96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB5996


 
Introduced 2/10/2010, by Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		





 


  



210 ILCS 50/3.5





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     Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act.  Provides that the Department of Public Health may designate a Veterans Administration hospital for participation in an EMS system. Defines "Veterans Administration hospital" to mean a health care facility operated by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs that has been certified by a nationally recognized certifying body approved by the Illinois Department of Public Health and that has applied for participation in an EMS system.  Effective immediately.
  















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    AN ACT concerning regulation.
  
 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
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    Section 5. The Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act 
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is amended  by changing Section 3.5 and  by adding Section 3.101 
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as follows:
 



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    (210 ILCS 50/3.5)



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    Sec. 3.5. Definitions. As used in this Act:

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    "Department" means the Illinois Department of Public 
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Health.

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    "Director" means the Director of the Illinois Department of 
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Public Health.

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    "Emergency" means a medical condition of recent onset and 
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severity that
would lead a prudent layperson, possessing an 
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average knowledge of medicine and
health, to believe that 
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urgent or unscheduled medical care is required.

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    "Health Care Facility" means a hospital,
nursing home, 
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physician's office or other fixed location at which
medical and 
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health care services are performed. It does not
include 
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"pre-hospital emergency care settings" which utilize EMTs to 
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render
pre-hospital emergency care prior to the
arrival of a 
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transport vehicle, as defined in this Act.

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    "Hospital" has the meaning ascribed to that
term in the 
 


 






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Hospital Licensing Act, but also includes a Veterans 
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Administration hospital.

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    "Trauma" means any significant injury which
involves 
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single or multiple organ systems.

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    "Veterans Administration hospital" means a health care 
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facility operated by the United States Department of Veterans 
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Affairs that has been certified by a nationally recognized 
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certifying body approved by the Illinois Department of Public 
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Health and that has applied for participation in an EMS system. 
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(Source: P.A. 89-177, eff. 7-19-95.)

 
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    (210 ILCS 50/3.101 new)
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    Sec. 3.101. Veterans Administration hospital.    The 
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Department may designate a Veterans Administration hospital 
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for participation in an EMS system. Any Veterans Administration 
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hospital that participates in an EMS system shall be subject to 
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all of the provisions of this Act and rules promulgated under 
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this Act applicable to other hospitals, except to the extent 
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the Department provides otherwise by rule.
 
 
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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.