Bill Title: Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health may designate a hospital as an Acute Stroke-Ready Hospital. Provides that a hospital that is certified as an Acute Stroke-Ready Hospital or Comprehensive Stroke Center by a nationally-recognized and Department-approved certifying body may be designated as such by the Department upon receipt of the certification and the payment of an annual fee. Provides that the fees collected for designation shall be used to support stroke care data collection and that any surplus funds from the fees shall be used to support the Department Stroke Coordinator's salary or for other stroke-care initiatives, including administrative oversight of stroke care. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Stroke Data Collection Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Deletes provisions regarding designation of hospitals as Emergent Stroke-Ready Hospitals. Contains procedures regarding Department designation of Acute Stroke-Ready Hospitals and Comprehensive Stroke Centers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-08-18 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-1001 [HB5742 Detail]

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Bill Drafts

Revision	Date	Format	Source	View
Chaptered	2014-08-18	HTML/Text	Link	View
Enrolled	2014-05-23	HTML/Text	Link	View
Engrossed	2014-04-09	HTML/Text	Link	View
Amended	2014-03-25	HTML/Text	Link	View
Introduced	2014-02-14	HTML/Text	Link	View

Amendments

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No bill amendments currently on file for Illinois HB5742

Supplemental Documents

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