Public Act 097-0209
 
HB1391 EnrolledLRB097 05256 RPM 45308 b


  
    AN ACT concerning health facilities.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
    Section 5. The Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act 
is amended  by changing Section 3.225 as follows:
 



    (210 ILCS 50/3.225)



    Sec. 3.225. Trauma Center Fund. 

    (a) The Department shall distribute 97.5% of 50% of
the 
moneys deposited into the Trauma Center Fund, a special
fund in 
the State Treasury, to Illinois hospitals that are
designated 
as trauma centers.  The payments to those
hospitals shall be in 
addition to any other payments paid
and shall be in an amount 
calculated under paragraph (b) of
this Section.

    (b) Trauma payment calculation.


        (1) The Department shall implement an
accounting 
    system to ensure that the moneys in the fund are

    distributed.


        (2) The moneys in the fund shall be allocated

    proportionately to each EMS region so that the EMS
region 
    receives the moneys collected from within its region
for 
    violations of laws or ordinances regulating the movement
of 
    traffic. Under no circumstance shall money collected 
    within one EMS region be redirected to another EMS region. 


        (3) The formula for distribution to
individual 
    hospitals shall be based on factors identified in rules

    adopted by the Department pursuant to this Act.  No moneys

    may be distributed to a trauma center located outside of 
    the
State.

        (4) If money collected from an EMS region cannot be 
    distributed to any trauma center in that EMS region because 
    the trauma center is located outside of the State, then the 
    Department shall distribute the money to hospitals in the 
    EMS region for the provision of emergency services. 
    (c) The Department may retain 2.5% of 50% of the
moneys in 
the Trauma Center Fund to defray the cost of
administering the 
distributions.

(Source: P.A. 89-177, eff. 7-19-95.)

 
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law. 
  


Effective Date:  7/28/2011