Bill Text: IL HB2864 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. Provides that, in a rural population of 5,000 or fewer inhabitants, each EMS System Medical Director may create an exception to the credentialing process to allow registered nurses, physician assistants, and advanced practice registered nurses to apply to serve as volunteers who perform the same work as EMTs. Requires that, as part of the volunteer recognition process, EMS Systems shall ensure that registered nurses, physician assistants, and advanced practice registered nurses have an active license issued by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Provides that the system-level recognition shall require documentation and proof of the completion of at least 20 hours of prehospital care-specific coursework approved by the Department of Public Health and 8 hours of observant riding time. Provides that each EMS System Medical Director who creates an exception to the credentialing process may require additional training or documentation and may reject a volunteer applicant for just cause. Provides that each exemption period shall be no longer than one year, after which time a volunteer applicant may apply for another exemption. Provides that each EMS System Medical Director is responsible for ensuring that volunteer applicants meet EMS System requirements for credentialing and authorizing the practice in accordance with the EMS System plan for basic life support. Provides that exceptions to the credentialing process are only allowable for volunteer EMS agencies in Illinois.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 14-0)

Status: (Passed) 2021-08-20 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0450 [HB2864 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB2864-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 HB2864 Introduced , by Rep. Daniel Swanson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
210 ILCS 50/3.89 new
Amends the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act. Provides that, in a rural population of 7,500 or fewer inhabitants, each EMS System medical director shall create an exception to the credentialing process to allow registered nurses, physician assistants, and advanced practice registered nurses to serve as EMTs. Requires each EMS System medical director to accept documentation from an applicant detailing education from either continuing education or documented work experience and practical skill credentialing including, but not limited to, airway management, ambulance operations, extrication, telecommunications, and pre-hospital cardiac and trauma care. Requires each EMS System medical director to ensure that applicants meet EMS System requirements for credentialing and authorizing the practice in accordance with the EMS System Plan as an EMT.
LRB102 13923 CPF 19274 b
A BILL FOR
HB2864 LRB102 13923 CPF 19274 b
AN ACT concerning regulation.
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 adding Section 3.89 as follows:
(210 ILCS 50/3.89 new)
Sec. 3.89. Rural populations; credential exception. In a
rural population of 7,500 or fewer inhabitants, each EMS
System medical director shall create an exception to the
credentialing process to allow registered nurses, physician
assistants, and advanced practice registered nurses to serve
as EMTs. Each EMS System medical director shall accept
documentation from an applicant under this Section detailing
education from either continuing education or documented work
experience and practical skill credentialing, including, but
not limited to, airway management, ambulance operations,
extrication, telecommunications, and pre-hospital cardiac and
trauma care. Each EMS System medical director is responsible
for ensuring that applicants meet EMS System requirements for
credentialing and authorizing the practice in accordance with
the EMS System plan as an EMT.