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90_SB0502
210 ILCS 50/3.242 new
Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act.
Provides that a patient or the patient's representative may
designate the hospital to which the patient will be
transported if transportation to the designated hospital will
not increase the risk to the patient.
LRB9002745JScc
LRB9002745JScc
1 AN ACT to amend the Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
2 Systems Act by adding Section 3.242.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems
6 Act is amended by adding Section 3.242 as follows:
7 (210 ILCS 50/3.242 new)
8 Sec. 3.242. Destination determination. When being
9 transported by ambulance for emergency treatment, the patient
10 or patient's representative may designate the hospital to
11 which the patient is to be transported provided that the
12 hospital is equipped to adequately provide the emergency
13 treatment and transportation to the designated hospital will
14 not increase the risk to the patient.