | Health accommodate those
varying needs and interests to the |
| 22 | | greatest extent possible
without jeopardizing appropriate |
| 23 | | standards of medical care,
through the Department's exercise of |
| 24 | | the waiver provision of
this Act and its adoption of rules |
| 25 | | pursuant to this Act.
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| 26 | | (Source: P.A. 88-1; 89-177, eff. 7-19-95.)".
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