Full Text of SB0321 96th General Assembly
SB0321ham003 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
Filed: 5/29/2009
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 321
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 321, AS AMENDED, by | 3 |
| replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | 4 |
| following:
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| "Section 5. The Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems | 6 |
| Act is amended by changing Section 32.5 as follows:
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| (210 ILCS 50/32.5)
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| Sec. 32.5. Freestanding Emergency Center.
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| (a) Until June 30, 2009, the Department shall issue an | 10 |
| annual Freestanding Emergency Center (FEC)
license to any | 11 |
| facility that:
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| (1) is located: (A) in a municipality with
a population
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| of 75,000 or fewer inhabitants; (B) within 20 miles of the
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| hospital that owns or controls the FEC; and (C) within 20 | 15 |
| miles of the Resource
Hospital affiliated with the FEC as | 16 |
| part of the EMS System;
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| (2) is wholly owned or controlled by an Associate or | 2 |
| Resource Hospital,
but is not a part of the hospital's | 3 |
| physical plant;
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| (3) meets the standards for licensed FECs, adopted by | 5 |
| rule of the
Department, including, but not limited to:
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| (A) facility design, specification, operation, and | 7 |
| maintenance
standards;
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| (B) equipment standards; and
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| (C) the number and qualifications of emergency | 10 |
| medical personnel and
other staff, which must include | 11 |
| at least one board certified emergency
physician | 12 |
| present at the FEC 24 hours per day.
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| (4) limits its participation in the EMS System strictly | 14 |
| to receiving a
limited number of BLS runs by emergency | 15 |
| medical vehicles according to protocols
developed by the | 16 |
| Resource Hospital within the FEC's
designated EMS System | 17 |
| and approved by the Project Medical Director and the
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| Department;
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| (5) provides comprehensive emergency treatment | 20 |
| services, as defined in the
rules adopted by the Department | 21 |
| pursuant to the Hospital Licensing Act, 24
hours per day, | 22 |
| on an outpatient basis;
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| (6) provides an ambulance and
maintains on site | 24 |
| ambulance services staffed with paramedics 24 hours per | 25 |
| day;
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| (7) maintains helicopter landing capabilities approved |
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| by appropriate
State and federal authorities;
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| (8) complies with all State and federal patient rights | 3 |
| provisions,
including, but not limited to, the Emergency | 4 |
| Medical Treatment Act and the
federal Emergency
Medical | 5 |
| Treatment and Active Labor Act;
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| (9) maintains a communications system that is fully | 7 |
| integrated with
its Resource Hospital within the FEC's | 8 |
| designated EMS System;
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| (10) reports to the Department any patient transfers | 10 |
| from the FEC to a
hospital within 48 hours of the transfer | 11 |
| plus any other
data
determined to be relevant by the | 12 |
| Department;
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| (11) submits to the Department, on a quarterly basis, | 14 |
| the FEC's morbidity
and mortality rates for patients | 15 |
| treated at the FEC and other data determined
to be relevant | 16 |
| by the Department;
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| (12) does not describe itself or hold itself out to the | 18 |
| general public as
a full service hospital or hospital | 19 |
| emergency department in its advertising or
marketing
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| activities;
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| (13) complies with any other rules adopted by the
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| Department
under this Act that relate to FECs;
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| (14) passes the Department's site inspection for | 24 |
| compliance with the FEC
requirements of this Act;
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| (15) submits a copy of the permit issued by
the | 26 |
| Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board indicating that |
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| the facility has complied with the Illinois Health | 2 |
| Facilities Planning Act with respect to the health services | 3 |
| to be provided at the facility;
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| (16) submits an application for designation as an FEC | 5 |
| in a manner and form
prescribed by the Department by rule; | 6 |
| and
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| (17) pays the annual license fee as determined by the | 8 |
| Department by
rule.
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| (a-5) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, | 10 |
| the Department may issue an annual FEC license to a facility | 11 |
| that is located in a county that does not have a licensed | 12 |
| general acute care hospital if the facility's application for a | 13 |
| permit from the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board has | 14 |
| been deemed complete by the Department of Public Health by | 15 |
| March 1, 2009 and if the facility complies with the | 16 |
| requirements set forth in paragraphs (1) through (17) of | 17 |
| subsection (a). | 18 |
| (a-10) Notwithstanding any other provision of this | 19 |
| Section, the Department may issue an annual FEC license to a | 20 |
| facility if the facility has, by March 31, 2009, filed a letter | 21 |
| of intent to establish an FEC and if the facility complies with | 22 |
| the requirements set forth in paragraphs (1) through (17) of | 23 |
| subsection (a). | 24 |
| (b) The Department shall:
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| (1) annually inspect facilities of initial FEC | 26 |
| applicants and licensed
FECs, and issue
annual licenses to |
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| or annually relicense FECs that
satisfy the Department's | 2 |
| licensure requirements as set forth in subsection (a);
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| (2) suspend, revoke, refuse to issue, or refuse to | 4 |
| renew the license of
any
FEC, after notice and an | 5 |
| opportunity for a hearing, when the Department finds
that | 6 |
| the FEC has failed to comply with the standards and | 7 |
| requirements of the
Act or rules adopted by the Department | 8 |
| under the
Act;
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| (3) issue an Emergency Suspension Order for any FEC | 10 |
| when the
Director or his or her designee has determined | 11 |
| that the continued operation of
the FEC poses an immediate | 12 |
| and serious danger to
the public health, safety, and | 13 |
| welfare.
An opportunity for a
hearing shall be promptly | 14 |
| initiated after an Emergency Suspension Order has
been | 15 |
| issued; and
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| (4) adopt rules as needed to implement this Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-584, eff. 8-31-07.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 19 |
| becoming law.".
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