Bill Text: IL HB1952 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Amends the Home Health, Home Services, and Home Nursing Agency Licensing Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the application of the Act.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 6-3)
Status: (Passed) 2017-08-22 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0255 [HB1952 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB1952-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Amends the Home Health, Home Services, and Home Nursing Agency Licensing Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the application of the Act.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 6-3)
Status: (Passed) 2017-08-22 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0255 [HB1952 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB1952-Engrossed.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act | ||||||
5 | is amended by adding Section 3.88 as follows:
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6 | (210 ILCS 50/3.88 new) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 3.88. Ambulance assistance vehicle provider upgrades. | ||||||
8 | (a) As used in this Section: | ||||||
9 | "Ambulance assistance vehicle" has the meaning provided | ||||||
10 | under 77 Ill. Adm. Code 515.825 and includes, but is not | ||||||
11 | limited to, fire apparatus and fire department vehicles. | ||||||
12 | "Ambulance assistance vehicle provider" or "provider" | ||||||
13 | means a provider of ambulance assistance vehicles that is | ||||||
14 | licensed under this Act and serves a population within the | ||||||
15 | State. | ||||||
16 | (b) An ambulance assistance vehicle provider may submit a | ||||||
17 | proposal to the EMS Medical Director requesting approval of an | ||||||
18 | ambulance assistance vehicle provider in-field service level | ||||||
19 | upgrade. | ||||||
20 | (1) An ambulance assistance vehicle provider may be | ||||||
21 | upgraded, as defined by the EMS Medical Director in a | ||||||
22 | policy or procedure, as long as the EMS Medical Director | ||||||
23 | and the Department have approved the proposal, to the |
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1 | highest level of EMT license (advanced life | ||||||
2 | support/paramedic, intermediate life support, or basic | ||||||
3 | life support) or Pre-Hospital RN certification held by any | ||||||
4 | person staffing that provider's ambulance assistance | ||||||
5 | vehicle. The ambulance assistance vehicle provider's | ||||||
6 | proposal for an upgrade must include all of the following: | ||||||
7 | (A) The manner in which the provider will secure | ||||||
8 | and store advanced life support equipment, supplies, | ||||||
9 | and medications. | ||||||
10 | (B) The type of quality assurance the provider will | ||||||
11 | perform. | ||||||
12 | (C) An assurance that the provider will advertise | ||||||
13 | only the level of care that can be provided 24 hours a | ||||||
14 | day. | ||||||
15 | (D) A statement that the provider will have that | ||||||
16 | vehicle inspected by the Department annually. | ||||||
17 | (2) If an ambulance assistance vehicle provider is | ||||||
18 | approved to provide an in-field service level upgrade based | ||||||
19 | on the licensed personnel on the vehicle, all the advanced | ||||||
20 | life support medical supplies, durable medical equipment, | ||||||
21 | and medications must be environmentally controlled, | ||||||
22 | secured, and locked with access by only the personnel who | ||||||
23 | have been authorized by the EMS Medical Director to utilize | ||||||
24 | those supplies. | ||||||
25 | (3) The EMS System shall routinely perform quality | ||||||
26 | assurance, in compliance with the EMS System's quality |
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1 | assurance plan approved by the Department, on in-field | ||||||
2 | service level upgrades authorized under this Section to | ||||||
3 | ensure compliance with the EMS System plan. | ||||||
4 | The EMS Medical Director may define what constitutes an | ||||||
5 | in-field service level upgrade through an EMS System policy or | ||||||
6 | procedure. An in-field service level upgrade may include, but | ||||||
7 | need not be limited to, an upgrade to a licensed ambulance, | ||||||
8 | alternate response vehicle, or specialized emergency medical | ||||||
9 | services vehicle. | ||||||
10 | (c) If the EMS Medical Director approves a proposal for an | ||||||
11 | ambulance assistance vehicle provider's in-field service level | ||||||
12 | upgrade under this Section, he or she shall submit the proposal | ||||||
13 | to the Department along with a statement of approval signed by | ||||||
14 | him or her. Once the Department has approved the proposal, the | ||||||
15 | ambulance assistance vehicle provider shall be authorized to | ||||||
16 | function at the highest level of EMT license (advanced life | ||||||
17 | support/paramedic, intermediate life support, or basic life | ||||||
18 | support) or Pre-Hospital RN certification held by any person | ||||||
19 | staffing the provider's ambulance assistance vehicle. | ||||||
20 | (d) Nothing in this Section shall allow for the approval of | ||||||
21 | a request to downgrade the service level licensure for an | ||||||
22 | ambulance assistance vehicle provider.
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23 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
24 | becoming law.
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