Rep. Sandra M. Pihos

Filed: 4/10/2013

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1729

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1729 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems
5Act is amended by changing Section 2 and by adding Section 3.33
6as follows:
 
7    (210 ILCS 50/2)  (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5502)
8    Sec. 2. Legislative intent; construction of Act. The
9Legislature finds and declares that emergency medical services
10are essential services in the State of Illinois and it is the
11intent of this legislation to provide the State with systems
12for emergency medical services by establishing within the State
13Department of Public Health a central authority responsible for
14the coordination and integration of all activities within the
15State concerning pre-hospital and inter-hospital emergency
16medical services, as well as non-emergency medical transports,

 

 

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1and the overall planning, evaluation, and regulation of
2pre-hospital emergency medical services systems.
3    The provisions of this Act shall not be construed to deny
4emergency medical services to persons outside the boundaries of
5this State nor to limit, restrict, or prevent any cooperative
6agreement for the provision of emergency medical services
7between this State, or any of its political subdivisions, and
8any other State or its political subdivisions or a federal
9agency.
10    The provisions of this Act shall not be construed to
11regulate the emergency transportation of persons by friends or
12family members, in personal vehicles that are not ambulances,
13specialized emergency medical service vehicles, first response
14vehicles or medical carriers.
15    This legislation is intended to provide minimum standards
16for the statewide delivery of EMS services. It is recognized,
17however, that diversities exist between different areas of the
18State, based on geography, location of health care facilities,
19availability of personnel, and financial resources. The
20Legislature therefore intends that the implementation and
21enforcement of this Act by the Illinois Department of Public
22Health accommodate those varying needs and interests to the
23greatest extent possible without jeopardizing appropriate
24standards of medical care, through the Department's exercise of
25the waiver provision of this Act and its adoption of rules
26pursuant to this Act.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 88-1; 89-177, eff. 7-19-95.)
 
2    (210 ILCS 50/3.33 new)
3    Sec. 3.33. Areas without ambulatory services. In any county
4in which an ambulance service ceases operations and leaves a
5geographic area of that county without timely ambulance
6coverage, the County Administrator and County Board Chairman
7shall submit a written plan for covering that area to the
8closest EMS System Medical Director. This plan must define what
9ambulance provider or providers will now cover the affected
10area, what their range of estimated average response times will
11be for the area in need of coverage, any anticipated negative
12impacts on the geographic area previously covered by the
13newly-closed ambulance service or the geographic area normally
14covered by the ambulance provider or providers which will fill
15that gap, and any expected gaps in ambulance service to the
16geographic area. This plan shall be submitted by the county
17within 15 days after its initial notification of an ambulance
18service closing.
19    The EMS System Medical Director shall review and submit a
20copy of this plan to the Department along with a written letter
21of support or denial.".