Bill Title: Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. Provides that the Department of Public Health shall allow for an alternative rural staffing model for vehicle service providers that serve a rural or semi-rural population of 10,000 or fewer inhabitants and exclusively use volunteers, paid-on-call, or part-time employees, or a combination thereof (now, the use of part-time employees is not an option). Effective immediately.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 11)

Status: (Enrolled) 2026-05-21 - Added as Alternate Co-Sponsor Sen. Erica Harriss [HB5446 Detail]

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Bill Drafts

Revision	Date	Format	Source	View
Enrolled	2026-05-22	HTML/Text	Link	View
Engrossed	2026-04-15	HTML/Text	Link	View
Introduced	2026-02-06	HTML/Text	Link	View

Amendments

Amendment	Date	Disposition	Format	Source	View
House Amendment 002	2026-04-13	Proposed	HTML/Text	Link	View
House Amendment 001	2026-03-24	Proposed	HTML/Text	Link	View

Supplemental Documents

Title	Description	Date	Format	Source	View
No supplemental documents for Illinois HB5446 currently on file.