Bill Text: IL HB2774 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. In provisions concerning Level II Trauma Center minimum standards, provides that the Department of Public Health shall grant a permanent waiver of the requirement that an emergency medicine physician working at a Level II Trauma Center be board-certified in emergency medicine if it determines that certain criteria are met, including: (1) the trauma center is located in a county that (i) has a population of less than 75,000 and (ii) is a physician shortage area designated by the Director of Public Health or a health professional shortage area designated by the Secretary of Health and Human Services; (2) the trauma center demonstrates that it has tried, without success, to recruit a board-certified emergency medicine physician; and (3) the physician for whom the waiver is sought has at least 5 years of experience working as an emergency medicine physician in a trauma center setting and his or her education, training, and experience are equal to that of a physician who is board-certified in emergency medicine. Provides that the Department's authority to grant a waiver expires 5 years after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB2774 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB2774-Introduced.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,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | is amended by changing Section 3.100 as follows:
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6 | (210 ILCS 50/3.100)
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7 | Sec. 3.100. Level II Trauma Center Minimum Standards. The | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Department shall establish, through rules adopted
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9 | this Act, standards for Level II Trauma Centers
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10 | include, but need not be limited to:
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11 | (a) The designation by the trauma center of a
Trauma Center | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | Medical Director and specification of his
qualifications . ;
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13 | (b) The types of surgical services the trauma
center must | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | have available for trauma patients. The Department
shall not | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | require the availability of all surgical services
required of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | Level I Trauma Centers . ;
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17 | (c) The types of nonsurgical services the trauma
center | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | must have available for trauma patients . ;
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19 | (d) The numbers and qualifications of emergency
medical | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | personnel, taking into consideration the more
limited trauma | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | services available in a Level II Trauma
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22 | The Department shall grant a permanent waiver of any | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | requirement that an emergency medicine physician engaged in |
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1 | providing trauma services at a Level II Trauma
Center be | ||||||
2 | board-certified in emergency medicine if it determines that all | ||||||
3 | of the following criteria are met: | ||||||
4 | (1) The trauma center is located in a county that (i) | ||||||
5 | has a population of less than 75,000 and (ii) is a | ||||||
6 | physician shortage area designated by the Director or a | ||||||
7 | health professional shortage area designated by the | ||||||
8 | Secretary of Health and Human Services. | ||||||
9 | (2) The trauma center demonstrates that it has tried, | ||||||
10 | without success, to recruit a board-certified emergency | ||||||
11 | medicine physician. | ||||||
12 | (3) The physician for whom the waiver is sought has at | ||||||
13 | least 5 years of experience working as an emergency | ||||||
14 | medicine physician in a trauma center setting and his or | ||||||
15 | her education, training, and experience are equal to that | ||||||
16 | of a physician who is board-certified in emergency | ||||||
17 | medicine. | ||||||
18 | (4) Granting the waiver would be in the best interest | ||||||
19 | of the community served by the trauma center. | ||||||
20 | The Department's authority to grant a waiver under the | ||||||
21 | preceding paragraph expires 5 years after the effective date of | ||||||
22 | this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly. ;
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23 | (e) The types of equipment that must be available
for | ||||||
24 | trauma patients . ;
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25 | (f) Requiring the trauma center to have a written
agreement | ||||||
26 | with a Level I Trauma Center serving the EMS
Region outlining |
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1 | their respective responsibilities in
providing trauma | ||||||
2 | services, executed within a reasonable time
designated by the | ||||||
3 | Department, unless the requirement for a
Level I Trauma Center | ||||||
4 | to serve that EMS Region has been
waived by the Department . ;
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5 | (g) Requiring the trauma center to be affiliated
with an | ||||||
6 | EMS System . ;
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7 | (h) Requiring the trauma center to have a
communications | ||||||
8 | system that is fully integrated with the
Level I Trauma Centers | ||||||
9 | and the EMS Systems with which it is
affiliated . ;
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10 | (i) The types of data the trauma center must
collect and | ||||||
11 | submit to the Department relating to the trauma services
it | ||||||
12 | provides. Such data may include information on
post-trauma care | ||||||
13 | directly related to the initial traumatic
injury provided to | ||||||
14 | trauma patients until their discharge
from the facility and | ||||||
15 | information on discharge plans . ;
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16 | (j) Requiring the trauma center to have helicopter
landing | ||||||
17 | capabilities approved by appropriate State and
federal | ||||||
18 | authorities, if the trauma center is located within
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19 | municipality having a population of less than two million
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20 | people.
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21 | (Source: P.A. 89-177, eff. 7-19-95.)
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22 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
23 | becoming law.
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